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instrument, to publicize and display the work among general public and
to communicate the sound recording to the public. Copyrights may be
assigned to another and license to use copyright may also be given.

Copyright law protects the form of expression of ideas. The idea themselves
are not protected. The choice and arrangement of words, musical notes,
colors, shapes etc. that the creator of a creative work is protected under
copyright. The form of expression of ideas has to be tangible.

The predominant requirement for any work to be subject to copyright
protection, it must be an original creation of the author. There is no
requirement that the idea in the work is new, however the form and
expression of the work must be new and original.

While copyrights have been of great significance to artists, as an umbrella
term, since time immemorial, in the current digital era copyrights
are treasured among those who create software, websites and mobile
applications. Almost every business has a website nowadays and websites
act as a powerful marketing tool for the same. The ideas, expressions
and layouts of a website as a whole can be protected under copyright.
The same is true for mobile applications. Nowadays every other matter
has a mobile application dedicated to it and there are businesses like
Uber and Foodpanda, based solely on mobile applications. It is therefore
imperative to protect these forms of online presence.

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