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computer program should cease to be rightful. Any exact copies prepared in accordance with the provisions of this section may be leased, sold or otherwise transferred along with the copy from which such copies were prepared, only as part of the lease, sale, or other transfer of all rights in the program. Adaptation so prepared may be transferred only with the authorization of the copyright owner. SECTION: 2.15 SCOPE OF EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS IN PICTORIAL, GRAPHIC AND SCULTURAL WORKS (A) Subject to the provisions of sub-sections (b) and (c) of this section, the exclusive rights to reproduce a copyrighted pictorial, graphic, or sculptural work in copies under Section 2.6 includes the right to reproduce the work in or on any kind of article, whether useful or otherwise. (B) This title does not afford, to the owner of copyright in a work that portrays a useful article as such, any greater or lesser right with respect to the making, distribution, or display of the useful articles so portrayed than those afforded to such works under the law. (C) In the case of work lawfully reproduced in useful articles that have been offered for sale or other distribution to the public, copyright does not include any right to prevent the making, distribution or display of picture or photographs of such articles in connection with advertisements or commentaries related to the distribution or display of such articles, or in connection with news reports. SECTION: 2.16 SCOPE OF EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS IN SOUND RECORDINGS (A) The exclusive right of the owner of copyright in a sound recording under clause (a) of Section 2.6 is limited to the right to duplicate the sound recording in the form of sound recordings, or of copies of motion pictures and other audiovisual works, that directly or indirectly recapture the actual sounds fixed in the recording. The exclusive right of the owner of copyright in a sound recording under clause (b) of Section 2.6 is limited to the right to prepare a derivative work in which the actual sound fixed in the sound recording are re-arranged, re-mixed, or otherwise altered in sequence or quality. The exclusive rights of the owner of copyright in a sound recording under clauses (a) and (b) of Section 2.6 do not extend to the making or duplication of another sound recording that consists entirely or an independent fixation or other sounds, even though such sounds imitate or stimulate those in the copyrighted sound recording. The exclusive rights of the owner of copyright in a sound recording under clauses (a), (b) and (c) of Section 2.6 do not apply to sound recordings included in educational, television and radio programs distributed, transmitted by or through public broadcasting entitles; provided that copies or sound recordings are not commercially distributed by or through public broadcasting entity to the general public. (B) This section does not limit or impair the exclusive right to perform publicly, by means of a sound recording, any of the works specified by Section 2.6 (d). 19

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