2019 US Code
Title 2 - The Congress
Chapter 5 - Library of Congress
Sec. 179u - Definitions

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Citation 2 U.S.C. § 179u (2019)
Section Name §179u. Definitions
Section Text

As used in sections 179l to 179w of this title—

(1) the term "Librarian" means the Librarian of Congress;

(2) the term "Board" means the National Film Preservation Board;

(3) the term "film" means a "motion picture" as defined in section 101 of title 17, except that such term does not include any work not originally fixed on film stock, such as a work fixed on videotape or laser disk;

(4) the term "publication" means "publication" as defined in section 101 of title 17; and

(5) the term "Registry version" means, with respect to a film, the version of a film first published, or as complete a version as bona fide preservation and restoration activities by the Librarian, an archivist other than the Librarian, or the copyright owner can compile in those cases where the original material has been irretrievably lost.

Source Credit

(Pub. L. 104–285, title I, §111, Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3382.)

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 2 - THE CONGRESS
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 2 - THE CONGRESS
CHAPTER 5 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Sec. 179u - Definitions
Contains section 179u
Date 2019
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 24, 2020
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 110 Stat. 3382
Public Law References Public Law 104-285
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