I have a good faith belief that the use of the work(s) described above in the material(s) listed here is not authorized by the copyright owner, an agent of the copyright owner, or the law.
I request that you expeditiously remove or disable access to the material identified directly above..
Accordingly, you cannot claim copyright to another's work, no matter how much you change it, unless you have the owner's consent.
See Circular 14, Copyright Registration for Derivative Works and Compilations..
The original authorship appearing on a website may be protected by copyright.
This includes writings, artwork, photographs, and other forms of authorship protected by copyright..
Written text (including email messages and news posts), recorded sound, digital images, and computer software are some examples of works that can be copyrighted.
Copyright holders have many rights, including the right to reproduce, adapt, distribute, display, and perform their work..
Accordingly, you cannot claim copyright to another's work, no matter how much you change it, unless you have the owner's consent.
See Circular 14, Copyright Registration for Derivative Works and Compilations..
In the simplest terms, "copyright" means "the right to copy." In general, copyright means the sole right to produce or reproduce a work or a substantial part of it in any form.
It includes the right to perform the work or any substantial part of it or, in the case of a lecture, to deliver it..
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