Copyright Flashcards
What is Copyright?
An IPR concerned wit the rights of authors of literary, artistic and scientific creations/works.
State the primary category of protected works.
Books, Pamphlets, Articles, Computer Programs and
other writings ,speeches and lectures, dramatic musical works, audio visual works, photographic works, etc. .
Which other works are protected:
Translations, Adaptions and other transformative works.
What is the nature and scope of copyright?
The copyright protection only covers original works of authorship.
Originality?
Concerned only with the expression of ideas not the ideas themselves. It determines whether the work is protectable.
Expression?
Copyright law protect ideas. Works have to be expressed in written or audio form.