Copyright 着作权
（重定向自Uncopyrightable）
![The Statute of Anne (the Copyright Act 1709) came into force in 1710.](/Images/godic/202502/18/Statute_of_anne3154.jpg")
![The Copyright Act of 1790 in the Columbian Centinel.](/Images/godic/202502/18/Copyright_Act_of_1790_in_Colombian_Centinel3154.jpg")
![The Pirate Publisher—An International Burlesque that has the Longest Run on Record, from Puck, 1886, satirizes the then-existing situation where a publisher could profit by simply stealing newly published works from one country, and publishing them in another, and vice versa.](/Images/godic/202502/18/Joseph_Ferdinand_Keppler_-_The_Pirate_Publisher_-_Puck_Magazine_-_Restoration_by_Adam_Cuerden3154.jpg")
![A copyright certificate for proof of the Fermat theorem, issued by the State Department of Intellectual Property of Ukraine.](/Images/godic/202502/18/Fermat_Last_Theorem_proof_registered_by_Ukraine_officials3154.jpg")
Copyright is a legal right created by the law of a country that grants the creator of an original work exclusive rights for its use and distribution. This is usually only for a limited time. The exclusive rights are not absolute but limited by limitations and exceptions to copyright law, including fair use. A major limitation on copyright is that copyright protects only the original expression of ideas, and not the underlying ideas themselves.