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Copyright: Copyright ownership rights

A copyright owner has the exclusive rights to:

• Reproduce the copyrighted work,
• Prepare a derivative work, such as a motion picture, based upon the work,
• Distribute copies of the work to the public,
• Display the work to the public, for example, by means of a film or slide,
• Perform the work publicly or through digital audio transmission.

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