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   What is copyright & how does it work?

   • What is Copyright? Copyright is legal right that protects the use of your work once your idea has been physically expressed. The current copyright legislation in the UK is the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. You can find out more about copyright legislation by visiting the Intellectual Property Office.

   What is Copyright?

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   What works are protected by copyright?

   • Works commonly protected by copyright include: advertisements, maps, and technical drawings. Copyright protection extends only to expressions, and not to ideas, procedures, methods of operation or mathematical concepts.

   What Can I Protect with a Copyright?

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   Does a work qualify for copyright protection?

   • To qualify for copyright protection, a work must be original. An original work is one that is independently created and not copied from the work of another or from materials in the public domain. Originality relates to the form of expression and not to the underlying idea.

   What Can I Protect with a Copyright?

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   How long does copyright protection last?

   • The duration of copyright protection depends on the nature of the protected work itself. In respect of literary, dramatic, musical or artistic works copyright generally lasts for the lifetime of the owner plus 70 years after their death (or 50 years if the work was computer generated). Copyright in audiovisual works follow slightly different rules.

   UK copyright law: the basics

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   Are ideas protected by copyright?

   • Ideas are not protected by copyright; only the expression of those ideas as fixed in a material form are protected. Where works are commissioned or created in the course of employment, the contractor or the employer is usually the first copyright owner, even though the party commissioning the work has paid for it.

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   Do UK and EU copyright works have mutual protection?

   • The majority of UK and EU copyright works (such as books, films and music) enjoy mutual protection in each other’s territories because they participate in the international treaties on copyright and the UK/EU TCA. This applies to works made before and after 1 January 2021.

   Protecting Copyright in the UK and EU

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2. www.gov.uk › copyrightHow copyright protects your work: Overview - GOV.UK

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   Who gets copyright, types of work it covers, permitted use of copyright material, how to license and sell copyright and help resolving disputes.

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   Copyright is legal right that protects the use of your work once your idea has been physically expressed. The current copyright legislation in the UK is the...

4. www.pinsentmasons.com › out-law › guidesUK copyright law: the basics

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   Jun 21, 2024 · Copyright is an intellectual property right which stops copying. It provides rights holders, such as artists, writers, software engineers, website developers and composers, with a range of rights in respect of their works including a right to royalties and to restrict how their works are reproduced by other people.

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5. www.wipo.int › copyright › enCopyright

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   Copyright (or author’s right) is a legal term used to describe the rights that creators have over their literary and artistic works. Works covered by copyright range from books, music, paintings, sculpture, and films, to computer programs, databases, advertisements, maps, and technical drawings.

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7. www.wipo.int › copyright › enWhat Can I Protect with a Copyright?

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   Copyright protection is obtained without any official procedure. A work is automatically protected as soon as it exists, without any special registration, deposit, payment of fee or any other formal requirement.

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   Jan 30, 2020 · Guidance on UK and EU copyright protection for right holders and users including business, cultural heritage institutions and consumers. It is not legal advice.

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   Who gets copyright, types of work it covers, permitted use of copyright material, how to license and sell copyright and help resolving disputes.