Licensing of copyright is an agreement between parties to allow use of copyrighted material in exchange for some type of compensation. The contract can be structured by number of copies allowed, time granted for use, or virtually any other standard agreed upon by both parties. Compensation can take the form of flat rate, per use, or scheduled annuity.
The population of The Copyright Licensing Agency is 60.
The Copyright Licensing Agency was created in 1983.
Copyright Licensing Agency (London, England)
The End User Licensing Agreement specifies how copyright law applies to a program.
A business holding a copyright on something can prevent others from abusing it, and make money by licensing its use.
Granting copyright generally means licensing it to someone else, for free: I grant you the right to put this image on t-shirts. It is not a transfer of copyright.
In IT, copyright most often applies to software, which can be protected by both copyright AND patent law. Most software-related copyright issues are addressed in detail in end user licensing agreements.
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Licensing companies help other businesses get the proper licenses needed to keep their products. This can include trademarks and copyright issues.
Unless other arrangements are made, the creator of the work is automatically its copyright holder. Ownership can be transferred by contract, or can be inherited. However, transfer of a copyright is far less common than licensing of the copyright.
Typically the manufacturer would be responsible for licensing the images.
Because the exclusive rights conferred to the creator of a work include the right to authorize others to use it, licensing is a huge business. In 2010, more than 11% of the US GDP came from the copyright licensing industry.