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UNITED STATES INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW
WHAT IS A
COPYRIGHT?
A copyright gives authors of "original works of
authorship" including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and certain other
intellectual works, both published and unpublished the exclusive right to reproduce the
copyrighted work, to prepare derivative works, to distribute copies or phonorecords of the
copyrighted work, to perform the copyrighted work publicly, or to display the copyrighted
work publicly. The copyright protects the form of expression rather than the subject
matter of the writing.
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