Copyright Law
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Copyright is the exclusive right of the author of a literary, scientific or artistic work to communicate that work to the public and reproduce it.
Works are:
- Books, Pamphlets, Newspapers, Periodicals,
- Drawings, Paintings, Works of architecture and sculpture, Lithographs
- Photographic works
- Cinematographic works
- Works of applied art and industrial designs and models
- Computer programs and preparatory material
- Protection by creation
- On the content (not on the tangible product itself)
- Scope of protection: act against disclosure and reproduction
- Term of protection: 70 years after first disclosure or in case Author is known after his death
General rules:
- By order of customer / principal owner = owner
- No protection on written documents, limited with facts
- Use copyright notice
