Copyright Laws

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Is a license that is one of several public copyright licenses that enable the free distribution of an otherwise copyrighted work.

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Creative Commons

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A monopoly granted by the U.S. Patent Office for a limited time to the creator of a new invention.

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Patent

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Intangible property that is a product of the imagination (i.e., copyrights, trademarks, and patents).

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Intellectual Property

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A guideline that determines how much of a copyrighted item can legally be used without permission.

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Fair Use Doctrine

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A form of protection grounded in the U.S. Constitution and granted by law for original works of authorship fixed in a tangible medium of expression.

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Copyright

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To steal and pass off the ideas or words of another as one's own, or to use another's production without crediting the source.

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Plagiarism

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Allows a purchaser to transfer a lawfully made copy of the copyrighted work without permission once it has been obtained. A copyright holder's rights to control the change of ownership of a particular work end once that copy is sold, as long as no additional copies are made.

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First Sale Doctrine

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A word or symbol used to identify a product or service in the marketplace.

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Trademark

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Works for which copyright protection has expired, and works created by officers or employees of the U.S. government as part of their government jobs.

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Public Domain

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A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule.

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Parody