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Your rights to own your own literary and artistic material, music, films, sound recordings and broadcasts, including software and multimedia.

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Intellectual property and your work

Includes the meaning of copyright and different types of intellectual property ownership, and how to legally protect the work that you have created from being copied or stolen.

https://www.gov.uk/intellectual-property-an-overview
GOV.UK
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How copyright protects your work

Copyright protects your work and stops others from using it without your permission. You automatically get copyright protection when you create original artistic works. Information about what type of works are included and how copyright works.

https://www.gov.uk/copyright
GOV.UK
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Film content theft

Information on combating individuals and groups that acquire copyright-infringing content.

https://www.fact-uk.org.uk/the-problem/film-content-theft/
Federation Against Copyright Theft
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