license
(n.) (1) A contract that grants a party explicit rights to use intellectual property.
(2) A digital permit containing descriptions of rights that can be applied to one or more pieces of content.
(v.) To grant the right to use intellectual property.
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- licensing collective
An organization that represents a large group of individual rightsholders in negotiating and administering blanket licenses. The American Society of Composers, Artists and Publishers (ASCAP) is an example of a licensing collective.
- light archive
(n.) In reference to data storage, an archive that can be accessed by many authorized users. Access to the data is open to all the members of the “community” that have a need for the data. Compare to a dark archive.
- light bar
On a display screen, a highlighted region that indicates a selected component in a menu. The light bar can be produced by using a different color or by reversing the image so that black-on-white text becomes white-on-black.
- light kit
A set of professional lights, light stands and also various lighting accessories used in video or photography production.
- light pen
)An input device that utilizes a light-sensitive detector to select objects on a display screen. A light pen is similar to a mouse, except that with a light pen you can move the pointer and select objects on the display screen by directly pointing to the objects with the pen.