By: Aditi Ramesh
Intellectual property refers to creations from the mind that can be legally owned. They are intangible assets. All businesses will have some form of intellectual property (IP) they wish to protect. Therefore, intellectual property laws protect a business’ new creations and ideas. Your ideas and creations are important for the long-term prosperity of your business. Hence, it is important to know how to protect your intangible work. The best way to do this is by registering your IP. You can do this by applying for a trademark or a patent. These will stop your competitors from using your ideas and will give you a competitive advantage in the market. On the other hand, you are dealing with copyright laws when you are dealing with internet content.
What is internet content?
Internet content refers to anything that has been published on the internet. This includes articles, websites, music and more. A company called Interparty has argued that “users of the internet have been conditioned to believe that everything is free”. This is because this content is so easily available to internet users. There are numerous sites that make it easy to download music and movies for free. Moreover, people use information from online articles without referencing them. These are all breaches of people’s intellectual property rights. Although internet content is free, this does not mean that these creations cannot be protected. Illegal downloads are a huge breach of copyright laws.
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