Thursday, April 26, 2012

Copyright and the Law

Copyright - the exclusive rights and protection given to an author or creator of an original work

Copy free - A type of licensing that make the distribution of a piece of work available at no charge of commercial use

Trademark - A name, symbol, word, phrase, icons, etc. that is registered by the law to represent a company or a product and legally restricted to the use of owner/manufacturer

Creative commons - Organization that collects copy-free works, and distributes it; One of several copyright licenses that allow the distribution of copyrighted works. The licenses differ by several combinations that condition the terms of distribution

Royalty free - The right to use copyrighted material or property without needing to pay license charges for each use, per volume sold, or some time period of use, or sales

GNU licensed - A free software license that promotes the distribution of free works 


Public domain - Works that have no restrictions, and available or belonging to the public

Copyrighted = reliable
Copy free = question the reliability

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