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Copyright Intellectual and creative productions are given legal protection in most countries; this protection ensuring that the exclusive rights to distribution, reproduction, display, performance, or any commercial use of a work rests with its author, composer, or artist. Copyright is the equivalent, for intangible property, of the patent. Problems in the interpretation of copyright issues, particularly when more than one nation is involved, are substantial. The Bern Convention of 1886 has…

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