Protecting of the creative businesses

Copyright is a special set of rules not only found in Denmark, but in virtually the whole world, which in various ways protects artistic works, such as books, films, pictures, music, software, computer games, architecture and design.

Copyright also protects performers, e.g. when an actor participates in a movie or a play, and when a musician plays his music at a concert or similar. When you write a book as a writer, copyright give you a number of legal rights, which means that other people, e.g., are not allowed to translate one’s work or make it into a movie, without first obtaining permission. Similarly, you are not allowed to show a photographer’s pictures on television without first asking the photographer for permission, selling copies of a designer’s unique furniture design without first having been authorized by the furniture designer, or copying films and selling them without first having the permission of the film maker.

In other words, copyright is a special set of legal rules that protect various artistic or literary works and their origin, i.e., the creative forces behind: the visual artists, the writers, the composers, the photographers, the designers and others.

These creators are called “authors” in the copyright world. An author may also partially transfer his copyright, e.g., if an author assigns the rights to one of his books to a publisher, e.g. for payment or other work benefits, the publisher becomes the copyright holder of the book or work. In this way, copyright allows creators to monetize what they create, just as manufacturers and distributors can see the idea of ​​investing in the development and distribution of new cultural products.

You can read the copyright law in its entirety at rettinformation.dk