Because any given work has several associated rights and may have any number of rightsholders, the rights may be divided any number of ways. If you write a book and I illustrate it, we may split everything such that anyone wishing to use it in any way needs to get permission from both of us, or we may consider our contributions separately, such that someone wishing to make an audiobook only needs your permission, not mine. We can also give a publisher the right of translation only into certain languages, or a film studio the right only to make a live-action adaptation, not animation.
If it is no longer protected by copyright, there are no rights to obtain.
Copyright law is designed to ascribe exclusive rights to the creator of a work.
it protect the rights of authors creativity
Not much. The Copyright Act defines the exclusive rights of the creator of an artistic work, as well as exceptions to those rights.
"Copyright" or the copyright symbol in a notification is a reference to a set of laws (in the US, Title 17) protecting the rights of the creator of a work.
Libby Baulch has written: 'Copyright rights' -- subject(s): Copyright and electronic data processing, Copyright
If material is not protected by copyright, the creator has no rights to it. For example, a person preparing a document in the course of his duties as an employee of the US Government has no rights to that document, because it is not protected by copyright in accordance with section 105 of the copyright code.
Predominantly, creators.
Performance or display of a copyright-protected work is one of the exclusive rights of the copyright holder. If you write a song and I perform it in public, the venue pays a fee to your performing rights organization, who pays a fee to you.
That's called the copyright notification; it includes the name of the rightsholder, the copyright year, and sometimes additional information (such as the administrator's contact information, a blanket license for particular uses, or a re-statement of rights (e.g. "All Rights Reserved").
Yes. Performance is one of the exclusive rights of the copyright holder.
RCA controls master rights, but the rights in each song are different.