Typical Rights That Belong to a Copyright Owner
These are often referred to as “the bundle of rights”. Your copyright gives you the right to stop others from the following actions.
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These are often referred to as “the bundle of rights”. Your copyright gives you the right to stop others from the following actions.
- Copying
Copying or reproducing your work directly
- Making
Making new works based on your work (these new works are called “derivative works”)
- Selling
Selling or distributing copies of the work
- Performing or displaying
Performing or displaying the work publicly
- Building
Building based on copyrighted plans (e.g., architectural drawings)
- Destroying, altering, or removing
Destroying, altering, or removing copyrighted artwork built into buildings, under some circumstances. (This is not really copyright, as such, but it is a related protection under a different law.)
Source: Michael F. Brown (www.bpmlegal.com) retired in 2017 as partner in the Ithaca, New York, law firm Brown & Michaels PC. He has prosecuted many patent applications in a wide variety of fields, from animal vaccines to computer software, avionics and automotive products, household appliances to radio communications. Contact the firm at 607-256-2000; Chris Michaels’ email: michaels@bpmlegal.com.
