For students
Copyright types
The things that a person creates, such as essays, photographs, cartoons, stories, novels, term papers, paintings, maps, plays and musical scores are called 'works'.
There are:
- literary works (books, letters, articles, term papers, computer programs etc)
- dramatic works (plays, filmscripts, scenarios)
- musical works (musical scores, music that is written down)
- artistic works (photos, paintings, drawings, animations, diagrams, etc)
Audiovisual items such as films and sound recordings, including music, are referred to as 'subject matter other than works' or sometimes just 'subject matter'.
A computer program is designated a 'literary work', and recorded music (CDs, MP3 files, tapes, records, etc) is classed with audiovisual items as 'subject matter other than works'.