In the United States, creators of music, books, computer programs, motion pictures, lyrics, paintings, photographs, etc. enjoy certain exclusive rights to protect their works of authorship under 17 U.S. Code § 106. Under section 106 the Copyright Act of 1976 (Title 17, United States Code) the owner of copyright under this title has the exclusive rights to do and to authorize any of the following: (1) to reproduce the copyrighted work in copies or phonorecords; (2) to prepare derivative works
