Copyright protects intellectual property, which is a residual right that everyone has not to have their work stolen and exploited by others. This right is protected in the same way as any other right. It can be seen as implemented to protect the creator of an original work. Copyright prevents plagiarism and unfair exploitation of a person’s work and allows the creator to commercially exploit his/her work. The owner of the copyright has the exclusive right in the UK to: make copies of the work; issue copies to the public; perform the work in public; broadcast the work on terrestrial and cable programmes; to adapt or translate the work.
Copyright states that everybody has a right to own their work; however, there is no copy right in ideas, news, facts, and information. It only applies to work that had been done.
If you write an article, or take a photograph you own the copyright to the work you have done. If someone buys a copy of your work, they can look at it or read it, but they cannot make copies of it. They can sell the copy they bought to another person, but they cannot legally sell copies they make.
Who owns the Copyright?
The very first owner of a copyright work created after 31 July 1989 is the author. However, in the case of work done in the course of employment- the employer is the owner.
The copy right can be assigned to the newspaper, or magazine but an assignment is not affective unless in writing signed in the copyright owner. The owner can license the publisher to use the work but if it is an exclusive licence this also must be in writing.
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