Exclusive Rights
When you register a copyright, as the copyright owner you are granted certain exclusive rights including the exclusive right to:
- Reproduce the work.
- Prepare any derivative works based on your copyrighted work.
- Distribute copies of the copyrighted work to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease or lending.
- Display or perform the copyrighted work publicly.
- Authorize others to exercise these rights.
For works originally created on or after January 01, 1978, the duration of copyright protection is for a term for the author's life plus 70 years after the author's death. For works made for hire, the duration of copyright protection is 95 years from publication or 120 years from creation, whichever expires first.
- Introduction
- Online Copyrights
- Websites and Online Content
- Website Updates
- Who Owns Your Website?
- Exclusive Rights
- Benefits of Copyright Registration
- Domain Names
- Source Code
- Software
- Computer Programs
- Automated Databases
- Who Can Register
- Work Made for Hire
- Copyright Notice
- Copyright Infringement
- Copying a Website
- Deep Linking
- Framing
- Digital Millennium Copyright Act
- Non-Infringing Use
- Copyright Deposit or Date Stamp
