What is the right of public display?
The copyright owner holds the exclusive right to publicly display protected works. As defined by the Copyright Act, displaying a work means showing a copy of the work, directly or via some device or process. Such a display is considered public in one of four situations: (i) when it is at a place open to the public; (ii) when it is at a place with a group of people larger than a gathering of family or the normal circle of friends; (iii) when it is transmitted to a place open to the public or a group of people larger than a gather of family or the normal circle of friends; or (iv) where it is transmitted to the public (i.e., television and radio broadcasts).