The history of copyright starts with early privileges and monopolies granted to printers of books. The British Statute of Anne 1710, full title "An Act...

A copyright is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the exclusive legal right to copy, distribute, adapt, display, and perform a creative...

The copyright symbol, or copyright sign, © (a circled capital letter C for copyright), is the symbol used in copyright notices for works other than sound...

United States Copyright Office (USCO), a part of the Library of Congress, is a United States government body that registers copyright claims, records...

The copyright law of the United States grants monopoly protection for "original works of authorship". With the stated purpose to promote art and culture...

The copyright law of Canada governs the legally enforceable rights to creative and artistic works under the laws of Canada. Canada passed its first colonial...

Criticism of copyright, or anti-copyright sentiment, is a dissenting view of the current state of copyright law or copyright as a concept. Critics often...

The Copyright Act 1957 as amended governs the subject of copyright law in India. The Act is applicable from 21 January 1958. The history of copyright law...

Under the law of the United Kingdom, a copyright is an intangible property right subsisting in certain qualifying subject matter. Copyright law is governed...

The copyright law of the United States has a long and complicated history, dating back to colonial times. It was established as federal law with the Copyright...

Statute of Anne, also known as the Copyright Act 1709 or the Copyright Act 1710 (cited either as 8 Ann. c. 21 or as 8 Ann. c. 19), was an act of the Parliament...

A copyright troll is a party (person or company) that enforces copyrights it owns for purposes of making money through strategic litigation, in a manner...

law copyright is the legal doctrine that grants copyright protection based on common law of various jurisdictions, rather than through protection of statutory...

of their having been created before copyright existed, or by their copyright term having expired. Some works are not covered by a country's copyright...

An official translation is available. It should not be confused with copyright (exclusive rights to copy granted to distributors), and is more akin to...

The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48), also known as the CDPA, is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that received royal assent...

for online copyright infringement. The concept of copyright first appeared in Korean writings in 1884. The history of the Korean copyright law dates to...

The Copyright Act of 1790 was the first federal copyright act to be instituted in the United States, though most of the states had passed various legislation...

rule of the shorter term. Category on Copyright treaties International Copyright Act of 1891 Copyright Copyright law by country History of copyright law...

A copyright collective (also known as a copyright society, copyright collecting agency, licensing agency or copyright collecting society or collective...

The Copyright Act of 1976 is a United States copyright law and remains the primary basis of copyright law in the United States, as amended by several...

The copyright term is the length of time copyright subsists in a work before it passes into the public domain. In most of the world, this length of time...

A work of the United States government is defined by the United States copyright law, as "a work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States...

Perpetual copyright, also known as indefinite copyright, is copyright that lasts indefinitely. Perpetual copyright arises either when a copyright has no...

The copyright law of the European Union is the copyright law applicable within the European Union. Copyright law is largely harmonized in the Union, although...

Software copyright is the application of copyright in law to machine-readable software. While many of the legal principles and policy debates concerning...

other words, software for which there is absolutely no ownership such as copyright, trademark, or patent. Software in the public domain can be modified,...

reindeer came to be". Burnaby Now. p. A3. "Who Owns Rudolph's Nose?, A History of Copyright Office Filings, Creative Law Center, retrieved June 21, 2023". December...

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) is a 1998 United States copyright law that implements two 1996 treaties of the World Intellectual Property...

Copyright misuse is an equitable defence to copyright infringement in the United States based upon the doctrine of unclean hands. The misuse doctrine provides...