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 * //What is copyright? Identify and describe three key features of copyright law in a digital environment. Describe and discuss the implications of copyright law with respect to access and use of digital content.//**

From 510 notes: “‘Copyright’ literally means the right to copy. The term has come to mean that body of exclusive rights granted by law to authors for protection of their work.” “The owner of copyright has the **exclusive right** to reproduce, distribute, and, in the case of certain works, publicly perform or display the work; to prepare derivative works; in the case of sound recordings, to perform the work publicly by means of a digital audio transmission; or to license others to engage in the same acts under specific terms and conditions. Copyright protection does not extend to any idea, procedure, process, slogan, principle, or discovery.”