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Asset turnover

The ratio of annual sales divided by net assets employed in the business. Asset turnover measures a company’s efficiency at using its assets to generate sales or revenue. The higher the number the better.

Rental and lending rights

Copyright or a performer’s property right of certain works may be infringed by the rental or lending of copies of the work. The rights to stop other people from doing these things can be bought and sold in commerce, bequeathed by will, or otherwise dealt with meaning that they are proprietary rights. Rental and lending rights are contained within Directive 2006/115/EC (the EU Rental and Lending Rights Directive), as implemented in the UK by the Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003, SI 2003/2498 and include: • the exclusive right to authorise and prohibit rental and lending of the work • the unwaivable right to obtain equitable remuneration for the rental of the work

right of Paternity

The ‘paternity right’ is a moral right under CDPA 1988, s 77(1). The ‘paternity right’ applies to the likes of scriptwriters and illustrators as well as authors. The author of a copyright literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work and the director of a copyright film has the right to be identified as the author or director of the work when the work is published, performed or broadcast. However, this right must be asserted.
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