Definition: [ˈkɑːpiraɪt lɔː] is a legal term applied to describe the rights that creators have for their literary and artistic works. It covers a wide range of products, namely books, music, painting, sculpture, computer programs, databases, advertising, maps, and technical drawings. Copyright protection extends to the form of expression, not to ideas, processes, methods of functioning, or mathematical concepts as such. Within the limits of the legislation, there are distinguished property rights that allow the holder to receive financial reward due to the use of his/her compositions by other persons, as well as non-property ones, that is, the possibility to claim the authorship of the work and object to making changes that may damage the penman's reputation.
Copyright Law In a Sentence:
- According to the copyright law, a musician is supposed to pay royalties every time when a radio station puts his track.
- The writer of the famous bestseller sued for using excerpts from his book without permission.
Synonyms and related words: patent law, holding law, ownership law
