copyright

Holding the title of " author " over any " literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, certain other intellectual works " give rights to this person, the owner of the copyright, exclusive right to do or authorize any production or distribution of their work.

# It doesn't limit the copyright owner's rights to sell the CD / album in any way, in fact, it may encourage sales.

An interesting aspect of authorship emerges with copyright in that it can be passed down to another upon one's death.

In some cases, the copyright owners of the books, films, or television series have instructed their lawyers to issue " cease and desist " letters to fans.

In copyright law, there is a necessity for little flexibility as to what constitutes authorship.

The Munch Museum currently serves at Munch's official Estate, and has been active in responding to copyright infringements, as well as clearing copyright for the work, such as the appearance of Munch's The Scream in a 2006 M & M's advertisement campaign.

The notorious Rusty n Edie's BBS, in Boardman, Ohio, was raided by the FBI in January 1993 for software piracy, and later sued by Playboy for copyright infringement in November 1997.

Any person or entity wishing to use intellectual property held under copyright must receive permission from the copyright holder to use this work, and often will be asked to pay for the use of copyrighted material.

The Simplified BSD license used by FreeBSD is essentially identical to the MIT License, as it contains neither an advertising clause, nor a prohibition on promotional use of the copyright holder's name.

There are many other philosophical questions which arise in the jurisprudence of copyright.

Arrangers in pop music recordings often add parts for orchestral or band instruments involving new material such that the arrangers may reasonably be considered co-composers, although for copyright and royalty purposes usually are not.

Under current laws the novel will remain under copyright protection until 2020 in the European Union and until 2044 in the United States.

In the 1980s and 1990s, the copyright holders of the Conan franchise permitted Howard's stories to go out of print entirely, while continuing to sell Conan works by other authors.

The copyright to her stories and merchandise was given to her publisher Frederick Warne & Co, now a division of the Penguin Group.

While many aspects of national copyright laws have been standardized through international copyright agreements, copyright laws of most countries have some unique features.

The property was wholly disencumbered in 1847 by Robert Cadell, the publisher, who cancelled the bond upon it in exchange for the family's share in the copyright of Sir Walter's works.

The copyright on Pooh expires in 2026.

However, copyright is merely the legal reassurance that one owns his / her work.

Although the picture is subject to copyright I ( Patman2648 ) feel and assert that it is covered by the U. S. fair use laws because:

Some maps contain deliberate errors or distortions, either as propaganda or as a " watermark " to help the copyright owner identify infringement if the error appears in competitors ' maps.

When Cook learned a few years later that the videotapes of the series were to be wiped, a common practice at the time, he offered to buy the recordings from the BBC but was refused because of copyright issues.

There is controversy over the copyright status of many of Lovecraft's works, especially his later works.

The United States and most Latin American countries instead entered into the Buenos Aires Convention in 1910, which required a copyright notice ( such as all rights reserved ) on the work, and permitted signatory nations to limit the duration of copyrights to shorter and renewable terms.

The Statute of Anne was the first real copyright act, and gave the publishers rights for a fixed period, after which the copyright expired.

While central registries are kept in some countries which aid in proving claims of ownership, registering does not necessarily prove ownership, nor does the fact of copying ( even without permission ) necessarily prove that copyright was infringed.