diff --git a/makebroadcast b/makebroadcast
index 1457fea..00bd542 100755
--- a/makebroadcast
+++ b/makebroadcast
@@ -15,7 +15,24 @@ _usage(){
     _report -d "makebroadcast is an alias for the updated function makederiv (options below)."
     _report -d "You can create a derivative file suitable for broadcast with makederiv by typing: 'makederiv -T broadcast [options] [input]'."
     _report -d "Or continue to use makebroadcast using the valid options below."
+    _report -d " -c    This flag will cause makebroadcast to simply copy audiovisual data from the input to output. For instance"
+    _report -d "       makebroadcast -c -I 00:00:05.000 -O 00:00:10.000 file.mov"
+    _report -d "       will copy from teh 5th to 10th second of file.mov to a new file called file_copy.mov"
     "${SCRIPTDIR}/makederiv" -h
+    exit
 }
 [ "${#}" = 0 ] && _usage
-"${SCRIPTDIR}/makederiv" -T broadcast "${@}"
+
+while getopts ":ch" OPT ; do
+    case "${OPT}" in
+        c) CUT="Y" ;;
+        h) _usage ;;
+        :) echo "Option -${OPTARG} requires an argument" ; _writeerrorlog "makederiv" "The option selected required an argument and none was provided. The script had to exit." ; exit 1 ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+if [[ "${CUT}" == "Y" ]] ; then
+    "${SCRIPTDIR}/makederiv" -T broadcast_copy "${@}"
+else
+    "${SCRIPTDIR}/makederiv" -T broadcast "${@}"
+fi
diff --git a/makederiv b/makederiv
index 6f34627..d14733a 100755
--- a/makederiv
+++ b/makederiv
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ _usage(){
         echo "Usage: $(basename "${0}") [ -d /path/to/deliver/to/ ] fileorpackage1 [ fileorpackage2 ...]"
         echo "  -T derivative (specify a derivative video type:)"
         echo "      broadcast (mov) for broadcast"
+        echo "      broadcast_copy (mov) for broadcast"
         echo "      prores (mov) for editing"
         echo "      youtube (mp4) for uploading"
         echo "      resourcespace (mp4) for uploading to resourcespace"
@@ -91,6 +92,10 @@ if [[ "${OUTPUT_TYPE}" == "broadcast" ]] ; then
     if [[ "${ADDSLATE}" = "Y" ]]; then
         SUFFIX="_SLATE"
     fi
+elif [[ "${OUTPUT_TYPE}" == "broadcast_copy" ]] ; then
+    EXTENSION="mov"
+    RELATIVEPATH=""
+    SUFFIX="_COPY"
 elif [[ "${OUTPUT_TYPE}" == "prores" ]] ; then
     EXTENSION="mov"
     RELATIVEPATH="objects/access/prores"
@@ -437,6 +442,16 @@ while [[ "${@}" != "" ]] ; do
             fi
             _add_video_filter "format=yuv422p"
             _add_video_filter "lut=y=if(gt(val\,235)\,235\,val):u=if(gt(val\,235)\,235\,val):v=if(gt(val\,235)\,235\,val)"
+        elif [[ "${OUTPUT_TYPE}" == "broadcast_copy" ]] ; then
+            MIDDLEOPTIONS+=(-map 0:v)
+            MIDDLEOPTIONS+=(-c:v copy)
+            _get_format "${SOURCEFILE}"
+            if [[ "${FORMAT}" == "mxf" ]] ; then
+                metadata_option="-metadata"
+            else
+                metadata_option="-metadata:s:v:0"
+            fi
+            MIDDLEOPTIONS+=("$metadata_option" timecode=00:00:00.00)
         elif [[ "${OUTPUT_TYPE}" == "prores" ]] ; then
             MIDDLEOPTIONS+=(-map 0:v)
             MIDDLEOPTIONS+=(-c:v prores_ks)
@@ -538,6 +553,9 @@ while [[ "${@}" != "" ]] ; do
             MIDDLEOPTIONS+=(-acodec pcm_s24be)
             MIDDLEOPTIONS+=(-ar 48k)
             _get_audio_mapping -bv "${SOURCEFILE}"
+        elif [[ "${OUTPUT_TYPE}" == "broadcast_copy" ]] ; then
+            MIDDLEOPTIONS+=(-map 0:a)
+            MIDDLEOPTIONS+=(-c:a copy)
         elif [[ "${OUTPUT_TYPE}" == "prores" ]] ; then
             MIDDLEOPTIONS+=(-map 0:a)
             MIDDLEOPTIONS+=(-c:a pcm_s16le)