Copyright Law of the United States of America and Related Laws Contained in Title 17 of the United States Code, Circular 92

+ 101. Definitions + 102. Subject matter of copyright: In general + 103. Subject matter of copyright: Compilations and derivative works + 104. Subject matter of copyright: Natio...

(C) During the pendency of any proceeding under this subsection, the Librarian of Congress shall withhold from distribution an amount sufficient to satisfy all claims with respe...

Sec. 103. This Act does not provide copyright protection for any work that goes into the public domain before January 1, 1978. The exclusive rights, as provided by section 106 o...

+ 501. Infringement of copyright + 502. Remedies for infringement: Injunctions + 503. Remedies for infringement: Impounding and disposition of infringing articles + 504. Remedie...

action alleging infringement of copyright may be brought under this title against a manufacturer, importer or distributor of a digital audio recording device, a digital audio re...

(a) Violations Regarding Circumvention of Technological Measures. (1)(A) No person shall circumvent a technological measure that effectively controls access to a work protected...

+ 1301. Designs protected + 1302. Designs not subject to protection + 1303. Revisions, adaptations, and rearrangements + 1304. Commencement of protection + 1305. Term of protect...

+ 901. Definitions + 902. Subject matter of protection + 903. Ownership, transfer, licensure, and recordation [2] + 904. Duration of protection + 905. Exclusive rights in mask w...

+ Subchapter A--Definitions + 1001. Definitions + Subchapter B--Copying Controls + 1002. Incorporation of copying controls + Subchapter C--Royalty Payments + 1003. Obligation to...

+ 401. Notice of copyright: Visually perceptible copies + 402. Notice of copyright: Phonorecords of sound recordings + 403. Notice of copyright: Publications incorporating Unite...

38 The Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990 amended section 107 by adding the reference to section 106A. Pub. L. No. 101-650, 104 Stat. 5089, 5132. In 1992, section 107 was also am...

+ 301. Preemption with respect to other laws + 302. Duration of copyright: Works created on or after January 1, 1978 + 303. Duration of copyright: Works created but not publishe...

(1) To make determinations concerning the adjustment of reasonable copyright royalty rates as provided in sections 114, 115, 116, and 119, and to make determinations as to reaso...

stations and superstations that most clearly represent the fair market value of secondary transmissions. In determining the fair market value, the panel shall base its decision...

+ 701. The Copyright Office: General responsibilities and organization + 702. Copyright Office regulations + 703. Effective date of actions in Copyright Office + 704. Retention...

+ 201. Ownership of copyright + 202. Ownership of copyright as distinct from ownership of material object + 203. Termination of transfers and licenses granted by the author + 20...

1 In 1980, section 117 was amended in its entirety with an amendment in the nature of a substitute that included a new title. However, the table of sections was not changed to r...

(a) Prior to July 1, 1986, and except as provided by subsection (b), the importation into or public distribution in the United States of copies of a work consisting preponderant...

Sec. 2318. Trafficking in counterfeit labels for phonorecords, copies of computer programs or computer program documentation or packaging, and copies of motion pictures or other...

When letters and other intellectual productions (exclusive of patented material, published works under copyright protection, and unpublished works for which copyright registrati...

1 The Berne Convention Implementation Act of 1988 amended section 401 as follows: 1) in subsection (a), by changing the heading to "General Provisions" and by inserting "may be...

[A]ny provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, copyright is hereby granted to the trustees under the will of Mary Baker Eddy, their successors, and assigns, in the work...

+ North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, Pub. L. No. 103-182, 107 Stat. 2057, 2114 and 2115 (amending Sec. 109, title 17, *United States Code*, and adding a new...

relating to material online." Pub. L. No. 105-304, 112 Stat. 2860, 2877. In 1999, a technical correction was enacted to redesignate the section 512 that was entitled "Determinat...

1 The Work Made for Hire and Copyright Corrections Act of 2000 amended the table of sections for chapter 7 by deleting section 710, entitled, "Reproduction for use of the blind...

1 In 1984, the Semiconductor Chip Protection Act amended title 17 of the *United States Code *to add a new chapter 9 entitled "Protection of Semiconductor Chip Products." Pub. L...

(b) Hereafter, whenever the copyright in any work protected under the copyright laws of the United States shall be infringed by the United States, by a corporation owned or cont...

1 The Copyright Royalty Tribunal Reform Act of 1993 amended chapter 8 by substituting a new chapter title heading and by repealing sections 803 and 805 through 810. Pub. L. No....

2 The Copyright Royalty Tribunal Reform Act of 1993 amended section 1004(a)(3) by substituting "Librarian of Congress" in lieu of "Copyright Royalty Tribunal," where appropriate...

(1) fixes the sounds or sounds and images of a live musical performance in a copy or phonorecord, or reproduces copies or phonorecords of such a performance from an unauthorized...

1 In 1998, the Vessel Hull Design Protection Act added chapter 13, entitled "Protection of Original Designs," to title 17. Pub. L. No. 105-304, 112 Stat. 2860, 2905. The Vessel...

1 The WIPO Copyright and Performances and Phonograms Treaties Implementation Act of 1998 added chapter 12, entitled "Copyright Protection and Management Systems," to title 17. P...

(a) The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of any civil action arising under any Act of Congress relating to patents, plant variety protection, copyrights and trad...

3 In 1998, the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act amended section 203 by deleting "by his widow or her widower and his or her grandchildren" from the first sentence in para...

1 Concerning the liability of the United States Government for copyright infringement, see 28 U.S.C. 1498. Title 28 of the *United States Code* is entitled "Judiciary and Judici...

2 The Anticounterfeiting Consumer Protection Act of 1996 amended the last sentence of section 603(c) by deleting the semicolon and all text immediately following the words "as t...

Millennium Copyright Act amended section 803(a) by inserting "112" before "114" in paragraphs (1) and (5) and by substituting "those sections" in lieu of "that section" in parag...