版權是什麼？

版權是由版權法設立及規管的合法權利，一般而言，版權是賦予原創作品擁有人的權利，可以存在於文學作品(如書籍及電腦軟件)、音樂作品(如創作樂曲)、戲劇作品(如舞台劇)、藝術作品(如繪畫、髹掃畫及雕塑品)、聲音紀錄、影片、廣播、有線傳播節目和文學、戲劇及音樂作品已發表版本的排印編排，以及表演者的演出等。互聯網傳送的版權作品，也受保護。

事實上，獲賦版權的作品，未必是饒有藝術價值、獨具匠心或創意非凡的。即使簡單如一幀普通的生活照，也可擁有版權。

版權是一項自動賦予的權利。在創作完成後，有關作品即擁有版權。版權與專利、商標及工業外觀設計等其他類別的知識產權不同之處，就是版權毋須在中國香港註冊，也可受法律保護。

COPYRIGHT * 版權 *

版權是什麼

Copyright is a set of exclusive rights regulating the use of a particular expression of an idea or information. At its most general, it is literally [ the right to copy ] an original creation. In most cases, these rights are of limited duration. The symbol for copyright is © (Unicode U+00A9), and in some jurisdictions may alternatively be written as either (c) or (C).

Copyright may subsist in a wide range of creative, intellectual, or artistic forms or `works`. These include poems, theses, plays, and other literary works, movies, choreographic works (dances, ballets, etc.), musical compositions, audio recordings, paintings, drawings, sculptures, photographs, software, radio and television broadcasts of live and other performances, and, in some jurisdictions, industrial designs. Copyright
is a type of intellectual property; designs or industrial designs may be a separate or overlapping form of intellectual property in some jurisdictions.

Copyright law covers only the particular form or manner in which ideas or information have been manifested, the [ form of material expression ] . It is not designed or intended to cover the actual idea, concepts, facts, styles, or techniques which may be embodied in or represented by the copyright work. Copyright law provides scope for satirical or interpretive works which themselves may be copyrighted.

For example, the copyright which subsists in relation to a Mickey Mouse cartoon prohibits unauthorized parties from distributing copies of the cartoon or creating derivative works which copy or mimic Disney`s particular anthropomorphic mouse, but does not prohibit the creation of artistic works about anthropomorphic mice in general, so long as they are sufficiently different to not be imitative of the original. Other laws may impose legal restrictions on reproduction or use where copyright does not - such as trademarks and patents.


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