Exclusive Rights Obtained by a Copyright
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Generally, copyright ownership provides the sole authority to use or permit others to utilize the copyrighted material: (17 U.S.C. sec. 106; Copyright Office Circular 1)
- to duplicate the work in copies or
phonorecords;
- to create another work based upon the copyrighted material ("derivative work");
- to sell, distribute, lease or lend the work;
- to perform the work if it is a work of literature, drama, movie, other visual image with sound, pantomime or choreographic work;
- to display works of literature, music, drama, choreography, pantomime, sculpture, singular images from movies, audiovisual works and pictures;
- to perform sound recordings by means of digital audio transmission.
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