Overview of Intellectual Property
Actually, I planned to write copyright for the first post of this week, but I changed my mind covering the broader concept first.
Intellectual property.. copyright.. creative commons... trademarks.. patent... frustrating again...
At this point in time, I need to organize them first!
According to World Intellectual Property Organization, intellectual property (IP) refers to creations of the mind, such as inventions; literary and artistic works; designs; and symbols, names and images used in commerce. (https://www.wipo.int/about-ip/en/)
Also, there are five types of intellectual property; copyright, patent, trademarks, industrial designs, and geographical indications. Especially, we focused on copyright this week among the five types.
Copyright is (also called author's right) a legal term used to describe the rights that creators have over their literary and artistic works. Works covered by copyright range from books, music, paintings, sculpture, and films, to computer programs, databases, advertisements, maps, and technical drawings. In other words, if you create something, copyright law protects your intellectual property not to be used for commercial purposes.
Then, what are creative commons? I was also confused about the differences between copyright and creative commons because they looked similar.
Creative Commons (CC) is an American non-profit organization devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. The organization has released several copyright-licenses, known as Creative Commons licenses, free of charge to the public (Excerpted from Wikipedia). So, Creative Commons is the name of an organization to support the fair use of copyrighted properties and they support creative works, protecting copyright at the same time.
So, now I can distinguish that intellectual property is the broadest concept, and the copyright is one of the intellectual property, which is protected under the law. Last, Creative Commons is an organization pursuing to support the building of a public domain.
I think those concepts' looked so easy to be ignored because people generally do not know about copyright and fair use well, and resources are dispersed a lot on the web. But, I became positive from what I was newly learned that artificial intelligence is applied as a means to keep tracking the sources so that authors protect their copyright as well as verifying the active discourse about copyright.
I will discuss intellectual property and education in the next post!
Intellectual property.. copyright.. creative commons... trademarks.. patent... frustrating again...
At this point in time, I need to organize them first!
According to World Intellectual Property Organization, intellectual property (IP) refers to creations of the mind, such as inventions; literary and artistic works; designs; and symbols, names and images used in commerce. (https://www.wipo.int/about-ip/en/)
Also, there are five types of intellectual property; copyright, patent, trademarks, industrial designs, and geographical indications. Especially, we focused on copyright this week among the five types.
Copyright is (also called author's right) a legal term used to describe the rights that creators have over their literary and artistic works. Works covered by copyright range from books, music, paintings, sculpture, and films, to computer programs, databases, advertisements, maps, and technical drawings. In other words, if you create something, copyright law protects your intellectual property not to be used for commercial purposes.
Then, what are creative commons? I was also confused about the differences between copyright and creative commons because they looked similar.
Creative Commons (CC) is an American non-profit organization devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. The organization has released several copyright-licenses, known as Creative Commons licenses, free of charge to the public (Excerpted from Wikipedia). So, Creative Commons is the name of an organization to support the fair use of copyrighted properties and they support creative works, protecting copyright at the same time.
So, now I can distinguish that intellectual property is the broadest concept, and the copyright is one of the intellectual property, which is protected under the law. Last, Creative Commons is an organization pursuing to support the building of a public domain.
I think those concepts' looked so easy to be ignored because people generally do not know about copyright and fair use well, and resources are dispersed a lot on the web. But, I became positive from what I was newly learned that artificial intelligence is applied as a means to keep tracking the sources so that authors protect their copyright as well as verifying the active discourse about copyright.
I will discuss intellectual property and education in the next post!
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