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Copyright
definitions
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Access Copyright | is the name used to describe the Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency, a copyright collective, that takes revenues made from businesses and other copyright users and credits that revenue to the people who created/published it. |
| Copyright | means "the right to copy something." its a legality that most governments have which gives the producer of original work credit for it and the rights over who benefits from it, or can use it. |
| Intellectual Property | original creations and ideas people have thought up are protected by giving that person exclusive rights. |
| Royalty | If a person or company has licensed the right to use a product, payments to the original owner of the copyright are paid to use the material. These are called royalties or "copyright loyalties." |
| Public Domain | is what products and ideas are considered when private ownership of that idea or "intellectual property" have expired. it is available to the public now. |
| Moral Rights | are granted rights to the people that created and therefor own the copyrighted material. These moral rights are recognized in different law jurisdictions. |
| Performing Rights | is the rights given to someone to perform music in a public place. usually 50/50 of royalties are paid between composer and producer, as part of copyright law. These public performances include radio and TV broadcasting as well. |
| Plagiarism | means using someone else's thoughts, ideas, words, or expressions and acting as though they are your own you came up with. |
| Fair Dealing | a way to use copyrighted material without breaking the law. For example people can use copyrighted material for research, study, or news reporting ect in Canada as long as you provide a source of where you obtained it... this is considered a Fair Deal. |
| Patent | Are like Trade-Marks in the sense that they protect new inventions but they protect manufacturing techniques and processes, as well as the equipment instead of the product layout. |
| Blanket License | allows businesses, radio and TV stations to play music without having to get rights to that copyrighted material given to them every time they play it. This makes the music more accessible and convenient. |
| Trade-Marks | When different products or services from a company or person are distinguished from the each other by specific slogans, names, different packaging or shapes. These are called Trade-Marks. |