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Copyright is a law that says people think that something was really made by another person. Copyright law says that an individual cannot pretend that he or she made something that ...

Copyright is a legal concept, enacted by most governments, giving the creator of an original work exclusive rights to it, usually for a limited time.

Important note: The Wikimedia Foundation does not own copyright on Wikipedia article texts and illustrations. It is therefore useless to email our contact addresses asking for ...