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Copyright definition

What does Copyright mean? In legal practice, copyright protects how original creative works are used, licensed and monetised. It is a statutory intellectual property right that arises automatically on creation (no registration) and gives the owner exclusive rights to copy, issue copies to the public, perform, show or play, communicate to the public and adapt the work. Across England & Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, copyright is defined and governed by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. In Ireland, it is governed by the Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000. Protected subject matter includes literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works, films, sound recordings,...

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UK copyright and online news snippets: aggregation, headlines, linking, embedding, temporary copies, licences, database right, and the press publishers’ right post-Brexit

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Issues to consider

This Practice Note will be valuable for advisers to the publishing sector and providers of news aggregation services concerned with the spread of online information. It presumes familiarity with, and should be consulted alongside, the following Practice Notes:

Copyright empowers the owner to restrain others from undertaking specified acts in relation to the protected work, including reproducing it and communicating it to the public. Online news aggregation and linking now represent major commercial activity, with copyright determining who may do what with particular content.

When assessing the dissemination of information online, the key questions to address are:

  • whether the material benefits from copyright protection
  • whether there has been copyright infringement
  • whether any exceptions to infringement apply
  • the position regarding consent to reproduce material or to perform other potentially infringing acts

Status of EU copyright law in the UK

UK copyright law has been strongly shaped by EU legislative initiatives, especially during the two decades preceding Brexit...

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