What rights does a Copyright grant?

What rights does a Copyright grant?

A copyright gives the author a number of exclusive rights. These rights include the right: (1) to reproduce the copyrighted work; (2) to make derivative works; (3) to distribute copyrighted works to the public; (4) to perform, publicly, certain works (e.g. music); and, (5) to display, publicly, certain works (e.g. works of art).

Derivative works can include translations, musical arrangements, motion picture versions of literary material or plays, art reproductions, abridgments, and condensations of preexisting works. Another common type of derivative work is a “new edition” of a preexisting work in which the editorial revisions, annotations, elaborations, or other modifications represent, as a whole, an original work. The derivative work right is often referred to as the adaptation right.