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To publish is to make publicly known, and in reference to text and images, it can mean distributing paper copies to the public, or putting the content on a website.
The word publication means the act of publishing, and it also means any writing of which copies are published, and any website. Among publications are books, and periodicals, the latter including magazines, scholarly journals, and newspapers. Computers and the internet have changed the face of publishing, lowering the cost, and allowing more people to publish, through both desktop publishing and internet publishing.

Specific publications

Some publications have to be characterized in a more specific sense and contexts. Examples:

Web publishing

To publish on the Web. See website, Web template systems, Blog, etc.

Legal definition

Copyright

"Publication" is a technical term in legal contexts and especially important in copyright legislation. An author of a work generally in the initial owner of the copyright on the work. One of the copyrights granted to the author of a work is the exclusive right to publish the work.
   In the United States, publication is defined as: ť the distribution of copies or phonorecords of a work to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or lending. The offering to distribute copies or phonorecords to a group of persons for purposes of further distribution, public performance, or public display, constitutes publication. A public performance or display of a work doesn't of itself constitute publication.

   To perform or display a work "publicly" means – ť :(1) to perform or display it at a place open to the public or at any place where a substantial number of persons outside of a normal circle of a family and its social acquaintances is gathered; or

   :(2) to transmit or otherwise communicate a performance or display of the work to a place specified by clause (1) or to the public, by means of any device or process, whether the members of the public capable of receiving the performance or display receive it in the same place or in separate places and at the same time or at different times. ť —

Furthermore, the right to publish a work is an exclusive right of the copyright owner, and violating this right (for example by disseminating copies of the work without the copyright owner's consent) is a copyright infringement, and the copyright owner can demand (by suing in court) that for example copies distributed against his will be confiscated and destroyed .
   The definition of "publication" as "distribution of copies to the general public with the consent of the author" is also supported by the Berne Convention, which makes mention of "copies" in article 3(3), where "published works" are defined. In the Universal Copyright Convention, "publication" is defined in article VI as "the reproduction in tangible form and the general distribution to the public of copies of a work from which it can be read or otherwise visually perceived." Many countries around the world follow this definition, although some make some exceptions for particular kinds of works. In Germany, §6 of the Urheberrechtsgesetz additionally considers works of the visual arts (such as sculptures) "published" if they've been made permanently accessible by the general public (for example, erecting a sculpture on public grounds is publication in Germany). Australia and the UK (as the U.S.) don't have this exception and generally require the distribution of copies necessary for publication. In the case of sculptures, the copies must be even three-dimensional.

Official publication

In some countries, the publication in the official journal is a condition for the law to come into effect and it's released in the public domain.
Exampless of official publications:

Federal Register

Taxonomy

In Biological classification (Taxonomy), the publication of the description of a taxon has to comply with some rules.

It must be published in Latin.

It must be published on paper.

The publication must be generally available.

The date of publication is the date the published material became generally available.Further Information

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