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Copyright

Copyright

A copyright grants protection under the law for original works of authorship fixed in a tangible form of expression. Copyright protection affords the composer six exclusive rights which roughly correspond to various licensing processes and revenue streams:

The right to reproduce the work
The right to create a derivative work, meaning an adapted work that is directly based on the copyrighted work
The right to publicly distribute copies of the copyrighted work through sale or for free
The right to publicly perform the artistic work
The right to publicly display the artistic work
For sound recordings: the right to publicly perform the recording through digital audio transmission (not applicable to compositions)

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