Category - Literary

There is no copyright protection for ideas or concepts as such. It is only when those ideas are expressed in a form from which they can be reproduced or copied i.e. as a literary work, that they are afforded copyright protection.

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The following principles should be considered when seeking to use material taken from a published edition.

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The British Copyright Council does not have a database of authors whose works are protected by copyright, nor does it represent individual authors, journalists, poets or their estates.

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There is no copyright protection for ideas or concepts as such. It is only when those ideas are expressed in a form from which they can be reproduced i.e. as a literary work, that they are afforded copyright protection. Copyright protection applies to all original literary works. The term literary work means any work, (other than a dramatic or musical work,) which is written, spoken or sung, and includes poetry.

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For copyright purposes, a work is "original" if it has not been copied from anywhere else. An original recipe may amount to a copyright literary work. Luckily for cooks, decided cases suggest that following the instructions in a recipe would not infringe copyright! However, the copyright owner's permission would be needed to reproduce a recipe directly from one book in another book, or to include it in a broadcast.

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The British Copyright Council cannot provide specialist knowledge of copyright and contractual issues in the literary and publishing field. Such information can be obtained from the following organisations:

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There is no copyright protection for ideas or concepts as such. It is only when those ideas become available in physical form i.e. as a literary work, that they are afforded copyright protection.

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