Intellectual property is any product of the human creations that the law protects in order to prevent unauthorized use by others. In fact, the ownership of intellectual property certainly creates a limited monopoly in the protected property. Intellectual property rights traditionally consist of four categories, including copyright, patents, trademark, and industrial design.

In our daily life, copyright law protects different kinds of original creative works, such as literary works, musical works, film works, and broadcasts. It allows us to share the original ideas, feelings and perspectives to others in the common environment. Since the intellectual property rights are regarded as a means for us, we use our knowledge in creating new things or further improving the original products and works. In this way, our intangible or tangible properties are deserved to protect. For example, an expert develop an smartphone application for the benefit of public, if it becomes popular for a long period, the expert may obtain a property protection by applying a copyright, and makes a guarantee in the smartphones’ application market.

There are three important copyright protection requirements, including originality, fixation and qualification. If the requirements are fulfilled, the copyright will become effective. Generally, originality means that an …show more content…
Most literary or musical works are managed by the performing right organizations which represent the music publisher and the writer. Therefore, the license is needed to perform a copyright work in public, including broadcasting on television and radio. However, some types of public performance such as stage performance, musicals, plays and drama, the activities may not subject to the control of the organization. In this concern, we should seek permission or make a purchase when we decided to perform the original music works of the right