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2024 U.S. Code
Title 17 - Copyrights
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2024 Edition, Title 17 - COPYRIGHTS |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contains | Sections 101 to 1511 |
| Date | 2024 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 6, 2025 |
| Positive Law | Yes |
- Table of Contents
- Front Matter
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Chapter 1 - Subject Matter and Scope of Copyright
(Section 101 - 122)
- Table of Contents
- Front Matter
- Sec. 101 - Definitions
- Sec. 102 - Subject matter of copyright: In general
- Sec. 103 - Subject matter of copyright: Compilations and derivative works
- Sec. 104 - Subject matter of copyright: National origin
- Sec. 104A - Copyright in restored works
- Sec. 105 - Subject matter of copyright: United States Government works
- Sec. 106 - Exclusive rights in copyrighted works
- Sec. 106A - Rights of certain authors to attribution and integrity
- Sec. 107 - Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use
- Sec. 108 - Limitations on exclusive rights: Reproduction by libraries and archives
- Sec. 109 - Limitations on exclusive rights: Effect of transfer of particular copy or phonorecord
- Sec. 110 - Limitations on exclusive rights: Exemption of certain performances and displays
- Sec. 111 - Limitations on exclusive rights: Secondary transmissions of broadcast programming by cable
- Sec. 112 - Limitations on exclusive rights: Ephemeral recordings
- Sec. 113 - Scope of exclusive rights in pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works
- Sec. 114 - Scope of exclusive rights in sound recordings
- Sec. 115 - Scope of exclusive rights in nondramatic musical works: Compulsory license for making and distributing phonorecords
- Sec. 116 - Negotiated licenses for public performances by means of coin-operated phonorecord players
- Sec. 116A - Renumbered §116
- Sec. 117 - Limitations on exclusive rights: Computer programs
- Sec. 118 - Scope of exclusive rights: Use of certain works in connection with noncommercial broadcasting
- Sec. 119 - Limitations on exclusive rights: Secondary transmissions of distant television programming by satellite
- Sec. 120 - Scope of exclusive rights in architectural works
- Sec. 121 - Limitations on exclusive rights: Reproduction for blind or other people with disabilities
- Sec. 121A - Limitations on exclusive rights: reproduction for blind or other people with disabilities in Marrakesh Treaty countries
- Sec. 122 - Limitations on exclusive rights: Secondary transmissions of local television programming by satellite
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Chapter 2 - Copyright Ownership and Transfer
(Section 201 - 205)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 201 - Ownership of copyright
- Sec. 202 - Ownership of copyright as distinct from ownership of material object
- Sec. 203 - Termination of transfers and licenses granted by the author
- Sec. 204 - Execution of transfers of copyright ownership
- Sec. 205 - Recordation of transfers and other documents
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Chapter 3 - Duration of Copyright
(Section 301 - 305)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 301 - Preemption with respect to other laws
- Sec. 302 - Duration of copyright: Works created on or after January 1, 1978
- Sec. 303 - Duration of copyright: Works created but not published or copyrighted before January 1, 1978
- Sec. 304 - Duration of copyright: Subsisting copyrights
- Sec. 305 - Duration of copyright: Terminal date
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Chapter 4 - Copyright Notice, Deposit, and Registration
(Section 401 - 412)
- Table of Contents
- Front Matter
- Sec. 401 - Notice of copyright: Visually perceptible copies
- Sec. 402 - Notice of copyright: Phonorecords of sound recordings
- Sec. 403 - Notice of copyright: Publications incorporating United States Government works
- Sec. 404 - Notice of copyright: Contributions to collective works
- Sec. 405 - Notice of copyright: Omission of notice on certain copies and phonorecords
- Sec. 406 - Notice of copyright: Error in name or date on certain copies and phonorecords
- Sec. 407 - Deposit of copies or phonorecords for Library of Congress
- Sec. 408 - Copyright registration in general
- Sec. 409 - Application for copyright registration
- Sec. 410 - Registration of claim and issuance of certificate
- Sec. 411 - Registration and civil infringement actions
- Sec. 412 - Registration as prerequisite to certain remedies for infringement
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Chapter 5 - Copyright Infringement and Remedies
(Section 501 - 513)
- Table of Contents
- Front Matter
- Sec. 501 - Infringement of copyright
- Sec. 502 - Remedies for infringement: Injunctions
- Sec. 503 - Remedies for infringement: Impounding and disposition of infringing articles
- Sec. 504 - Remedies for infringement: Damages and profits
- Sec. 505 - Remedies for infringement: Costs and attorney's fees
