Copyright: What is It?

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hasn’t asserted their right to be identified as the creator/author if that right applies, the Moral Right hasn’t been violated. In addition, if the creator/author works for an employer who does/will own the copyright of the work you produce, you will not have this right either (more on this “Work Made For Hire” later).

Who owns copyright

Now that we know the “what” and “why” of copyright, lets find out the “who”; just who this “copyright owner” I’ve mentioned is:

The copyright owner is the person or persons who created the work that is copyrighted.

You might well have guessed that already.

Under copyright law then, creatives are usually the first person(s) granted ownership of copyright over the work they’ve created, as outlined above.(7) So if you’re someone who’s created a copyrighted work, the rights of ownership to that

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