Rights And Ownership Of Copyrighted Work In The Digital Age

Intellectual Property laws were ideated and meant for innovators and creators. The objective of this set of laws was to ensure protection for any creative output of an individual or an entity. 

While other types of IP laws protect other forms of creations, Copyright ownership gives the owner the exclusive right to use the work they create. This exclusive set of rights has exceptions as well and ensures that while the rights of its creator are protected, they can also easily and lawfully commercialise the work by sharing it with others.

When a person creates an original work, fixed in a tangible medium, he or she automatically owns the copyright to the work. This "work" could be a painting, a novel, a poem, a photograph, a video recording, an audio recording, and more recently, an NFT as well!