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Copyright Defn's
Definitions of various copyright terms in Canadian terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Access Copyright | a not for profit organization that works to protect people's intellectual property by ensuring adequate compensation for those individuals who's work has been used. |
| Copyright | a legal right to have exclusive access to a particular item of intellectual property. Literally, it means the right to copy |
| Intellectual Property | work that arises as a result of a creative endeavour; they are non-physical items such as patents, copyrights, and trademarks. |
| Royalty | usage-based payment that is paid for the ongoing access to a particular resource. |
| Trade-Mark | A particular word, symbol, or phrase that identifies a particular company or product. That company has exclusive access to that trademark. |
| Public Domain | The state of a creative work (intellectual property) as being available to the public as a whole. It is not subject to copyright. |
| Moral Rights | grants the author the right to the integrity of the work; includes the rights to attribution, to integrity, and to association. |
| Performing Rights | the right to play or perform copyrighted music in public. |
| Plagiarism | the act of using someone else's intellectual property and promoting it as your own. |
| Fair Dealing | allows the use of a copyrighted work when used with the intention of research, private study, criticism, or review. However, the original author must be attributed. |
| Patent | the exclusive rights granted by a nation-state to an inventor for a period of time, in exchange for the public disclosure of such invention. |
| Blanket License | used to allow an individual or business to play multiple copies of a song or songs for as many times as they would like; makes it possible for radio stations, etc. to play songs without having to acquire a license every single time. |