unit 35 p6

what is copyright law?

It is a legal concept, enacted by most governments, giving the creator of an original work exclusive rights to it, usually for a limited amount of time.Generally, it is "the right to copy", but also gives the copyright holder the right to be credited for the work, to determine who may adapt the work to other forms, who may perform the work, who may financially benefit from it, and other related rights.

For example no one else can use a Nike tick for a logo for there company, Nike would have rights to sue them for using their logo as it is trademarked to Nike.

intellectual property

Intellectual property  is a legal concept which refers to creations of the mind for which exclusive rights are recognized. Under intellectual property law, owners are granted certain exclusive rights to a variety of intangible assets, such as musical, literary, and artistic works; discoveries and inventions; and words, phrases, symbols, and designs. Common types of intellectual property rights include copyright, trademarks, patterns, industrial design rights, trade dress, and trade secrets.

For example if you stole someone else's song that they wrote, and you released it taking credit for it.
The jam used the Beatles backing track for one of there songs that got to number 1, and the Beatles sued them for it.