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Intellectual Property Information Center at Kansas State University Online Tutorial on Copyright Basics
Intellectual Property refers to copyrights, patents and trademarks, and trade secrets Please note that this tutorial discusses only copyright. For definitions and general information on other types of intellectual property, please see the “Patents and Trademarks” and “Resources and Links” areas of this website.
Copyright is a legal protection provided by the laws of the United States under title 17 of the U.S. Code. Copyright law is designed to protect a work from being reproduced, performed, displayed or otherwise disseminated without the permission of the copyright owner. The copyright owner may license the use of a work to others and receive royalties for each performance or copy that is made.