A copyright is a type of intellectual property that gives the creator of an original work, or another right holder, the exclusive and legally secured...

Copyright infringement (at times referred to as piracy) is the use of works protected by copyright without permission for a usage where such permission...

The copyright symbol, or copyright sign, © (a circled capital letter C for copyright), is the symbol used in copyright notices for works other than sound...

The copyright law of the United States grants monopoly protection for "original works of authorship". With the stated purpose to promote art and culture...

been created before copyright existed, or by their copyright term having expired. Some works are not covered by a country's copyright laws, and are therefore...

Attribution, in copyright law, is acknowledgment as credit to the copyright holder or author of a work. If a work is under copyright, there is a long tradition...

Copyright is the right to copy and publish a particular work. The terms "copy" and "publish" are quite broad. They include copying in electronic form...

United States copyright law, a copyright notice is a notice of statutorily prescribed form that informs users of the underlying claim to copyright ownership...

Crown copyright is a type of copyright protection. It subsists in works of the governments of some Commonwealth realms and provides special copyright rules...

work of the United States government is defined by the United States copyright law, as "a work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States...