Copyright
Protects the words, music, and other expressions for the life of the copyright holder plus 70 years
DMCA: Digital Millennium Copyright Act
a U.S. copyright law designed to reduce illegal digital media copying by criminalizing the production, distribution, and use of technologies designed to circumvent DRM technologies
DRM: Digital Rights Management
technology that protects digital forms of intellectual property by restricting the number of devices and applications on which a file can be opened and the number of times that the file can be copied
Intellectual Property
a product of the mind or intellect, includes the design of physical software, music, movies, designs, written stories, and ideas
Intellectual Property Rights
concern the legal ownership and use of intellectual property
Patent
Protects an invention by giving the patent holder a monopoly on the use of the invention for 20 years
Piracy
the illegal copying, use, and distribution of digital intellectual property, such as software, music, and movies
Plagiarism
taking credit for someone else’s intellectual property, typically a written idea, by claiming it as your own
Trademark
Protects a unique symbol or word used by a business to identify a product or service
Trade Secret
Protects secrets or proprietary information of individuals and organizations as long as the trade secret is adequately guarded by those individuals and organizations
Glossary: Intellectual Property