Why should I get a copyright?
The owner of a copyright has the exclusive right to do and to authorize others to do the following:
- To reproduce the work in copies or phonorecords;
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To prepare derivative works based upon the work;
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To distribute copies or phonorecords of the work to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or lending;
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To perform the work publicly, in the case of literary, musical, dramatic, and choreographic works, pantomimes, and motion pictures and other audiovisual works;
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To display the copyrighted work publicly, in the case of literary, musical, dramatic, and choreographic works, pantomimes, and pictorial, graphic, or sculptural works, including the individual images of a motion picture or other audiovisual work; and
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In the case of sound recordings, to perform the work publicly by means of a digital audio transmission.
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