Sentence examples for protective copyright from inspiring English sources
This song would have been in public domain a long time ago, but it received protective copyright term extensions through the music publisher EMI.
The film is dealing with an author notoriously protective of his copyright.
But he said that artists and their heirs had become much more protective of their copyrights since "the explosion of ancillary merchandise," including postcards, posters, calendars, umbrellas and coffee mugs sold in museum stores and elsewhere.
The Star Wars films have always steered relatively clear of adult themes, and Lucasfilm founder George Lucas was fiercely protective of his copyrighted interests during his tenure in charge of the company, once suing the British maker of a series of replica Stormtrooper outfits and reportedly targeting the British electronica duo Jedi Knights with threats of legal action.
Prince took a protective stance on music copyrights.
Mr. Lessig has become the standard-bearer for those who see copyright law as too protective of original creators and too stifling of the artists who follow them.
"Until recently they were just being protective, keeping their arms around their copyright," says Mr Semel about the old industry that he left behind.
It is shown how the protective instruments of secrecy and both copyright and patent have been strengthened considerably during the last two decades.
By Louis Menand Copyright laws have never been more protective, but, thanks to the Internet, they have never been easier to ignore.
Indeed, a bill before Congress this year would prevent copyright owners from being sued for using such self-protective measures as spoofing and the deliberate downloading of files at a rate so slow that other users give up.
