1.+What+is+Copyright?

​ == ​OPYRIGHT: == = = Copyright is rights in which the creator/owner of creative works has. Creative works could be music, text, films, paintings/drawings, computer programs, images, computer games etc. Copyright protects the work of the creator from being copied and without their permission. Copyright doesn't protect the concept, idea, theme or the subject, e.g. a book, but it does protect the script. Thankfully in Australia, copyright is automatic when work has been put into material form, i.e. recorded or written down. The Copyright Act of Australia allows certain rights to the creator depending on the type of work they have produced. We ha​ve copyright t​o give encouragement for people to produce new work, that will benefit our society. Copyright owners have the right to either sell their rights to someone else, or appoint someone else as the copyright owner of the particular product. The Copyright Act of Australia allows certain rights to the creator, depending on the type of work they have produced. E.g.

**Literary, Dramatic, Musical Works:**
 * Reproduce the Work in a material form
 * Perform the work in public
 * Publish the work i.e. make copies for society
 * Modify the work

**Artistic Works: **
 * Reproduce the work in a material form i.e. make post cars, stickers etc
 * Publish the work
 * Communicate the work to the public
 * Film or sound recording: **
 * Copy it
 * Cause it to be heard or seen in public
 * Communicate the work to the public, i.e making it available online

<span style="color: #f55d00; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**Moral Rights:** <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> The Copyright Act also provides the creator with Moral Rights, which entitles him/her to have their name connected with their product, they also have the right to object treatment or any modification to their work that could harm their reputation. Literary, dramatic, film makers, artists, performers of work, sound recorders and musicals are all entitled to Moral Rights. Performers who perform any work to the public, by putting on shows, dancing to the recorded sounds, acting our musicals etc are entitled to performers rights. They have the right to have part of the ownership of the copyright, <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">rights to control how they perform the product. They have the right to approve or reject to the ability of recording a live performance.

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