copyright+explained

__The copyright “owner” has the exclusive rights to:__**
 * Copyright
 * reproduce the work
 * prepare “spin off” created from the work
 * distribute copies by sale or transfer of ownership, rental, lease **or lending**
 * perform the work publicly (for plays, musicals, poetry, choreography, pantomimes, movies and other audiovisuals)
 * display the work publicly (poems, musicals, plays,choreography, pantomimes, pictorial, graphics, sculptures,individual images from movies and other audiovisual works)
 * perform publicly (by digital audio transmission) sound recordings


 * __They can also give permission for others to do the same.__**

The following types of work are copyrighted:
 * Literary (including computer programs)
 * Musical (including accompanying lyrics)
 * Dramatic (including accompanying music)
 * Pantomimes and choreographic
 * Pictorial, graphic and sculpted (including maps)
 * Motion picture and other audiovisual
 * Sound recordings
 * Architectural

Fair Use
In order to use the work of another person, you must obtain written permission from the author. The exception to this rule is **Fair Use.** Under Fair Use guidelines teachers and student are allowed to //borrow// parts of an original piece of work without having to obtain written permission. The Fair Use policy is based on the four basic guidelines listed below.