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== Definition ==
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=== U.S. copyright law ===
   
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To '''perform'''
Under [http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode17/usc_sec_17_00000101----000-.html Section 101] of the [[1976 Copyright Act]], "to ''perform'' a [[work]] means to recite, render, play, dance, or act it, either directly or by means of any device or process or, in the case of a [[motion picture]] or other [[audiovisual work]], to show its images in any sequence or to make the [[sounds]] accompanying it audible."
 
   
 
{{Quote|"a [[work]] means to recite, render, play, dance, or act it, either directly or by means of any [[device]] or [[process]] or, in the case of a [[motion pictures|motion picture]] or other [[audiovisual works|audiovisual work]], to show its [[image]]s in any sequence or to make the [[sounds]] accompanying it [[audible]]."<ref>17 U.S.C. § 101.</ref>}}
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Latest revision as of 19:03, 27 November 2020

Definition[]

U.S. copyright law[]

To perform

"a work means to recite, render, play, dance, or act it, either directly or by means of any device or process or, in the case of a motion picture or other audiovisual work, to show its images in any sequence or to make the sounds accompanying it audible."[1]

References[]

  1. 17 U.S.C. § 101.