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Copyright is a set of exclusive rights granted by government for a limited time to regulate the use of a particular form, way or manner in which an idea or information is expressed. Copyright may subsist in a wide range of creative or artistic forms or "works" and subject matter other than works. These include literary works, movies, musical works, sound recordings, paintings, photographs, software, live performances, television or sound broadcasts and in some jurisdictions industrial designs. Copyright is a type of intellectual property; designs or industrial designs may be a separate or overlapping form of intellectual property in some jurisdictions.
Copyright law only covers the particular form or manner in which ideas or information have been manifested, the "form of material expression". It is not designed or intended to cover the actual idea, concepts, facts, styles or techniques which may be embodied in or represented by the copyright work. Copyright law provides scope for satirical or interpretive works which themselves may be copyright.
For example, the copyright which subsists in relation to a Mickey Mouse cartoon prohibits unauthorised parties from distributing copies of the cartoon or creating derivative works which copy or mimic Disney’s particular talking mouse, but does not prohibit the creation of artistic works about talking mice in general. Other forms of intellectual property may impose legal restrictions where copyright does not. (this article compliments of Wikipedia)
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Copyright News
House passes Pro-IP copyright protection act (MacNN) The House of Representatives on Friday approved the controversial Pro-IP Act, a bill which is designed to protect intellectual property by imposing more rigid punishment in the case of copyright infringement. Ars Technica writes that the bill passed with a vote of 410 to 10, but has yet to be voted on by the Senate. Among the details of the bill, o... | Blizzard abuses copyright law (The Inquirer) WORLD OF WARCRAFT (WoW) proprietor Blizzard Entertainment is trying to wield copyright law like a club in its lawsuit against Michael Donnelly, the creator of the Glider robot "helper" program that plays WoW automagically for users. | Japan mulls copyright charge for iPod buyers (AFP via Yahoo! News) Japan is considering a copyright fee for buyers of iPods and similar portable audio players, as well as hard disc video recorders, an official said Thursday. | SB papers settle copyright infringement suit (San Francisco Chronicle) The Santa Barbara News-Press and a weekly newspaper have settled a federal copyright infringement lawsuit over access to an unpublished News-Press article. The agreement ends a 1 1/2-year-old lawsuit filed by Ampersand Publishing, parent company of the News-... | Copyright Office Terminates Rulemaking Proceeding and Clarifies Regulatory Policy (U.S. Copyright Office) After reviewing comments on issues associated with the definition of the term “cable system” under the Copyright Act as well as comments on a request to create subscriber groups for the purposes of eliminating the “phantom signal” phenomenon, the Copyright Office finds that it lacks the statutory authority to adopt rules sought by the cable industry because the proposed changes are inconsistent ... |

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