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legacy

English translation: body of work

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English term or phrase:legacy
Selected answer:body of work
Entered by: airmailrpl

08:56 Jan 9, 2008
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law: Patents, Trademarks, Copyright
English term or phrase: legacy
"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?
jomo
South Korea
Local time: 12:49
body of work
Explanation:
protecting the rights and legacy of composers, lyricists and book writers." => body of work
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airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 00:49
Grading comment
Thank you very much !
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +3body of work
airmailrpl
3 +2everything (books, music etc.) left to posterity after
Edith Kelly
2"a gift of personal property by will; bequest (also see ademption)"
Jonathan MacKerron


Discussion entries: 1





  

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30 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
body of work


Explanation:
protecting the rights and legacy of composers, lyricists and book writers." => body of work


airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 00:49
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thank you very much !

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
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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55 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
everything (books, music etc.) left to posterity after


Explanation:
the death of the artist in question, would be my interpretation

Edith Kelly
Switzerland
Local time: 05:49
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you very much. Your answer also helps a lot !


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
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   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
"a gift of personal property by will; bequest (also see ademption)"


Explanation:
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

Jonathan MacKerron
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
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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