What are the seven broad categories that are covered in the copyright law?

1. literary works - both fiction and nonfiction, including books, periodicals, manuscripts, computer programs, manuals, phonorecords, film, audiotapes, and computer disks 2. musical works - and accompanying words - songs, operas, and musical plays 3. dramatic works - including music - plays and dramatic readings 4. pantomimed and choreographed works 5. pictorial, graphics, and sculptural works - final and applied arts, photographs, prints and art reproductions, maps, globes, charts, technical drawings, diagrams, and models 6. motion pictures and audiovisual works - slide/tape, multimedia presentations, filmstrips, films, and videos 7. sound recordings and records - tapes, cassettes, and computer disks (talab, 1986, p. 6).