Copyright law is designed to protect: Select one: a. Words, names, symbols, or devices used to indicate the origin, quality, and ownership of a product or service. b. Rights to exclude others from making, using, selling, or importing an invention or discovery. c. The rights of authors of original works of authorship, fixed in a tangible form. d. Any valuable business information that if known by a competitor would afford the competitor some advantage

Option C; THE RIGHTS OF AUTHORS OF ORIGINAL WORKS OF AUTHORSHIP, FIXED IN A TANGIBLE FORM.

Explanation:

Intellectual property (IP) is a category of property that includes intangible creations of the human intellect. There are many types of intellectual property but the most well-known types are copyrights, patents, trademarks, and trade secrets.

Copyright is the exclusive right given to the creator of a creative work to reproduce the work, usually for a limited time. The creative work may be in a literary, artistic, educational, or musical form. Copyright is intended to protect the original expression of an idea in the form of a creative work, but not the idea itself.

Therefore, option C best suits the question. Copyright law is designed to protect THE RIGHTS OF AUTHORS OF ORIGINAL WORKS OF AUTHORSHIP, FIXED IN A TANGIBLE FORM.