The copyright owner has the exclusive right to translate the work
Conversion between a computer program’s source and object
codes may sometimes be considered a translation, especially
if so prescribed by legislation
THE ADAPTATION RIGHT
A version that is abridged or supplemented may still fall within
the adaptation right
The adaptation right may not extend to mere ideas taken from
the source work
The adaptation right applies only where the source work is
changed in some manner
PUBLIC PERFORMANCE RIGHT
A private performance does not infringe copyright
A public performance may occur in a private club, even if the
audience pays no admission charge
The public performance right may be infringed even if the
unauthorized performance benefits the author
The public performance right is distinct from the reproduction
right or any other right. A person who is entitled to perform a
work in public is not automatically entitled to record the
performance
A public performance may occur even if the public is present in
different places at the same time
A performance to persons, one at a time at different times, may
nevertheless be a public performance
PUBLIC COMMUNICATION RIGHT
Providing music to telephone users while they are put “on hold”
may be a public communication
Uplinking or downlinking a work via a satellite for distribution
to subscribers may be a public performance or public
communication
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