Tag: Copyright

What is Fair Use?

Dec 3, 2019

    Note: In some legislations ‘Fair Use’ is known as ‘Fair Dealing’.     A recent article Creative Commons outlined how copyright holders may grant open permission for others to copy, edit, build upon, etc., their copyrighted works. Though there are fundamental differences, ’Fair Use’ is, in a sense, an extension of this facility. … More What is Fair Use?

Copyright

Feb 7, 2017

What is copyright? ‘The exclusive right to publish or record a work.’ (Little Oxford English Dictionary) ‘The exclusive and assignable legal right, given to the originator for a fixed number of years, to print, publish, perform, film, or record literary, artistic, or musical material.’ (Unknown) Copyright applies to ‘intellectual property’. This encompasses such things as: … More Copyright