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Originality is the aspect of created or invented works by as being new or novel, and thus can be distinguished from reproductions, clones, forgeries, or derivative works. A replica is a copy that is relatively indistinguishable from the original Forgery is the process of making adapting or imitating objects statistics or documents (see False document) with the intent to deceive. In Copyright law, a derivative work is an expressive creation that includes major basic copyrighted aspects of an original previously created first work An original work is one not received from others nor one copied based on the work of others. The term "originality" is often applied as a compliment to the creativity of artists, writers, and thinkers. Creativity is a mental process involving the generation of new Ideas or Concepts, or new associations of the creative mind between existing ideas or concepts The definition of an artist is wide-ranging and covers a broad spectrum of Activities to do with creating Art, practicing the Arts and/or demonstrating A writer is anyone who creates a written work although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally as well as those who have written in many different forms

Contents 1 Originality in law 1.1 Original idea 2 See also 3 External links

Originality in law

In law, originality has become an important legal concept with respect to intellectual property, where creativity and invention have manifest as copyrightable works. Intellectual property ( IP) is a legal field that refers to creations of the mind such as musical literary and artistic works inventions and symbols names An invention is a new form composition of matter device or Process. Copyright is a legal concept enacted by Governments, giving the creator of an original work of authorship Exclusive rights to control its distribution usually for

In the patent law of the United States and most other countries, only original inventions are subject to protection. A patent is a set of Exclusive rights granted by a State to an inventor or his assignee for a fixed period of time in exchange for a disclosure of an The United States of America —commonly referred to as the An invention is a new form composition of matter device or Process. In addition to being original, inventions submitted for a patent must also be useful and nonobvious. The inventive step and non-obviousness reflect a same general Patentability requirement present in most Patent Laws according to which an

In United States copyright law and the law of many other states, copyrights protect only original works of authorship, a property which has been historically and legally linked to a concept of "creativity". United States copyright law governs the legally enforceable rights of creative and artistic works in the United States. Creativity is a mental process involving the generation of new Ideas or Concepts, or new associations of the creative mind between existing ideas or concepts A work must pass a threshold of originality in order to be copyrightable. Threshold of originality is a limit in Copyright law which separates Copyrightable works from non-copyrightable works based on the principle that only original

In United Kingdom intellectual property law, a derived work can demonstrate originality, and must do so if it is to respect copyright. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Intellectual property ( IP) is a legal field that refers to creations of the mind such as musical literary and artistic works inventions and symbols names In Copyright law, a derivative work is an expressive creation that includes major basic copyrighted aspects of an original previously created first work

Original idea

An original idea is one not thought up by another person beforehand.

Sometimes two or more people can come up with the same idea independently.

See also

• uniqueness
• derivative work
• Feist v. Rural and Bridgeman Art Library v. Corel Corp. (USA)
• Copyright protection of photographs in Switzerland - describes the criteria for the originality of photographs in Swiss law
• In fiction narratology, an original is the first-published installment of a series of works, thus having sequels, prequels, interquels, etc. In Mathematics and Logic, the phrase "there is one and only one " is used to indicate that exactly one object with a certain property exists In Copyright law, a derivative work is an expressive creation that includes major basic copyrighted aspects of an original previously created first work Feist Publications Inc v Rural Telephone Service Co, 499 US 340 ( 1991) commonly called just Feist v Facts The case itself was the result of Bridgeman Art Library questioning the right of Corel Corporation to reproduce high-quality Photographic slides The Copyright law of Switzerland is based on the concept of "author's rights" ( Urheberrecht in German, droit d'auteur in Fiction is the telling of stories which are not real More specifically fiction is an imaginative form of Narrative, one of the four basic Rhetorical modes. Narratology is the theory and study of Narrative and Narrative structure and the ways they affect our perception A sequel is a work in Literature, Film, or other media that portrays events following those of a previous work A prequel is a work that portrays events and/or aspects of a previously completed narrative but is set prior to the existing narrative
• Synonyms: archetype, prototype (the first draft of an original work), model, template, and pastiche (an imitation of an archetype or prototype in order to pay homage to the original creator)

External links

• Wikinfo is a website which accepts original material. An archetype ( pronounced: /ˈɑːkɪtaɪp/ (Brit or /ˈɑrkɪtaɪp/ (Amer A prototype is an original type form or instance of something serving as a typical example basis or standard for other things of the same category The word pastiche describes a literary or other artistic Genre.
• The Complete Idiot's Guide to Philosophy

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