Which of the following is not one of the rights of copyright owners as listed?

• A. To make copies of the work.
• B. To distribute the work.
• C. To perform the work publicly.
• D. To patent the work.

Answer: (D)

Patents and copyrights protect different kinds of creations, and the rights they grant reflect those differences. Copyright rights give the author control over expression fixed in a tangible form: the right to reproduce the work, to distribute copies, and to perform or display the work publicly, along with creating derivative works. The one option that isn’t a copyright right is patenting the work. Patents cover inventions and processes, not expressive works, and they come from a separate system with its own requirements (novelty, non-obviousness, utility). So patent protection is not among the rights of copyright owners, making that choice the correct one.