Illustrate the term Copyrights

Question

Illustrate the term Copyrights?

Answer 1

A copyright protects the manner in which ideas are expressed. Copyright law provides automatic protection as long as the ideas are original to the creator/author, the work is in a fixed medium (something tangible), and the author has some connection to Canada (the idea was created in Canada or created outside of Canada by a citizen or ordinary resident or by a citizen/resident of a jurisdiction with which Canada has a treaty). However, registration under the Copyright Act creates a presumption that copyright subsists in the work and that the person registered is the owner.

The Copyright Act provides the original creator with the sole right to produce or reproduce the work or a substantial part of it, the right to perform or deliver the work in public, and the right to publish an unpublished work. In addition to these and other more specific rights that can be assigned by the author or creator, there are moral rights that cannot be assigned (but can be waived), chiefly the right to the integrity of the work and the right to prevent it from distortion and misuse.