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The U.S. is intrinsically linked to copyright law as the jurisdiction governing 'United States copyright law' that grants exclusive rights to creators [1], and where post-1980 policies extended copyright to software as literary works [2].

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accountAfter 1980, the United States began to treat software as a literary work covered by copyright law.
claimUnder United States copyright law, the creator or their employer holds the copyright to an original work and has the exclusive right to make copies, release modified versions, distribute copies, perform publicly, or display the work publicly.