Understanding Copyright: Legal Ownership of Creativity
Copyright is a legal term that describes the ownership or control of the rights to use and arrange someone’s creative expression, such as books, videos, motion pictures, musical compositions, and computer programs. On the one hand, copyright law is designed to protect many cultures’ desire to use and re-use creative works – creating “derivative works” – such as works of art, literature, music, and the like. It gives authors the right to commercialize their work, allowing people to sell their work as a means of controlling them.
The owner of the copyright can be the creator of the original content or its originator. To register copyright, only the person who has the original idea gets the rights. Either this person himself can be the owner of his content or then there is such a person who gives the opportunity to meet the owner of the original content. Apart from this, a person who does not claim to have rights on behalf of the owner of the original idea can also be the owner of the copyright. Only a person who gets this right can continue to work as a businessman or a representative of the owner of the original creation.
What type of work requires copyright registration?
The owner of a copyright has the exclusive right to use the work, with a few exceptions. When a person creates an original work, which is fixed in a medium, that person owns the copyright in that work. Some examples are given below:
Audiovisual works like TV shows, movies, vlogs, and online videos
Sound recordings and musical compositions
Write in any way, such as lectures, articles, books, and musical compositions.
Visual work, such as paintings, posters, and advertisements
Video games and computer software
Dramatic works, such as plays and musicals, tableaus