Copyright is a form of intellectual property applicable to any expressible form of an idea or information that is substantive and discrete.
Works covered by copyright include, but are not limited to:
- literary works such as novels, poems, plays, reference works, newspapers and computer programs;
- databases;
- films, musical compositions, and choreography;
- artistic works such as paintings, drawings, photographs and sculpture;
- architecture; and advertisements, maps and technical drawings.