Words / N / Law

neighbouring rights

noun

C2CEFR level
85/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

The related rights of performers, producers, and broadcasters that sit alongside, but distinct from, authors' copyright.

The composer holds copyright; the session players and the label hold neighbouring rights in the recording.

Similar: related rights

Topic: Intellectual property in Legal English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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