Copyright is a property right that exists in original copyright works. This property right is a type of intellectual property.
Copyright work includes:
- literary works e.g. emails, novels, lyrics, tables and compilations, computer programmes;
- dramatic works e.g. scripts;
- musical works e.g. sheet music;
- artistic works e.g. photos, diagrams, drawings, sculptures, maps, paintings;
- sound recordings (as separate from the music works);
- films (as separate from the musical works and script);
- communication works e.g. broadcasts on tv, radio or internet; and
- typographical arrangements of published editions e.g. the layout of several ...
SEP
2010