The term Copyright means a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the exclusive right to copy and distribute a creative work, usually for a limited time.
The creative work may be in a literary, artistic, educational, or musical form. Copyright is intended to protect the original expression of an idea in the form of a
creative work, but not the idea itself. To understand the term we need to look at the definition of an Intellectual Property. Intellectual property (IP) is a category of
property that includes intangible creations of the human intellect. There are many types of intellectual property, and some countries recognize more than others.
The best-known types are copyrights, patents, trademarks, and trade secrets. Knowing these terms helps us to understand the Copyright Laws that were
conceived in 1790 in the United States of America and the major revision that occured in 1976 that we follow to this day.
But knowing Law, it eventually gets broken and abused.
Click on Infringement to learn more about when the Copyright Law is broken down below.
Click on Modern Use to see some examples modern uses for the Copyright Law down below.
