Glossary

Copyright

Definition/context: That body of law that protects the works created by writers, painters, photographers, performing artists, inventors and other persons who create intangible property.

French equivalent: tout droits réservés

Source: http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072492171/student_view0/glossary.htm

Copyright notice

Definition/context: The words "Copyright ©2003 by Don R. Pember," for example, which indicate to a user that a work is copyrighted by the author or creator

French equivalent : notice de tout droits réservés

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Intellectual Property

Definition/context: property that can be protected under federal law, including copyrightable works, ideas, discoveries, and inventions. Such property would include novels, sound recordings, a new type of mousetrap, or a cure for a disease.

French equivalent: droit de propriété intellectuelle

Source: http://www.lectlaw.com/def/i051.htm


Invasion of privacy

Definition/context: A civil tort that emerged in the early 20th century and contains four distinct categories of legal wrongs: appropriation, intrusion, publication of private facts and false light

French equivalent : atteinte à la vie privée

Source: http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072492171/student_view0/glossary.html

Photography rules (USA)

Definition/context: (general) anyone may take photographs of whatever they want when they are in a public place or places where the have permission to take photographs. Absent a specific prohibition such as statue and ordinance, you are legally entitled to take photographs.

French equivalent : Règlement de la photographie

Source: http://www.krages.com/ThePhotographersRight.pdf


Right of privacy

Definition/context: Right of a person to be free from intrusion into matters of a personal nature. Privacy is a right not to have one's intimate life and affairs exposed to public view or otherwise invaded. Less broad protections of privacy are afforded public officials and others defined by law as “public figures”

French equivalent: droit au domaine privé

Source: http://www.answers.com/RIGHT%20OF%20PRIVACY

Right of privacy: personal autonomy

Definition/context: this right only protects privacy of family, marriage, motherhood, procreation, and child rearing for example, abortion.

French equivalent: droit au domaine privé

Source: http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/index.php/Personal_Autonomy