COPYRIGHT

INFRINGEMENT

What is Copyright
Infringement?

Copyright Infringement occurs when

someone other than copyright holder copies
the expression of a work. This means that
the idea or information behind the work is
not protected, but how the idea is
expressed are protected

What acts do not Constitute

Copyright Infringement
Public domain refers to works which are n
longer covered by law.
The right to distribution this simply the
right to distribute the to the public by
sale,rental,lease or lending
The right to reproduce the work this is the
right reproduce ,copy,duplicate or
transcribe the work in any fixed form

What Acts do not Constitute Copyright

Infringement - The Exceptions

Public Domain - This refers to works which

are no longer covered by copyright law
Non-Copyrightable Works - Copyright
infringement cannot occur when someone
uses material that cannot be protected by
copyright, such as facts or ideas. However,
if someone puts a bunch of facts into the
form of a book (e.g. The Farmers Almanac),
copying all or part of that book would
constitute copyright infringement.

How to Avoid Copyright

Infringement
1) Know what copyrights protect - Copyright
law protects any original creation, and grants
the holder of the copyright exclusive control
over when, how, and by whom their work may
be copied, distributed, or exhibited. This
includes literary works, paintings,
photographs, drawings, films, music (and its
lyrics), choreography, sculptures and many
other creative works.

How to Avoid Copyright

Infrigement
2) Learn about the public domain laws for
your jurisdiction. "Public domain" is shorthand for "uncopyrighted", not "publicly
distributed". A work can be out of copyright
due to age, by the nature of authorship, or
other reasons.

How to Avoid Copyright

Infringement
3) Don't take anything from the Internet, or
anywhere else, because it is almost always
copyrighted, by default.

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ringement