LAWS1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Copyright Law Of Australia, Ip Australia, Copyright Symbol
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Intellectual property (ip) is a form of intangible creation such as the expression of an idea or a trademark. It is a product of intellectual effort rather than a physical manufacturing process. Intellectual property law grants a business the right to prevent others from copying, using or exploiting its ip without its permission. The owner of ip has the exclusive right to exploit the ip for a profit. This includes the right to license the ip: in return for a fee owner of the ip permits others to exercise their exclusive rights in relation to the ip. Copyright is the legal right to prevent unauthorised copying of the expression of an idea e. g. a book, a song, a movie or a photograph. Copyright in australia is regulated by the copyright act 1968. Requirement one the creation is a work" or subject matter other than works".