- Sec. 506 - Criminal offenses
- Sec. 507 - Limitations on actions
- Sec. 508 - Notification of filing and determination of actions
- Sec. 509 - Repealed. Pub. L. 110-403, title II, §201(b)(1), Oct. 13, 2008, 122 Stat. 4260
- Sec. 510 - Remedies for alteration of programming by cable systems
- Sec. 511 - Liability of States, instrumentalities of States, and State officials for infringement of copyright
- Sec. 512 - Limitations on liability relating to material online
- Sec. 513 - Determination of reasonable license fees for individual proprietors
- + Chapter 6 - Importation and Exportation (Section 601 - 603)
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Chapter 7 - Copyright Office
(Section 701 - 710)
- Table of Contents
- Front Matter
- Sec. 701 - The Copyright Office: General responsibilities and organization
- Sec. 702 - Copyright Office regulations
- Sec. 703 - Effective date of actions in Copyright Office
- Sec. 704 - Retention and disposition of articles deposited in Copyright Office
- Sec. 705 - Copyright Office records: Preparation, maintenance, public inspection, and searching
- Sec. 706 - Copies of Copyright Office records
- Sec. 707 - Copyright Office forms and publications
- Sec. 708 - Copyright Office fees
- Sec. 709 - Delay in delivery caused by disruption of postal or other services
- Sec. 710 - Emergency relief authority
- + Chapter 8 - Proceedings by Copyright Royalty Judges (Section 801 - 805)
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Chapter 9 - Protection of Semiconductor Chip Products
(Section 901 - 914)
- Table of Contents
- Front Matter
- Sec. 901 - Definitions
- Sec. 902 - Subject matter of protection
- Sec. 903 - Ownership, transfer, licensing, and recordation
- Sec. 904 - Duration of protection
- Sec. 905 - Exclusive rights in mask works
- Sec. 906 - Limitation on exclusive rights: reverse engineering; first sale
- Sec. 907 - Limitation on exclusive rights: innocent infringement
- Sec. 908 - Registration of claims of protection
- Sec. 909 - Mask work notice
- Sec. 910 - Enforcement of exclusive rights
- Sec. 911 - Civil actions
- Sec. 912 - Relation to other laws
- Sec. 913 - Transitional provisions
- Sec. 914 - International transitional provisions
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Chapter 10 - Digital Audio Recording Devices and Media
(Section 1001 - 1010)
- Table of Contents
- Front Matter
- Subchapter A - Definitions (Section 1001 - 1001)
- Subchapter B - Copying Controls (Section 1002 - 1002)
- Subchapter C - Royalty Payments (Section 1003 - 1007)
- Subchapter D - Prohibition on Certain Infringement Actions, Remedies, and Arbitration (Section 1008 - 1010)
- + Chapter 11 - Sound Recordings and Music Videos (Section 1101 - 1101)
- + Chapter 12 - Copyright Protection and Management Systems (Section 1201 - 1205)
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Chapter 13 - Protection of Original Designs
(Section 1301 - 1332)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 1301 - Designs protected
- Sec. 1302 - Designs not subject to protection
- Sec. 1303 - Revisions, adaptations, and rearrangements
- Sec. 1304 - Commencement of protection
- Sec. 1305 - Term of protection
- Sec. 1306 - Design notice
- Sec. 1307 - Effect of omission of notice
- Sec. 1308 - Exclusive rights
- Sec. 1309 - Infringement
- Sec. 1310 - Application for registration
- Sec. 1311 - Benefit of earlier filing date in foreign country
- Sec. 1312 - Oaths and acknowledgments
- Sec. 1313 - Examination of application and issue or refusal of registration
- Sec. 1314 - Certification of registration
- Sec. 1315 - Publication of announcements and indexes
- Sec. 1316 - Fees
- Sec. 1317 - Regulations
- Sec. 1318 - Copies of records
- Sec. 1319 - Correction of errors in certificates
- Sec. 1320 - Ownership and transfer
- Sec. 1321 - Remedy for infringement
- Sec. 1322 - Injunctions
- Sec. 1323 - Recovery for infringement
- Sec. 1324 - Power of court over registration
- Sec. 1325 - Liability for action on registration fraudulently obtained
- Sec. 1326 - Penalty for false marking
- Sec. 1327 - Penalty for false representation
- Sec. 1328 - Enforcement by Treasury and Postal Service
- Sec. 1329 - Relation to design patent law
- Sec. 1330 - Common law and other rights unaffected
- Sec. 1331 - Administrator; Office of the Administrator
- Sec. 1332 - No retroactive effect
- + Chapter 14 - Unauthorized Use of Pre-1972 Sound Recordings (Section 1401 - 1401)
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Chapter 15 - Copyright Small Claims
(Section 1501 - 1511)
- Table of Contents
- Sec. 1501 - Definitions
- Sec. 1502 - Copyright Claims Board
- Sec. 1503 - Authority and duties of the Copyright Claims Board
- Sec. 1504 - Nature of proceedings
- Sec. 1505 - Registration requirement
- Sec. 1506 - Conduct of proceedings
- Sec. 1507 - Effect of proceeding
- Sec. 1508 - Review and confirmation by district court
- Sec. 1509 - Relationship to other district court actions
- Sec. 1510 - Implementation by Copyright Office
- Sec. 1511 - Funding
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