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2007-03-24 05:29:11 · 4 answers · asked by now_girl_04 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Copyright is one of the laws covered by the umbrella term 'intellectual property; it can be most easily defined as the "right to copy" original works.
Copyright may subsist in a wide range of creative, intellectual, or artistic forms or "works". These include poems, theses, plays, and other literary works, movies, choreographic works (dances, ballets, etc.), musical compositions, audio recordings, paintings, drawings, sculptures, photographs, software, radio and television broadcasts of live and other performances, and, in some jurisdictions, industrial designs. Designs or industrial designs may have separate or overlapping laws applied to them in some jurisdictions.
Internationally, copyrights are regulated by legislation such as the Berne Copyright Convention 1886 (as amended), Universal Copyright Convention 1952, the Rome Convention of the Protection of Performers 1961, ect. Moreover, in Europe there are a number of Directives which regulate Member States' Laws. In the US, it is protected under the Constitution.
If you have more specific questions, please feel free to email me.
2007-03-24 11:45:58 · answer #1 · answered by Chloe M 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Legislation is laws (statute) passed by the legislative branch, which at the federal level in the US means Congress.
Copyright protects the rights to duplicate and distribute creative works (art, music, literature, etc.) that someone has created.
The link below is to the US Copyright office.
2007-03-24 12:34:47 · answer #2 · answered by coragryph 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if material has a copyright-you can not reproduce-in part or in whole the theories or ideas of the author. Do not plagiarize anyone elses work. develop your own ideas and beliefs.
2007-03-24 12:34:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well done Chloe, you beat me to it.
2007-03-25 07:50:47 · answer #4 · answered by LYN W 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