hip. The term "compilation" includes
collective works.
A "computer program" is a set of statements or instructions to be used
directly or indirectly in a computer in order to bring about a certain
result.
"Copies" are material objects, other than phonorecords, in which a work
is fixed by any method now known or later developed, and from which the
work can be perceived, reproduced, or otherwise communicated, either
directly or with the aid of a machine or device. The term "copies"
includes the material object, other than a phonorecord, in which the
work is first fixed.
"Copyright owner," with respect to any one of the exclusive rights
comprised in a copyright, refers to the owner of that particular right.
A work is "created" when it is fixed in a copy or phonorecord for the
first time; where a work is prepared over a period of time, the portion
of it that has been fixed at any particular time constitutes the work
as of that time, and where the work has been prepared in different
versions, each version constitutes a separate work.
A "derivative work" is a work based upon one or more preexisting works,
such as a translation, musical arrangement, dramatization,
fictionalization, motion picture version, sound recording, art
reproduction, abridgment, condensation, or any other form in which a
work may be recast, transformed, or adapted. A work consisting of
editorial revisions, annotations, elaborations, or other modifications
which, as a whole, represent an original work of authorship, is a
"derivative work."
A "device," "machine," or "process" is one now known or later developed.
To "display" a work means to show a copy of it, either directly or by
means of a film, slide, television image, or any other device or
processor, in the case of a motion picture or other audiovisual work,
to show individual images nonsequentially.
A work is "fixed" in a tangible medium of expression when its
embodiment in a copy or phonorecord, by or under the authority of the
author, is sufficiently permanent or stable to permit it to be
perceived, reproduced, or otherwise communicated for a period of more
than transitory duration. A work consisting of sounds, images, or
both, that are being transmitted, is "fixed for purposes of this title
if a fixation of the work is being made simultaneously with its
transmission.
The terms "including" and "such as" are illustrative and not limitative.
A "joint work" is a work prepa
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