All rights reserved

"All rights reserved" is a phrase that originated in copyright law as part of copyright notices. Copyright law in most countries no longer requires such notices, but the phrase persists. The original understanding of the phrase as relating specifically to copyright may have been supplanted by common usage of the phrase to refer to any legal right, although it is probably understood to refer "at least" to copyright.

In former times, the phrase was required as a result of the Buenos Aires Convention of 1910 which mandated that some statement of reservation of rights be made in order to secure protection in signatory countries of the convention. [cite web |url= http://www.iusmentis.com/copyright/allrightsreserved/ |title= The phrase "All rights reserved" |accessdate=2007-12-27 |last= Engelfriet |first= Arnoud |coauthors= |date= 2006 |work= Ius mentis] it was required to add the term "All rights reserved" as a written notice that all rights granted under existing copyright law (i.e., the right to publish a work within a specific area) are retained by the copyright holder and that legal action may be taken against infringement.

The requirement to add a notice became obsolete and essentially deprecated on August 23, 2000, as every country that was a member of the Buenos Aires Convention (which is the only copyright treaty requiring this notice to be used) is also a member of the Berne Convention which requires protection be granted without any formality of notice of copyright.

Translations

The equivalent term in
* Afrikaans - Alle regte voorbehou
* Arabic - جميع الحقوق محفوظة
* Azerbaijan - Bütün hüquqlar qorunur.
* Bengali - সর্বস্বত্ব সংরক্ষিত
* Bulgarian - Всички права запазени.
* Catalan - Tots els Drets Reservats
* Chinese - 版權所有。
* Croatian - Sva prava pridržana.
* Czech - Všechna práva vyhrazena.
* Danish - Alle Rettigheder Forbeholdes.
* Dutch - Alle rechten voorbehouden.
* Estonian - Kõik õigused kaitstud.
* Finnish - Kaikki oikeudet pidätetään.
* French - Tous droits réservés.
* German - Alle Rechte vorbehalten.
* Greek - Με επιφύλαξη παντός δικαιώματος.
* Hebrew - .כל הזכויות שמורות
* Hungarian - Minden jog fenntartva.
* Icelandic - Öll réttindi áskilin.
* Indonesian - Semua hak dilindungi undang-undang.
* Italian - Tutti i Diritti Riservati.
* Japanese - 著作権を所有します。
* Korean - 모든 권리 보유 or 모든 권리가 인정됨.
* Lithuanian - Visos teisės saugomos.
* Malay - Hak Cipta Terpelihara.
* Mongolian - ?
* Norwegian - Alle rettigheter er forbeholdt.
* Persian - .همه‌ی حقوق محفوظ است
* Polish - Wszelkie prawa zastrzeżone.
* Portuguese - Todos os Direitos Reservados.
* Romanian - Toate drepturile rezervate.
* Russian - Все права защищены (“All rights protected”); some use the more precise “Все права сохранены”.
* Scots - Aw richts is pitten by.
* Serbian - Сва права придржана.
* Slovak - Všetky práva vyhradené.
* Slovenian - Vse pravice pridržane.
* Spanish - Todos los derechos reservados.
* Swedish - Med ensamrätt. or Eftertryck förbjudes.
* Thai - จำกัด ขอสงวนสิทธิ์ทั้งหมด.
* Turkish - Tüm Haklari Saklidir.
* Ukrainian - Всі права захищено.
* Urdu - جملہ حقوق محفوظ ہیں
* Vietnamese - Giữ toàn quyền.

References

ee also

*Creative Commons, which uses "Some rights reserved"
*All rights reversed
*All Rights Reserved Literacy Journal Association