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Controlling the copyright to a work makes it much easier to use in a variety of ways.

For example, a theater company putting on, say, "Rent," would need to buy scripts and vocal scores, rent the orchestra sheet music, and pay a fee for each performance based on the size of the audience. All they can do is perform it--nothing else.

But if they instead commission a musical, and stipulate in the commissioning agreement that copyright transfers to the theater company, they can perform it for free, sell audio and video recordings, post audio and video recordings for streaming or download, create a shorter adaptation for school performances and sell recordings of that, and even license it out to others.

Owning the copyright allows the owner to copy, alter, distribute, and perform/the work with no additional licenses or fees; plus, anyone else who wants to copy, alter, distribute, or perform/display it needs a license from them, so it has the potential to make money.

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