Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009.
original work of authorship — Under copyright laws, any expression that is independently conceived by its creator, including sheet music, films, records, tape recordings, video disk productions, computer software, laser disk games, cartoons, designs, magazines, poems and… … Business law dictionary
Derivative work — L.H.O.O.Q. (1919). Derivative work by Marcel Duchamp based on the Mona Lisa (La Gioconda) by Leonardo da Vinci. Also known as The Mona Lisa With a Moustache. Often used by law professors to illustrate legal concept of derivative work. In United… … Wikipedia
derivative work — For copyright purposes, a new work based on an original work to which enough distinctive creative work has been contributed to make the new work itself an original work of authorship. Examples of derivative works are a translation of a novel… … Business law dictionary
Authorship of the Pauline epistles — Saint Paul Writing His Epistles, 16th century painting. Most scholars think Paul actually dictated his letters to a secretary, for example Romans 16:22 cites a scribe named Tertius … Wikipedia
Work for hire — A work made for hire (sometimes abbreviated as work for hire or WFH) is an exception to the general rule that the person who actually creates a work is the legally recognized author of that work. According to copyright law in the United States… … Wikipedia
Academic authorship — Authorship of journal articles, books and other original works is a means by which academics communicate the results of their scholarly work, establish priority for their discoveries, and build their reputation among their peers. Authorship is a… … Wikipedia
Shakespeare authorship question — … Wikipedia
Oxfordian theory of Shakespeare authorship — Edward de Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford, is the most popular alternative candidate for the author behind the alleged pseudonym, Shakespeare. Unknown artist after lost original, 1575; National Portrait Gallery, London. The Oxfordian theory of… … Wikipedia
Mask work — A mask work is a two or three dimensional layout or topography of an integrated circuit (IC or chip ), i.e. the arrangement on a chip of semiconductor devices such as transistors and passive electronic components such as resistors and… … Wikipedia
Spalding–Rigdon theory of Book of Mormon authorship — The Spalding Rigdon theory of Book of Mormon authorship is the theory that the Book of Mormon was plagiarized in part from an unpublished manuscript written by Solomon Spalding. This theory first appeared in print in the book Mormonism Unvailed … Wikipedia
