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Clearance

Definition:
Clearance is the permission from the author or owner of the copyrighted piece to another person, allowing them to exercise one or more of the exclusive rights, usually without a fee or charge.

Misappropriation

Definition:
A common-law form of unfair competition where the defendant has copied or appropriated some item or creation of the plaintiff that is not protected by either patent law, copyright law, trademark law, or any other traditional theory of exclusive rights.

Transfer of copyright ownership

Definition:
This is the act of transferring any or all of the exclusive rights comprised in a copyright from the copyright owner to another person or institution. Ownership is generally transferred through an assignment, mortgage, or exclusive license, whether or not it is limited in time or place of effect, but not including a nonexclusive license.

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