What is copyright?
Meaning and purpose:
Meaning and purpose:
Copyright is one of the main types of intellectual property - others include designs, patents, and trademarks. Intellectual property allows a person to own things they create in the same way as something physical can be owned. It is the right to prevent others copying or reproducing someone's work.
The main legislation dealing with copyright in the United Kingdom is the Copyright, Design and Patents Act, 1988.
What does copyright protect?
The main categories of works currently protected in the UK include:
original literary works such as novels or poems, tables or lists, and computer programmes
original dramatic works such as dance or mime
original musical works, ie the musical notes themselves
original artistic works such as graphic works (paintings, drawings etc), photographs and sculptures
sound recordings
films
broadcasts
typographical arrangements (ie the layout or actual appearance) of published editions
How long does copyright last?
The duration of copyright varies according to the work involved. For literary, dramatic, musical or artistic works it is 70 years from the end of the calendar year in which the author dies (if there is more than one author it will be 70 years from the death of the last remaining author).
For typographical arrangements (i.e. layout or appearance of the printed article), the duration is 25 years from the end of the calendar year in which the work was first published with that layout/appearance.
It is important to note that whilst the underlying work itself might be out of copyright if a new edition is set and printed or additional text such as an introduction is added these new elements will attract copyright protection.
Copyright protection provides a vital incentive for the creation of many intellectual works. Without copyright protection, it would be easy for others to exploit these works without paying any royalties or remuneration to the owner of the work.
Copyright gives the rights to the creator:
1. to control the making copies
2. to control performing in public
3. to control the use on-line
4. to obtain an appropriate economic reward
Vogue Magazine has a protection of copyright that means that the information used in the magazine cannot be reproduced, distributed. transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Conde Nast Digital.
If somebody wants to reuse the information published in the edition, he would need to have a permission from the Conde Nast Company. In order to get it individual or the business must send a request to Conde Nast.
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