Term | Definition |
Access Copyright | -The Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency
-collects revenues from licensed Canadian businesses, government, schools, libraries and copyright users and distributes the money to the holders of the rights. |
Copyright | -The right to copy.
-The right that the owner has in relation to how that intellectual property may be used.
-"intellectual" property.
-Regulated by the Copyright Act |
Intellectual Property | -Do not exist in physical form, but can still have ownership claims.
-Lyrics to a song and computer codes.
-Include patents, trademarks, industrial designs and integrated circuit topographies.
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Royalty | -usage based payments made by the licensee to the licensor for the right to ongoing use of an asset, sometimes and intellectual property
-typically a percentage of gross or net revenues derived from the use of an asset or a fixed price per unit sold |
Trade-Marks | -Distinguish the goods or services of a person or company from those of another
-Slogans, names of products, unique product shapes etc
-Word(s), a design or combination of these, used to identify the goods/services of a person/organization |
Public Domain | -works that belong to the public
-free of charge
-don't require written permission from the creator
-can be expired copyrights, ineligible for copyright, authorized for public use by the creator
-titles, slogans, short word combinations |
Moral Rights | -Provision in the Copyright Act
-Sets out the moral rights of a creator
-personal to a creator regardless of who owns copyright |
Performing Rights | -performing rights societies work on behalf of composers, authors and music publishers and administer performing rights in music works |
Plagiarism | - act that directly challenges intellectual honesty
-citing sources improperly or using someone elses work as your own |
Fair Dealing | -an exception that permits limited and non commercial copying for specific purposes.
-user's right that facilitates creativity and access to information by balancing restrictions in the copyright Act
-not an unconditional exemption |
Patent | -Protect new and useful inventions
-Processes, equipment, and manufacturing techniques
-Do not cover the artistic or aesthetic qualities
-A right granted by government, to exclude others from making, using, or selling your invention in Canada |
Blanket License | -allow radio, TV, businesses etc to play music without having to get rights each time.
-gives permission of holders of copyrights, composers, songwriters, and publishers in one swoop |