Render Right

Definition - What does Render Right mean?

A render right is a legal right that governs the creation of digital works outside the realm of copyright law.

Rendering a digital work involves making it accessible for human consumption, such as listening to music, displaying a photograph, or reading a Web page. Rendering makes analog copying of the work possible, because people can copy anything they read, record what they hear or take a picture of what they see. Through render rights, users are given the right to reproduce copyrighted materials under certain conditions.

This term is also known as a rendering right.

Techopedia explains Render Right

In order to display media on a television or computer, the user must obtain render rights from the rights owner in the form of a licensure or contract. Playing music is also a type of media translation into an acoustical format.

Play rights, print rights and export rights are the three main types of render rights, which allow for some forms of reproduction of copyrighted works, but only for personal use.

When a digital media is rendered, it is considered to be passed on from the usual trusted environment and presented in another. In that way, it is not considered to be protected as it would normally be under copyright laws, but instead under laws pertaining to digital rights management. Digital media copying is considered a type of export right. Those who obtain licenses to view or hear protected digital information are required to identify themselves.

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