Copyright refers to the set of exclusive rights of an author or artist regarding reproducing, distributing, displaying, performing or modifying their works, among other rights, as well as a set of additional legal restrictions on others under the copyright laws.
In most countries, copyright is instantly and automatically owned by anyone who puts any creative work of authorship into a tangible form, whether it is pencil on paper, lines in the sand, sounds on an audio tape recorder, or bits stored in computer memory.
There are a few statutory limitations on enforcing these rights, such as the "fair use" of limited portions of a copyrighted work for permitted purposes.
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copyright is basically material held by television movie etc companies and you have the right to use that material and put in video's
The copyright holder, or anyone the copyright holder authorizes.
Unless other agreements have been made, the creator is considered the copyright holder.
It depends on whether you have the right or not. If you control the copyright to something (i.e., you drew/painted/wrote it), you have the exclusive right to copy it or authorize others to do so. If you do not control the copyright, you need an exemption in the law or permission from the copyright holder.
Using protected materials is legal if you have an exemption in the law or permission from the copyright holder.
The copyright holder and his or her agent, representative, or licensee.
With permission from the copyright holder, yes.
The copyright holder or their appointed representative can take action.
Copyright, actually just means that the rights to copy and produce the said item (book, song, movie, painting, etc.) belongs to the owner, or the 'Copyright Holder'. So in the simplest terms, Copyright stnds for the right to copy and re-produce said item. Copyright, actually just means that the rights to copy and produce the said item (book, song, movie, painting, etc.) belongs to the owner, or the 'Copyright Holder'. So in the simplest terms, Copyright stnds for the right to copy and re-produce said item.
In writing.
Only use materials in the public domain, for which you are the copyright holder, or for which you have permission from the copyright holder or an exemption in the law.
The only way to be certain is to contact the copyright holder yourself.
Nothing will happen to a person who breaches copyright law unless the holder of the copyright chooses to sue the violator. The lawsuit court settlement will determine the monetary damagesowed to the copyright holder (if any).