Let's break this command down into parts: 1  ls is a utility. Utilities are also sometimes known as commands all on their own, because they indicate the general idea of what you want. - 2 l is a flag that alters how the utility operates.
Publisher and copyright holder are both different persons, a copy right holder is the author of a piece of art, literary works, drama, novels, story etc etc and a publisher is a person who or a publishing house who takes the copyright from the author or rights of the work and publishes it as a book or film etc etc.
A person does not need to register or publish the work. The first owner of copyright is 'the author' which in the case of a database is the person who creates the database. In summary, the copyright owner has the exclusive right to: Copy the work.