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American Heritage Dictionary:

pub·li·ca·tion

(pŭb'lĭ-kā'shən) pronunciation
n.
  1. The act or process of publishing printed matter.
  2. An issue of printed material offered for sale or distribution.
  3. Communication of information to the public.

[Middle English publicacioun, act of making public, from Old French publicacion, from Latin pūblicātiō, pūblicātiōn-, from pūblicātus, past participle of pūblicāre, to make public, from pūblicus, public. See public.]


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Any material that is published, in any format. For example, magazines and newspapers are referred to as publications.

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noun

  1. The act or process of publishing printed matter: issue, printing, publishing. See words.
  2. An issue of printed material offered for sale or distribution: opus, title, volume, work. See words.
  3. The act of announcing: announcement, annunciation, declaration, proclamation, promulgation. See knowledge/ignorance.

This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

Making something known to the community at large, exhibiting, displaying, disclosing, or revealing.

Publication is the act of offering something for the general public to inspect or scrutinize. It means to convey knowledge or give notice.

In copyright law, publication is making a book or other written material available to anyone interested by distributing or offering it for sale. In the law of libel and slander, publication means communicating the statement in issue to a third person other than the plaintiff (the individual whom the alleged defamatory statement concerns).

Publication of a will refers to the testator's informing the witnesses to the document of his or her intent to have the instrument operate as a will.

In the procedural rules governing the practice of law, publication of a summons is the process of publishing it in a newspaper, when required by law, in order to notify a defendant of the lawsuit.

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IN BRIEF: n. - The communication of something to the public; The act of issuing printed materials; A copy of a printed work offered for distribution.

pronunciation Over a century after the publication of the Copernican system, one of England's most renowned intellectual luminaries was still unconvinced — Francis Bacon, Source: Descriptio Globi Intellectualis, 1653

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For a list of words related to publication, see:
  • Publishing - publication: printing and distribution of book or periodical; something that is published


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Printing
Publishing industry article addressing some of the legal issues arising for publishing lawyers, entertainment attorneys, authors, and others as a result of the prevalence of e-mail, the internet, and so-called “digital” and “electronic publishing”

To publish is to make content available to the public.[1][2] While specific use of the term may vary among countries, it is usually applied to text, images, or other audio-visual content on any medium, including paper (newspapers, magazines, catalogs, etc.) or electronic publishing forms such as websites, e-books, Compact Discs and MP3s. The word publication means the act of publishing, and also refers to any copies.

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Legal definition and copyright

"Publication" is a technical term in legal contexts and especially important in copyright legislation. An author of a work generally is the initial owner of the copyright on the work. One of the copyrights granted to the author of a work is the exclusive right to publish the work.

In the United States, publication is defined as:

the distribution of copies or phonorecords of a work to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or lending. The offering to distribute copies or phonorecords to a group of persons for purposes of further distribution, public performance, or public display, constitutes publication. A public performance or display of a work does not of itself constitute publication.
To perform or display a work "publicly" means –
(1) to perform or display it at a place open to the public or at any place where a substantial number of persons outside of a normal circle of a family and its social acquaintances is gathered; or
(2) to transmit or otherwise communicate a performance or display of the work to a place specified by clause (1) or to the public, by means of any device or process, whether the members of the public capable of receiving the performance or display receive it in the same place or in separate places and at the same time or at different times.
17 USC 101

Furthermore, the right to publish a work is an exclusive right of the copyright owner (17 USC 106), and violating this right (e.g. by disseminating copies of the work without the copyright owner's consent) is a copyright infringement (17 USC 501(a)), and the copyright owner can demand (by suing in court) that e.g. copies distributed against his will be confiscated and destroyed (17 USC 502, 17 USC 503).

The definition of "publication" as "distribution of copies to the general public with the consent of the author" is also supported by the Berne Convention, which makes mention of "copies" in article 3(3), where "published works" are defined.[1] In the Universal Copyright Convention, "publication" is defined in article VI as "the reproduction in tangible form and the general distribution to the public of copies of a work from which it can be read or otherwise visually perceived."[2] Many countries around the world follow this definition, although some make some exceptions for particular kinds of works. In Germany, §6 of the Urheberrechtsgesetz additionally considers works of the visual arts (such as sculptures) "published" if they have been made permanently accessible by the general public (i.e., erecting a sculpture on public grounds is publication in Germany).[3] Australia and the UK (as the U.S.) do not have this exception and generally require the distribution of copies necessary for publication. In the case of sculptures, the copies must be even three-dimensional.[4][5]

Biological classification

In biological classification (taxonomy), the publication of the description of a taxon has to comply with some rules.

  • It must be published in Latin.
  • It must be published on paper.
  • The publication must be generally available.
  • The date of publication is the date the published material became generally available.

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References

  1. ^ a b Berne Convention, article 3(3). URL last accessed 2010-05-10.
  2. ^ a b Universal Copyright Convention, Gevena text (1952), article VI. URL last accessed 2010-05-10.
  3. ^ German UrhG, §6, in German. URL last accessed 2007-05-29.
  4. ^ Australian Copyright Act, section 29: Publication. URL last accessed 2007-05-29.
  5. ^ Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48), section 175, Copyright law of the United Kingdom. URL last accessed 2007-05-29.

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Translations:

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - udbredelse, offentliggørelse, publikation

Nederlands (Dutch)
publicatie, uitgave, openbaarmaking

Français (French)
n. - publication

Deutsch (German)
n. - Bekanntmachung, Veröffentlichung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - δημοσίευση ή το περιεχόμενό της, έκδοση (και κυκλοφορία έντυπου υλικού), κοινοποίηση, δημοσίευση, δημοσίευμα

Italiano (Italian)
pubblicazione, divulgazione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - publicação (f)

Русский (Russian)
издание, публикация

Español (Spanish)
n. - publicación, edición

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - publicering, utgivning, tryckalster, tidskrift, kungörande

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
出版, 出版物, 发行, 刊物

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 出版, 出版物, 發行, 刊物

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 발포, 간행, 출판

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 出版, 発行, 出版物, 刊行物, 発表, 公表, 刊行

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) منشور, نشرة, مطبوعات, اعلان, نشر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮פרסום, כתב-עת, ספר, הוצאה לאור‬


 
 

 

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