The copyright law of the United States grants monopoly protection for "
original works of authorship". With the stated purpose to promote art and culture, copyright law assigns a set of exclusive rights to authors: to make and sell copies of their works, to create derivative works, and to perform or display their works publicly.Copyright is an exclusive legal right granted to the
creator or group of individuals to protect their work or creativity from other people’s reproduction, adaptation, translation, distribution and public performance without prior authorisation from the creator/person responsible for the existence of the work.Copyright, a form of intellectual property law, protects
original works of authorship including literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works, such as poetry, novels, movies, songs, computer software, and architecture.Copyright law protects
original works of authorship including literary, dramatic, musical, audiovisual and artistic works, such as poetry, novels, movies, songs, computer software, and architecture. However, copyright law does not protect facts, ideas, systems, or methods of operation, although it may protect the way these things are expressed.
U.S. copyright law provides copyright owners with the following exclusive rights:
- Reproduce the work in copies or phonorecords.
- Prepare derivative works based upon the work.
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