Words Non Copyrightable Works
Words Non Copyrightable Works
Words Non Copyrightable Works
Descartes, is of a mental concept or image or, more broadly, any object of the mind when it is active.
Objects of thought may exist independently. The sun exists (probably) before and after you think of
it. But it is also possible to think of things that have never existed, such as a unicorn or Pegasus.
==P.D. No. 49, §2, in enumerating what are subject to copyright, refers to finished works and not to
concepts.
==Ideas can be either abstract or concrete. It is the concrete ideas that are generally referred to as
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expression:
Locke famously wrote that man has three natural rights: life, liberty and property.
===This court defined fair use as "aprivilege to use the copyrighted material in a reasonable manner
without the consent of the copyright owner or as copying the theme or ideas rather than their
expression." Fair use is an exception to the copyright owner’s monopoly of the use of the work to
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avoid stifling "the very creativity which that law is designed to foster."
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The Court of Appeals also erroneously held that good faith, as. well as lack of knowledge of
infringement, is a defense against criminal prosecution for copyright and neighboring rights
infringement. In its current form, the Intellectual Property Code is malum prohibitum and prescribes a
strict liability for copyright infringement. Good faith, lack of knowledge of the copyright, or lack of
intent to infringe is not a defense against copyright infringement. Copyright, however, is subject to
the rules of fair. use and will be judged on a case-to-case basis. Finding probable cause includes a
determination of the defendant's active participation, particularly when the corporate veil is pierced in
cases involving a corporation's criminal liability.
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A copyright protects the expression of an idea while a patent protects the idea itself.
Patent works more on a design while copyright is another work of an already described design.
Patent works in a very complex way. Its registration and verification are much longer and
tedious.
When you invent something new, something that is unique it is liable to receive a patent.
However, copyright is related to artistic works and intellectual
property.A copyrightworks according to The Copyright Act, 1957. Artistic works that
are covered under copyright includes literary, musical, dramatic, cinematography and
artistic works of Entertainment industry.