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Who gets copyright, types of work it covers, permitted use of copyright material, how to license and sell copyright and help resolving disputes
Copyright protects your work and stops others from using it without your…
Copyright protection starts as soon as a work is created. Once your…
You can license the use of your work if you own the copyright. You can…
You’re responsible for defending your copyright material against…
A collection of guidance about how to protect, manage and enforce copyright. Copyright protects original literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works.
Ownership of copyright works may depend on the circumstances under which the work was created.
If you own the copyright in a work, you have exclusive rights over certain uses of that work. These rights fall into two categories: economic rights and moral rights.
Buy or get someone's permission to use a patent, trade mark, design or work under copyright
What intellectual property is, how you can protect it, and which of copyright, patents, design right and trade marks applies to your work
A copyright notice is a concise note published by the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) providing basic copyright guidance.
Details of the exceptions to copyright that allow limited use of copyright works without the permission of the copyright owner.
Guidance for copyright owners on how to grant a licence for, sell or market their work.
Guidance on UK and EU copyright protection for right holders and users including business, cultural heritage institutions and consumers. It is not legal advice.
Protection of your copyright work abroad will usually be automatic in the same way UK protection works.
Guidance on copyright licences and how copyright affects schools.
How to enforce copyright when somebody uses your work without your permission.
The Copyright Tribunal aims to resolve UK commercial licensing disputes between copyright owners or their agents (collective management organisations) and people who use copyright material in their business. Copyright Tribunal is a tribunal of the Department for Science, Innovation and...
Licensing bodies and collective management organisations can agree licences with users on behalf of owners and collect any royalties the owners are owed.
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