Which term corresponds to the concept of giving exclusive rights to creators for their original works?

• A. Design protection
• B. Design specification
• C. Adaptation
• D. Copyright

Answer: (D)

Exclusive rights granted to creators for their original works are protected by copyright. Copyright gives the creator control over how their work is copied, distributed, performed, displayed, and transformed into derivative works. It covers expressions—like writings, art, music, and software—while not granting rights to ideas themselves. Other terms refer to different concepts: design protection guards the appearance of physical products (industrial design), not the author’s rights; a design specification is a detailed plan for building something; adaptation means changing a work into a new form, which may be regulated by copyright but is not the protection that grants exclusive rights.