The copyright holder is typically the work's creator, or a publisher or other business to whom copyright has been assigned. Negligent infliction of emotional distressĬopyright infringement (at times referred to as piracy) is the use of works protected by copyright law without permission for a usage where such permission is required, thereby infringing certain exclusive rights granted to the copyright holder, such as the right to reproduce, distribute, display or perform the protected work, or to make derivative works.
An advertisement for copyright and patent preparation services from 1906, when copyright registration formalities were still required in the US.
