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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

legacy

English answer:

body of work

Added to glossary by airmailrpl
Jan 9, 2008 08:56
16 yrs ago
English term

legacy

English Law/Patents Law: Patents, Trademarks, Copyright
"XXX is one of the world’s leading dramatic licensing agencies, protecting the rights and legacy of composers, lyricists and book writers."

What is "legacy" in above context?
Responses
4 +3 body of work
3 +2 everything (books, music etc.) left to posterity after
2 "a gift of personal property by will; bequest (also see ademption)"
Change log

Jan 9, 2008 08:59: Steffen Walter changed "Term asked" from "what is legacy in this context ?" to "legacy" , "Field" from "Art/Literary" to "Law/Patents" , "Field (specific)" from "Linguistics" to "Law: Patents, Trademarks, Copyright"

Jan 17, 2008 00:44: airmailrpl Created KOG entry

Discussion

Steffen Walter Jan 9, 2008:
Please enter only the term in the headline, instead of a complete question. Thank you.

Responses

+3
30 mins
Selected

body of work

protecting the rights and legacy of composers, lyricists and book writers." => body of work
Peer comment(s):
agree juvera
1 hr
thank you
agree David Moore (X)
1 hr
thank you
agree Patricia Townshend (X) : and what is handed down in terms of their work
2 hrs
thank you
neutral Carol Gullidge : more likely to be protecting copyright after the death of the author (rather than protecting his body of work)//Don't forget this is a licencing agency!/yes, but it's the copyright that's being protected, not the work itself
3 hrs
copyright would be on the body of work
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you very much !"
+2
55 mins

everything (books, music etc.) left to posterity after

the death of the artist in question, would be my interpretation
Note from asker:
Thank you very much. Your answer also helps a lot !
Peer comment(s):
agree Ioanna Karamanou : absolutely, no enigma here
2 hrs
neutral Carol Gullidge : I think this refers to protecting copyright after death of author, rather than his personal effects//I understood perfectly! But this is a "licensing agency", and deals with copyright ownership, not with the actual works themselves
3 hrs
Nobody mentioned personal effects. The music composers wrote, the books writers write are not personal effects but their works of art left to posterity. You did not read my answer carefully.
agree Tatiana N. (X) : (legally) protecting creative work of an artist. Creative legacy/copyright emerges as soon as created, so we do not talk necessarily about a deceased artist here.
14 hrs
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1 hr

"a gift of personal property by will; bequest (also see ademption)"

according to Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law

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Note added at 1 hr (2008-01-09 09:58:10 GMT)
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although airmailrpl's suggestion also sounds plausible in this specific context

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Note added at 1 hr (2008-01-09 10:00:28 GMT)
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as does Edith's as well
Peer comment(s):
neutral Carol Gullidge : that is a general definition of "legacy", but I don't think that's what the asker is asking for in this case!
3 hrs
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