Rights of Copyright Owners

Intellectual Property Information Center at Kansas State UniversityOnline Tutorial on Copyright Basics

The rightsholder (the person who owns the copyright) has the right to do and/or to authorize others to do the following with regard to the copyrighted work:

• reproduce the work

• prepare derivative works based on the original

• distribute copies to the public

• perform the work publicly

• display the work publicly

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