Wednesday 8 August 2012

Legal & Ethical Aspects of Copyright / Intellectual Property



To begin with, I shall start with Intellectual property
 This is a term/issue referring to aload of distinct types of expressions of which has a set of rights are recognized under the corresponding fields of Law within Australia. Under intellectual property law, owners are granted the following certain exclusive rights to a variety markets or Audiences, whether it be the following:

  • machines,
  • musical, 
  • literary, 
  • and artistic works; discoveries and inventions as well as applications



 Common types of intellectual property rights include Copyright, Trademarks, Patents, Industrial Design Rights and Trades Secrets in some jurisdictions.

Even though these laws and ideas behind copyright and patents are not new, the term intellectual property is relatively recent, dating from the 19th century. The British Statute Anne 1710 and the  Statute of Monopolies are now seen as the origins of Copyright and Patent Laws. These laws though having the origin of United Kingdom a respectfully in place in Australia.



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