COPYRIGHTS
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.
WHAT CAN BE COPYRIGHTED
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literary works such as novels, poems, plays, reference works, newspaper articles;
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computer programs, databases;
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films, musical compositions, and choreography;
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artistic works such as paintings, drawings, photographs, and sculpture;
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architecture; and
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advertisements, maps, and technical drawings.