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Copyright Definition
definitions of copyright terms with a Canadian context
Term | Definition |
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Access Copyright | - agency that provides copyright services that help to facilitate the relationship between the person who needs the copyright material, and the person how owns the copyright. - they simplify the process - facilitate the payment the needs to exchange han |
Copyright | - property right - items that are intangible, example song lyrics - need to register your copyright - owner can decide how their "property" is replicated/reproduced |
Intellectual Property | - intangible objects, such as ideas, writings, lyrics, poetry - property of owner - |
Royalty | - a commission-type payment made to copyright owners to use their work |
Trade-Marks | - good and services distinguishable from others - can't copy other peoples products, tag lines, product packaging such as their design for a vacuum. - word or design or both |
Public Domains | - belong to the public - free - certain pieces of information fall into the public domain: ideas and facts themselves, and expired copyright |
Moral Rights | - rights held by the author to be associated with their work by having their name included. - can remain anonymous if they like or use a pseudonym - author can waive these right |
Performing Rights | - deals with performing music in public - those who create the music receive royalties when some performs their work |
Plagiarism | - claiming another person's work as your own, a part of their work, or paraphrasing their work - not properly citing another person's work |
Fair Dealing | - allows copying of certain materials for non-commerical use - two criteria test: what is the purpose? Need to consider 6 criteria - purpose, character, amount, alternatives, nature, and effect on work. |
Patent | -protects new innovative inventions, such as the formula for a certain prescription drugs - protects more of the underlying basis for a product as opposed to the design of the bag it comes in, for example - provided by the government |
Blanket License | - relate to playing music - allowing people who have purchase a license to play all of the music as much as they like. - example in Canada would be SOCAN |