Glossary Terms Related To Creative Music & Copyright Topics

Derivative Work

Definition:
A work based on a preexisting work that is changed, condensed, recast, or embellished in some way.

Secondary Meaning

Definition:
A meaning for a trademark or service mark that customers associate with a particular brand of products or services. For trade symbols that are not inherently distinctive, distinctiveness must be acquired in order to be protected by a trademark or service mark.

Serial

Definition:
A publication in any medium issued in successive parts bearing numerical or chronological designations and intended to be continued indefinitely; includes periodicals, newspapers, annuals and etc.

Electronic File Wrapper

Definition:
A system that provides a way to access electronic copies of the correspondence, documents and other pertinent records used in considering a particular case

First Sale Doctrine

Definition:
An exception to the exclusive right of a copyright owner to distribute copies or phonorecords of the copyrighted work. Under this principle, the copyright owner has the right to sell a copy of a book but not the right to control subsequent sales of that copy.

Bootleg

Definition:
Bootleg recordings are the unauthorized recordings of live concerts, or musical broadcasts on radio or television, that are duplicated and sold without the permission of the artist, composer or record company.



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