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Title 17 - Copyrights
Chapter 1 - SUBJECT MATTER AND SCOPE OF COPYRIGHT (§§ 101 - 122)
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| Publication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 17 - COPYRIGHTS |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 17 - COPYRIGHTS CHAPTER 1 - SUBJECT MATTER AND SCOPE OF COPYRIGHT Table Of Contents |
| Date | 2011 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2012 |
| Positive Law | Yes |
| Disposition | standard |
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| Sec. | |
| 101. | Definitions. |
| 102. | Subject matter of copyright: In general. |
| 103. | Subject matter of copyright: Compilations and derivative works. |
| 104. | Subject matter of copyright: National origin. |
| 104A. | Copyright in restored works. |
| 105. | Subject matter of copyright: United States Government works. |
| 106. | Exclusive rights in copyrighted works. |
| 106A. | Rights of certain authors to attribution and integrity. |
| 107. | Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use. |
| 108. | Limitations on exclusive rights: Reproduction by libraries and archives. |
| 109. | Limitations on exclusive rights: Effect of transfer of particular copy or phonorecord. |
| 110. | Limitations on exclusive rights: Exemption of certain performances and displays. |
| 111. | Limitations on exclusive rights: Secondary transmissions of broadcast programming by cable. |
| 112. | Limitations on exclusive rights: Ephemeral recordings. |
| 113. | Scope of exclusive rights in pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works. |
| 114. | Scope of exclusive rights in sound recordings. |
| 115. | Scope of exclusive rights in nondramatic musical works: Compulsory license for making and distributing phonorecords. |
| 116. | Negotiated licenses for public performances by means of coin-operated phonorecord players. |
| [116A. | Renumbered.] |
| 117. | Limitations on exclusive rights: Computer programs. |
| 118. | Scope of exclusive rights: Use of certain works in connection with noncommercial broadcasting. |
| 119. | Limitations on exclusive rights: Secondary transmissions of distant television programming by satellite. |
| 120. | Scope of exclusive rights in architectural works. |
| 121. | Limitations on exclusive rights: Reproduction for blind or other people with disabilities. |
| 122. | Limitations on exclusive rights: Secondary transmissions of local television programming by satellite. |
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