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Copyright is the right of ownership over literary, musical, artistic, dramatic, or academic works. It allows the creator or owner the work of scholarly criticism, literature, or art, for example, to control how and when that work is used. Copyright is established simply by “fixing” an original work in any tangible medium, such as by writing, posting online, storing, or preserving in a video or audio format. Copyright can even cover derivative works that are adapted in new ways from an existing work.
Copyright law generally gives the owner of copyright the exclusive right to reproduce the work, prepare derivative works, distribute copies of the work, perform or display the work publicly, and grant permission for these uses. An owner of a copyright can sell, lease, license, or lend the right to the work. In addition, certain authors of works of visual art have the rights of attribution and integrity. #anchor1 (1)
The owner of a copyright is not required to register his or her work with the copyright office, although additional protections are afforded by registration. Copyright is established by the act of authorship and need not be accompanied by the use of the term “copyright” or by the use of the copyright symbol.
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