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Term: adaptation
1.
In the context of copyright, the right to create an adaptation of a literary, dramatic, musical work, a computer program or a database, the right to make an adaptation is one off the exclusive rights of the copyright owner.
Usage: The translation of the play infringed the adaptation right.
Related Words: copyright; literary work; artistic work; dramatic work; musical work; sound recording; broadcast; making available; graphic work; intellectual property.
2.
An adaptation of a computer program is a version or translation of the computer program.
3.
An adaptation of a database is a translation or altered version of the database.
4.
A version of a dramatic work that is translated to a non-dramatic work.
5.
A version of a work in which the plot is conveyed in pictures.
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