Background
The concept of copyright developed after the printing presscame into use in Europe in the 15th and 16th centuries. The printing press made it much cheaper to produce works, but as

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Ownership
The original holder of the copyright may be the employer of the author rather than the author himself if the work

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Copyrights are generally enforced by the holder in a civil law court, but there are also criminal infringement statutes in some jurisdictions. While

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According to World Intellectual Property Organisation, copyright protects two types of rights. Economic rights allow right owners to derive financial reward from the use of their works by

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A copyright, or aspects of it (e.g. reproduction alone, all but moral rights), may be assigned or transferred from one party to another. For example, a musician who records an album will

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Some sources are critical of particular aspects of the copyright system. This is known as a debate over copynorms. Particularly to the background of uploading content to internet platforms and the digital exchange of original work, there is discussion about

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In many jurisdictions, copyright law makes exceptions to these restrictions when the work is copied for the purpose of commentary or other

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