The copyright holder (owner of copyrighted material) has a right to reproduce the work, make changes and publish updated versions of the copyrighted work, distribute it and publicly display the work. Copyright is part of the Intellectual Property rights. In some industries like 3d printing, there are some serious issues with IP rights: mylocal3dprinting.com/blog/common-intellectual-property-issues-with-3d-printing/
A copyright is a property right in an original work of authorship that is fixed in any tangible medium. Some examples are plays, films, photos, paintings, books, magazine articles, music, etc. It gives the holder the exclusive right to reproduce, adapt, distribute, perform and display the work. Federal copyright law in the US is governed by the Copyright Act of 1976- 17 USCA sections 101-132.
Copyrighted software can have various characteristics. For example, the disk for a piece of copyrighted software may have some kind of copy protection on it.
Copyright gives the rightsholder the exclusive right to copy, alter, distribute, or perform/display a work, or license others to do so, for a limited time.
"Wuthering Heights" by Emily Bronte is a public domain work since it was published in 1847 and copyright protections have expired. However, adaptations or specific editions may have their own copyright protections.
Incorporating doesn't give any specific copyright protections.
Newer model CD duplicators yes. Most however, are not equiped for these protections.
They aren't. Copyright protection is for a limited time, while trademarks can be protected in perpetuity as long as they are in use.
To establish protections for creators, and to establish fines for infringers.
Copyright protection on the 1912 play has expired. The 1938 movie is owned by MGM. The various operas and manga would have their own protections.
To reward creative and innovative individuals
Yes if they are far enough back in history to have past the copyright time protections
The song itself is in the public domain; certain performances and recordings have their own protections.
congress amended it to broaden the protections it offered
Warner Chappell controls the song itself, but specific performances and recordings will have additional protections.
congress amended it to broaden the protections it offered