Exclusive Rights / 3 of 10

Introduction / 1 of 10 | Definition and Categories / 2 of 10 | Exclusive Rights / 3 of 10 | Fair Use / 4 of 10 | Exercise / 5 of 10 | Copyright Ownership / 6 of 10 | Transfer and Notice of Copyright / 7 of 10 | Registering / 8 of 10 | Review / 9 of 10 | Index & Addendum / 10 of 10

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Text Box: There are six exclusive rights provided to copyright owners. The right to: Reproduce the work Create derivates of the work Distribute copies of the work Perform the work Display the work publicly Transmit the work digitally Text Box: A copyright is not timeless. Work created after January 1, 1978, is protected from its birth (i.e., when in fixed format) to the term of the author’s life plus and additional 70 years after the author’s death. Text Box: If two people created the work, then the copyright tenure is from the last surviving author’s death plus 70 years. Text Box: Fun Fact: Similar to personal property, a copyright may be passed upon death via will or in a similar manner allowed by state law.