What is Copyright?
Copyright is the right to prevent someone from copying original literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work. Computer software is protected by copyright as a literary work. Copyright also protects sound recordings, films, broadcasts or cable programmes, and the typographical arrangement of published editions. "Original" means that you have created the work yourself and not copied it from someone else’s work. No artistic merit is implied, and even quite simple drawings (for example) may attract copyright. There are limits, however. A single word or a short phrase will not normally attract copyright protection.