COPYRIGHT
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• A lecturer normally owns the copyright in any book or article he writes.
• Drawings are prepared for most designs and drawings are protected by copyright as artistic works.
• She started High Court proceedings against her publishing house for breach of copyright.
• The distributer must not tamper with the content of the videos, including the copyright notice.
• It's impossible to copyright a number, as Intel has found to its cost in its failed attempts to sue rival `386' chip manufacturers.
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There was a need to develop copyright protection for computer programs.
»Copyright law prevents freelance work from being included in electronic archives without permission.
breach/break/infringe copyright »They claim the television company breached copyright when it used some of the footage on one of their DVDs.
hold/own the copyright on/to sth »Recording artists continue to own the copyright to their work.
»a breach/infringement of copyright
The contents of this website are copyright.
»The book contains a complete glossary of copyright terms.
Because software can be copyrighted, it has legal protection for much longer than patented inventions.
The publisher has the copyright on all his books.
By publishing the book, they were guilty of infringing copyright.
Databases are generally protected by copyright.
Copyright protects your work from being commercially exploited by someone else without your consent.
The songs remain in copyright.
His work is now out of copyright.
The family still holds the copyright on his works.
They sued her for breach of copyright.
Ownership of copyright can be transferred.