Title 17 — Copyrights
142 sections across 14 chapters.
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Ch. 1 — Subject matter of copyright: In general 1 inactive 25 sections
- § 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 § 116] 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
- § 121A Limitations on exclusive rights: reproduction for blind or other people with disabilities in Marrakesh Treaty countries
- § 122 Limitations on exclusive rights: Secondary transmissions of local television programming by satellite
Ch. 2 — Ownership of copyright 5 sections
Ch. 3 — Preemption with respect to other laws 5 sections
- § 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 published or copyrighted before January 1, 1978
- § 304 Duration of copyright: Subsisting copyrights
- § 305 Duration of copyright: Terminal date
Ch. 4 — Notice of copyright: Visually perceptible copies 12 sections
- § 401 Notice of copyright: Visually perceptible copies
- § 402 Notice of copyright: Phonorecords of sound recordings
- § 403 Notice of copyright: Publications incorporating United States Government works
- § 404 Notice of copyright: Contributions to collective works
- § 405 Notice of copyright: Omission of notice on certain copies and phonorecords
- § 406 Notice of copyright: Error in name or date on certain copies and phonorecords
- § 407 Deposit of copies or phonorecords for Library of Congress
- § 408 Copyright registration in general
- § 409 Application for copyright registration
- § 410 Registration of claim and issuance of certificate
- § 411 Registration and civil infringement actions
- § 412 Registration as prerequisite to certain remedies for infringement
Ch. 5 — Infringement of copyright 1 inactive 12 sections
- § 501 Infringement of copyright
- § 502 Remedies for infringement: Injunctions
- § 503 Remedies for infringement: Impounding and disposition of infringing articles
- § 504 Remedies for infringement: Damages and profits
- § 505 Remedies for infringement: Costs and attorney’s fees
- § 506 Criminal offenses
- § 507 Limitations on actions
- § 508 Notification of filing and determination of actions
- § 509 Repealed. Pub. L. 110–403, title II, § 201(b)(1) , Oct. 13, 2008 , 122 Stat. 4260 ] Repealed
- § 510 Remedies for alteration of programming by cable systems
- § 511 Liability of States, instrumentalities of States, and State officials for infringement of copyright
- § 512 Limitations on liability relating to material online
- § 513 Determination of reasonable license fees for individual proprietors
Ch. 6 — Infringing importation or exportation of copies or phonoreco 1 inactive 2 sections
Ch. 7 — The Copyright Office: General responsibilities and organizat 10 sections
- § 701 The Copyright Office: General responsibilities and organization
- § 702 Copyright Office regulations
- § 703 Effective date of actions in Copyright Office
- § 704 Retention and disposition of articles deposited in Copyright Office
- § 705 Copyright Office records: Preparation, maintenance, public inspection, and searching
- § 706 Copies of Copyright Office records
- § 707 Copyright Office forms and publications
- § 708 Copyright Office fees
- § 709 Delay in delivery caused by disruption of postal or other services
- § 710 Emergency relief authority
Ch. 8 — Copyright Royalty Judges 5 sections
Ch. 9 — Subject matter of protection 14 sections
- § 901 Definitions
- § 902 Subject matter of protection
- § 903 Ownership, transfer, licensing, and recordation
- § 904 Duration of protection
- § 905 Exclusive rights in mask works
- § 906 Limitation on exclusive rights: reverse engineering; first sale
- § 907 Limitation on exclusive rights: innocent infringement
- § 908 Registration of claims of protection
- § 909 Mask work notice
- § 910 Enforcement of exclusive rights
- § 911 Civil actions
- § 912 Relation to other laws
- § 913 Transitional provisions
- § 914 International transitional provisions
Ch. 10 — Incorporation of copying controls 10 sections
- § 1001 Definitions
- § 1002 Incorporation of copying controls
- § 1003 Obligation to make royalty payments
- § 1004 Royalty payments
- § 1005 Deposit of royalty payments and deduction of expenses
- § 1006 Entitlement to royalty payments
- § 1007 Procedures for distributing royalty payments
- § 1008 Prohibition on certain infringement actions
- § 1009 Civil remedies
- § 1010 Determination of certain disputes
Ch. 11 — Unauthorized fixation and trafficking in sound recordings an 1 section
Ch. 12 — Circumvention of copyright protection systems 5 sections
Ch. 13 — Designs protected 32 sections
- § 1301 Designs protected
- § 1302 Designs not subject to protection
- § 1303 Revisions, adaptations, and rearrangements
- § 1304 Commencement of protection
- § 1305 Term of protection
- § 1306 Design notice
- § 1307 Effect of omission of notice
- § 1308 Exclusive rights
- § 1309 Infringement
- § 1310 Application for registration
- § 1311 Benefit of earlier filing date in foreign country
- § 1312 Oaths and acknowledgments
- § 1313 Examination of application and issue or refusal of registration
- § 1314 Certification of registration
- § 1315 Publication of announcements and indexes
- § 1316 Fees
- § 1317 Regulations
- § 1318 Copies of records
- § 1319 Correction of errors in certificates
- § 1320 Ownership and transfer
- § 1321 Remedy for infringement
- § 1322 Injunctions
- § 1323 Recovery for infringement
- § 1324 Power of court over registration
- § 1325 Liability for action on registration fraudulently obtained
- § 1326 Penalty for false marking
- § 1327 Penalty for false representation
- § 1328 Enforcement by Treasury and Postal Service
- § 1329 Relation to design patent law
- § 1330 Common law and other rights unaffected
- § 1331 Administrator; Office of the Administrator
- § 1332 No retroactive effect