What is copyright?
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Copyright is a legal right, grounded in the United States Constitution, that gives the owner of the copyright the exclusive right to:
- Reproduce (make copies of ) the work; and
- Modify or prepare derivative works based on the work. (Examples of derivative works include translations, transforming printed works into musicals or films, rearrangements of scores, and any other recast, transformation or adaptation of a work); and
- Distribute the work in any format by sale, publication, license, rental, or for free; and
- Publicly perform or display the work; and
- Authorize others to exercise some or all of those rights
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