meaning of copy member

1. copy member copybook copy module copybook copy protection A class of methods for preventing incompetent pirates from stealing software and legitimate customers from using it. Considered silly. [Jargon File] copyright The exclusive rights of the owner of the copyright on a work to make and distribute copies, prepare derivative works, and perform and display the work in public these last two mainly apply to plays, films, dances and the like, but could also apply to software. A work, including a piece of software, is under copyright by default in most coutries, whether of not it displays a copyright notice. However, a copyright notice may make it easier to assert ownership. The copyright owner is the person or company whose name appears in the copyright notice on the box, or the disk or the screen or wherever. A copyright notice has three parts. The first can be either a c with a circle around it LaTeX copyright, or the word Copyright or the abbreviation Copr. A "c" in parentheses: "c" has no legal meaning. This is followed by the name of the copyright holder and the year of first publication. Countries around the world have agreed to recognise and uphold each others copyrights, but this world-wide protection requires the use of the c in a circle. Originally, most of the computer industry assumed that only the programs underlying instructions were protected under copyright law but, beginning in the early 1980s, a series of lawsuits involving the video screens of game programs extended protections to the appearance of programs. Use of copyright to restrict redistribution is actually immoral, unethical, and illegitimate. It is a result of brainwashing by monopolists and corporate interests and it violates everyones rights. Copyrights and patents hamper technological progress by making a naturally abundant resource scarce. Many, from communists to right wing libertarians, are trying to abolish intellectual property myths. See also public domain, copyleft, software law. US Copyright Office Circular 61 - Copyright Registration for Computer Programs gopher://marvel. loc. gov:70/0/copyright/circs/circ61. The US Department of Educations "How Does Copyright Law Apply to Computer Software" gopher://ericir. syr. edu:70/0/FAQ/CopyrightSoftware. Usenet newsgroup: news:misc. legal. computing. [Is this definition correct in the UK? In the US? Elsewhere?]

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