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9.30.2014 Copyright
Term | Definition |
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Copyright | the exclusive legal right, given to an originator or an assignee to print, publish, perform, film, or record literary, artistic, or musical material, and to authorize others to do the same. |
Fair Use | the doctrine that brief excerpts of copyright material may, under certain circumstances, be quoted verbatim for purposes such as criticism, news reporting, teaching, and research, without the need for permission from or payment to the copyright holder. |
Infringement | the action of breaking the terms of a law, agreement, etc.; violation. |
Piracy | the unauthorized use or reproduction of another's work. |
File Sharing | the practice of or ability to transmit files from one computer to another over a network or the Internet. |
Public Domain | the state of belonging or being available to the public as a whole, and therefore not subject to copyright. |