Abstract: This chapter describes the nature of copyright. Copyright is encountered by people in a different walks of life ranging from executives of radio and television stations to architects and artists to school teachers. Copyright exists in material that comes within one of the categories as being capable of having copyright protection. Copyright is a right given to or derived from works, and is not a right in novelty of ideas. It is based on the right of an author, artist, or composer to prevent another person copying an original work, whether it is a book, tune, or picture, which he has created. The difficulty in comprehending copyright seems to be the association that is made between copyright, patents, and trademarks. The dramatic and musical performers' protection act, 1958, and the performers' protection act, 1963, while not dealing specifically with copyright, have given protection to performers in a way that has almost the effect of creating rights analogous to copyright.
Publication Year: 1979
Publication Date: 1979-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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