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Copyright
| Copyright
is a legal right of ownership attached to an original work. A copyright
owner has the exclusive right to -- and the right to authorize others
to-- reproduce, adapt, distribute, publicly perform and
publicly display a work. An original work need not be
registered with the US Copyright office to be protected under the
US Copyright law. |
Original
works can take any number of forms including:
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literary
works |
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choreographic
works |
| musical
works |
film
or motion pictures |
| sound
recordings |
dramatic
works |
| architectural
works |
pictorial, graphic and sculptural works
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| software
programs |
digital
media including email and web pages |
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