What rights do I have as a copyright owner?

As a copyright owner in South Carolina, you have certain exclusive rights to your work. The most important right is the exclusive right to reproduce your work. This means that you are the only one who has the right to produce copies of your work whether in print, on the internet, or by any other means. This also means that you have the right to prevent others from reproducing your work in any form. Another right you have is the exclusive right to distribute copies of your work. This means that you have the right to authorize others to distribute copies of your work. This includes the right to make your work available to the public for download, sell copies of your work in stores, and authorize others to distribute copies of your work. You also have the exclusive right to create derivative works based on your original work. This means you have the right to create new works based on the content of your original work, such as a movie based on a book or a translation of your work into a different language. Lastly, you have the exclusive right to publicly perform or display your work. This means you have the right to authorize others to publicly perform or display your work. This includes the right to stream your work online, broadcast it on TV, and authorize others to perform your work in a theatrical performance.

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