ORIGINALITY VERSUS PLAGIARISM AND SIMILARITY IN ARCHITECTURE: COPYRIGHT ASPECTS OF ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN

Abstract

Intellectual property protection via copyright in architecture has been a matter of much controversy. This stemmed from the complex nature of the architectural creative process and its often long duration. Here, there were accusations of the means and scope of copyright protection of architectural designs being insufficiently precise, especially with respect to the inalienability of the author–work link and the lack of economic balance between the designer and the client. The subject of the unintentional infringement on another’s intellectual property in architecture in the context of plagiarism itself.