There are usually two reasons advanced for the existence of copyright: moral and economic. The moral argument is that the work is the personal expression of its originator's thought. He or she should, therefore, have the right to have it respected; the right to decide whether, when or how it may be produced or performed in public, and the right to object to any distortion or mutilation when the work is used.

This FAQ, like most FAQ's, was created with the purpose of qualifying and quantifying some of the most commonly asked questions and providing suitable answers that can be pointed to when they crop up. It is the work of a small number of devoted individuals who otherwise would likely be answering these questions by hand every time they are raised. It is important to note the Disclaimer at the bottom of this document and to state that Omega. See similar questions...

COBOL is a computer programming language developed by the CODASYL committee (Conference on Data Systems Languages) in 1959. COBOL became the business programming language of choice for large scale applications throughout the 60's 70's and 80's. Millions and millions of lines of COBOL programs were written and these systems (often called legacy systems) are still in use today since it is expensive and difficult to replace an accounting system or payroll system in a large corporation. See similar questions...

Most children with autism never receive the quality, intensive services that research shows could give them their best chance to overcome the debilitating impact autism will have on their lives. Many parents in Southern California have never heard of ABA. Or they may have been told that their school or regional center agency "does ABA." But parents often don't have any way to evaluate the quality or effectiveness of school and regional center autism programs. That's why LA FEAT is here. See similar questions...

Copyright gives the creator or author of a work the power to control the work. The owner of the copyright has the exclusive right to control if, when, how and how often his or her work can be used or copied. Copyright is not a single right, as the word may suggest, but is a bundle of rights. Any part of the bundle can be retained or sold, leased or given away, either individually or in groups. See similar questions...

Copyright, a form of intellectual property law, protects original works of authorship including literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works, such as poetry, novels, movies, songs, computer software, and architecture. Copyright does not protect facts, ideas, systems, or methods of operation, although it may protect the way these things are expressed. See Circular 1, Copyright Basics, section "What Works Are Protected." See similar questions...

Copyright is a protection that covers published and unpublished literary, scientific and artistic works, whatever the form of expression, provided such works are fixed in a tangible or material form. Additional information can be viewed at: http://www.whatiscopyright.org See similar questions...

In the past people assumed that if a page was posted on a public website that you were free to access, cache and mirror that page without additional authorization or payment. See similar questions...

According to the CBM Association of Alabama, 13% of the land in the lower 48 United States has some coal under it, and some of this coal contains methane - either in the form we know as traditional natural gas or as CBM. According to the United States Geological Survey, the Rocky Mountain Region has extensive coal deposits bearing an estimated 30-58 trillion cubic feet (TCF) of recoverable CBM. See similar questions...

In my experience, (it) is one of the most disabling diseases that I care for, far exceeding HIV disease except for the terminal stages" Australian researchers found that patients with this disorder had more dysfunction than those with multiple sclerosis, and that in ME / ICD-CFS the degree of impairment is more extreme than in end-stage renal disease and heart disease, and that only in terminally ill cancer and stroke patients was the sickness impact profie (SIP) greater than in ME / ICD-CFS. See similar questions...

The luxury tax is a mechanism that helps control team spending. While it is commonly referred to as a "luxury tax," the CBA simply calls it a "tax" or a "team payment." It is paid by high spending teams -- teams whose payroll exceeds a predetermined tax level. See similar questions...

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Copyright is a form of protection provided by the laws of the United States (title 17, U.S. Code) to the authors of "original works of authorship," including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and certain other intellectual works. This protection is available to both published and unpublished works. See similar questions...