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Glossary for Computer Concepts: intellectual-property

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copyright: Protects the words, music, and other expressions for the life of the copyright holder plus 70 years
DMCA: a U.S. copyright law designed to reduce illegal digital media copying by criminalizing the production, distribution, and use of technologies designed to circumvent DRM technologies
   DMCA: Digital Millennium Copyright Act
dmca: a U.S. copyright law designed to reduce illegal digital media copying by criminalizing the production, distribution, and use of technologies designed to circumvent DRM technologies
DRM: technology that protects digital forms of intellectual property by restricting the number of devices and applications on which a file can be opened and the number of times that the file can be copied
   DRM: Digital Rights Management
drm: technology that protects digital forms of intellectual property by restricting the number of devices and applications on which a file can be opened and the number of times that the file can be copied
intellectual property rights: concern the legal ownership and use of intellectual property
intellectual property: a product of the mind or intellect, includes the design of physical software, music, movies, designs, written stories, and ideas
patent: Protects an invention by giving the patent holder a monopoly on the use of the invention for 20 years
piracy: the illegal copying, use, and distribution of digital intellectual property, such as software, music, and movies
plagiarism: taking credit for someone else’s intellectual property, typically a written idea, by claiming it as your own
trade secret: Protects secrets or proprietary information of individuals and organizations as long as the trade secret is adequately guarded by those individuals and organizations
trademark: Protects a unique symbol or word used by a business to identify a product or service
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