Copyright can be defined as the "Right To Copy". The party who possesses the "right to copy" is the copyright owner. Under a system of National Laws and International Copyright Treaties, the copyright owner has the "exclusive right" to perform, display, print, record, or otherwise reproduce the work in any way. Others can obtain permission to use someone's copyrighted work by receiving a License from the copyright owner(s) or their authorised agents. The framework for UK copyright law is in the “Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988” and is what the legal world refer to as a “property right”.