The phrase "authorized copy" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a document that has been officially approved or sanctioned for distribution or use.
Example: "Please ensure that you submit an authorized copy of your identification for verification purposes."
Alternatives: "official copy" or "certified copy".
Under this provision, the copyright owner would have the right to control the first public distribution of an authorized copy... of his work.
Once an authorized copy of a work is sold to a member of the public, it is generally for the purchaser, not the author, to determine what happens to it.
The Publishers appear to be arguing that because Schwegman never had an "authorized" copy of the Articles in the first instance, the firm's possession of the Articles was unlawful or that the firm acted in bad faith.
Thus, for example, the outright sale of an authorized copy of a book frees it from any copyright control over its resale price or other conditions of its future disposition.
Once an authorized copy of a work is sold to a member of the public, it is usually the purchaser, not the seller, who has the right to decide what will happen to the copy.
For example, a person who lawfully acquires an authorized copy of a motion picture would be an infringer if he or she engages in the business of renting it to others for purposes of unauthorized public performance.
"Repeated and exploitative unauthorized copies of copyrighted works were made to save the expense of purchasing authorized copies," the panel said.
Beginning Nov. 21, just three days after the movie opens, wanna-be Bellas can get authorized copies of the gown for $799 in 400 bridal shops, including 67 Alfred Angelo stores.
Where a work is available for purchase or license at a reasonable cost, copying all or a significant portion of the work (in lieu of purchasing or licensing a sufficient number of "authorized" copies) would likely be unfair.
Where a work is available for purchase or license from the copyright owner, copying all or a significant portion of the work (in lieu of purchasing or licensing a sufficient number of "authorized" copies) would likely be unfair.
But most important, companies have to be more responsive to consumers, these analysts say, whether by making authorized copies of music more accessible online or even by lowering the price of CD's, a prospect that is being heavily debated in the industry right now.
