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Copyright at UNI

Basic Copyright Vocabulary

Here are some terms/expressions which come up often in conversations about copyright, with working definitions.

Assignment of copyright

Berne Convention

Case law

Compilation

CONFU guidelines

CONTU guidelines

Consumer Broadband and Digital Promotion Act of 2002

Copies

Derivative work

Digital Millennium Copyright Act [DMCA]

Fair Use

First Sale Doctrine

Fixation [fixed]

Intellectual property

Joint work

Patent

Permission

Public domain

Publication [including public display]

Security Systems Standards and Certification Act (SSS)

Statute of limitations

Term of copyright

TEACH Act

Trademark

Transfer of copyright

Work made for hire

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