{"id":2377,"date":"2020-10-06T17:18:52","date_gmt":"2020-10-06T15:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studiolegalestella.it\/diritto-d-autore-cosa-e\/"},"modified":"2023-11-07T16:09:51","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T15:09:51","slug":"copyright-what-it-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studiolegalestella.it\/en\/copyright-what-it-is\/","title":{"rendered":"Copyright: what it is, how long it lasts, what it protects"},"content":{"rendered":"
[vc_row][vc_column][gt3_spacing height=”15px”][vc_column_text]We often hear about copyright, but the underlying concept of copyright may not always be clear: what exactly is it about? Does it have a specific duration? And what does it aim to protect?<\/p>\n

In order to adequately answer these questions, we will obviously have to start with the definitions.<\/p>\n

The term “copyright” is used to identify a legal institution whose purpose is to provide protection to authors and their work by granting the original author various property and moral rights. Among these, the most common ones are the recognition of authorship of the work and the right to receive compensation whenever the work in question is used or adopted by third parties.[\/vc_column_text][gt3_spacing height=”40px”][vc_column_text]\n

Copyright according to the SIAE<\/h2>\n

SIAE<\/a>, the well-known Italian Society of Authors and Publishers, defines creative works as a precious asset, “expression of an intellectual work that the law protects like any other work”, and explains that copyright is born, in fact, at the very moment when the work comes to life. According to SIAE, this right “ensures compensation for intellectual work and protects the birth and life of intellectual works”.<\/p>\n

As far as the Italian copyright law is concerned, it refers to Law no. 633 of 22 April 1941 (LDA) and subsequent amendments, while in several foreign countries different models will be adopted that refer instead to the so-called “copyright”.
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What does copyright protect?<\/h2>\n

Which ones are then the beforementioned moral and intellectual property rights protected by this legal institution?<\/p>\n

To put it in a clear and straightforward way, these rights can be divided into two large families:<\/p>\n