Term | Definition |
Access Copyright | A non-for-profit corporation/copyright collective that bridges the gap between content users and creators, effectively managing the needs of both groups through two core business functions: Licensing and Royalty Collection & Distribution. |
Copyright | Basically a law meant to protect intellectual property of creators or authors from being reproduced, copied, and/or stolen. It is a kind of intellectual property law. |
Intellectual Property | Legal rights to protect intellectual activities of those in the fields of scientific, literary, artistic, and industrial. Other types of intellectual properties are: (1) trademarks, (2) patents, (3) industrial designs, and (4) circuit topographies. |
Royalty | Percentage of the profit made from an intellectual property (ie. book, play) paid to the creator or author of the intellectual property. |
Trade-Marks | Slogans, names of products, distinctive packages, or unique product shapes used to distinguish the goods or services of one person or company from those of others. |
Public Domain | Those works whose intellectual property rights have expired (ie. Shakespeare’s literary works). |
Moral Rights | Rights of creators of copyrighted works generally recognized in civil law jurisdictions and, to a lesser extent, in some common law jurisdictions. Here, the author decides how his/her work will be used and within what context. |
Performing Rights | Right to perform music in public. This is part of copyright law and demands payment to the music’s composer/lyricist and publisher (with the royalties generally split 50/50 between the two). |
Plagiarism | An act that directly challenges the concept of intellectual honesty by either (1) Hands in someone else’s work as their own, and/or (2) Does not or improperly cites sources. |
Fair Dealing | Limited permission to copy, provided it is for non-commercial purposes and only for specific purposes, namely: (1) Research, (2) Private Study, (3) Criticism, (4) Review, and (5) News Reporting. |
Patent | A type of intellectual property right that protects new and useful inventions, albeit does not cover/excludes their artistic or aesthetic qualities. |
Blanket License | A license that gives the licensee the right to perform all of the works in the repertory for a single stated fee that does not vary depending on how much music from the repertory the licensee actually uses. |