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“Copies” are material objects ... in which a work is fixed by any method now known or later developed, and from which the work can be perceived, reproduced, or otherwise communicated, either directly or with the aid of a machine or device. The term “Copies” includes the material object ... in which the work is first fixed. (17 U.S.C. § 101.)
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