derivative work

A copyrightable creation that is based on a preexisting product; a translation, musical arrangement, fictionalization, motion-picture version, abridgment, or any other recast or adapted form of an original work.

• Only the holder of the copyright on the original form can produce or permit someone else to produce a derivative work. 17 USCA § 101. — Sometimes shortened to derivative. Cf. COMPILATION(1). [Cases: Copyrights and Intellectual Property 12(3).]

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