If I buy a copyrighted work, why can’t I do anything with it I want?

Copyrighted Work Copyright Law Intellectual Property

If I buy a copyrighted work, why can’t I do anything with it I want?

Ownership of a copyright is not the same as owning an object which has copoyright protection.

For example, when you buy a book, you get an implied license from the copyright owner (usually the author or publisher) to use the one copy you have purchased for the purpose of reading it. You do not have the right to copy it or anything else. Buying a single copy of a work is not buying the copyright in the work.

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