US Code
Title 17— COPYRIGHTS

§ 108. Limitations on exclusive rights: Reproduction by libraries and archives - (a) Except as otherwise provided in this title and notwithstanding...

§ 109. Limitations on exclusive rights: Effect of transfer of particular copy or phonorecord - (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 106(3), the owner of...

§ 110. Limitations on exclusive rights: Exemption of certain performances and displays - (1) performance or display of a work by instructors or...

§ 111. Limitations on exclusive rights: Secondary transmissions of broadcast programming by cable - (a) Certain Secondary Transmissions Exempted.—The secondary transmission of a performance...

§ 112. Limitations on exclusive rights: Ephemeral recordings - (a)(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 106, and except in...

§ 113. Scope of exclusive rights in pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works - (a) Subject to the provisions of subsections (b) and (c)...

§ 114. Scope of exclusive rights in sound recordings - (a) The exclusive rights of the owner of copyright in...

§ 115. Scope of exclusive rights in nondramatic musical works: Compulsory license for making and distributing phonorecords - (a) Availability and Scope of Compulsory License in General.—(1) Eligibility...

§ 116. Negotiated licenses for public performances by means of coin-operated phonorecord players - (a) Applicability of Section.—This section applies to any nondramatic musical...

[§ 116A. Renumbered § 116] -

§ 117. Limitations on exclusive rights: Computer programs - (a) Making of Additional Copy or Adaptation by Owner of...

§ 118. Scope of exclusive rights: Use of certain works in connection with noncommercial broadcasting - (a) The exclusive rights provided by section 106 shall, with...

§ 119. Limitations on exclusive rights: Secondary transmissions of distant television programming by satellite - (a) Secondary Transmissions by Satellite Carriers.—(1) Non-network stations.—Subject to the...

§ 120. Scope of exclusive rights in architectural works - (a) Pictorial Representations Permitted.—The copyright in an architectural work that...

§ 121. Limitations on exclusive rights: Reproduction for blind or other people with disabilities - (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 106, it is not...

§ 121A. Limitations on exclusive rights: reproduction for blind or other people with disabilities in Marrakesh Treaty countries - (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 602, it...

§ 122. Limitations on exclusive rights: Secondary transmissions of local television programming by satellite - (a) Secondary Transmissions Into Local Markets.—(1) Secondary transmissions of television...

CHAPTER 2— COPYRIGHT OWNERSHIP AND TRANSFER

§ 201. Ownership of copyright - (a) Initial Ownership.—Copyright in a work protected under this title...

§ 202. Ownership of copyright as distinct from ownership of material object - Ownership of a copyright, or of any of the exclusive...

§ 203. Termination of transfers and licenses granted by the author - (a) Conditions for Termination.—In the case of any work other...

§ 204. Execution of transfers of copyright ownership - (a) A transfer of copyright ownership, other than by operation...

§ 205. Recordation of transfers and other documents - (a) Conditions for Recordation.—Any transfer of copyright ownership or other...

CHAPTER 3— DURATION OF COPYRIGHT

§ 301. Preemption with respect to other laws - (a) On and after January 1, 1978, all legal or...

§ 302. Duration of copyright: Works created on or after - (a) In General.—Copyright in a work created on or after...

§ 303. Duration of copyright: Works created but not published or copyrighted before - (a) Copyright in a work created before January 1, 1978,...

§ 304. Duration of copyright: Subsisting copyrights - (a) Copyrights in Their First Term on January 1, 1978.—(1)(A)...

§ 305. Duration of copyright: Terminal date - All terms of copyright provided by sections 302 through 304...

CHAPTER 4— COPYRIGHT NOTICE, DEPOSIT, AND REGISTRATION

§ 401. Notice of copyright: Visually perceptible copies - (a) General Provisions.—Whenever a work protected under this title is...

§ 402. Notice of copyright: Phonorecords of sound recordings - (a) General Provisions.—Whenever a sound recording protected under this title...

§ 403. Notice of copyright: Publications incorporating United States Government works - Sections 401(d) and 402(d) shall not apply to a work...

§ 404. Notice of copyright: Contributions to collective works - (a) A separate contribution to a collective work may bear...

§ 405. Notice of copyright: Omission of notice on certain copies and phonorecords - (a) Effect of Omission on Copyright.—With respect to copies and...

§ 406. Notice of copyright: Error in name or date on certain copies and phonorecords - (a) Error in Name.—With respect to copies and phonorecords publicly...

§ 407. Deposit of copies or phonorecords for Library of Congress - (a) Except as provided by subsection (c), and subject to...

§ 408. Copyright registration in general - (a) Registration Permissive.—At any time during the subsistence of the...

§ 409. Application for copyright registration - (1) the name and address of the copyright claimant; (2)...

§ 410. Registration of claim and issuance of certificate - (a) When, after examination, the Register of Copyrights determines that,...

§ 411. Registration and civil infringement actions - (a) Except for an action brought for a violation of...

§ 412. Registration as prerequisite to certain remedies for infringement - (1) any infringement of copyright in an unpublished work commenced...

CHAPTER 5— COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT AND REMEDIES

§ 501. Infringement of copyright - (a) Anyone who violates any of the exclusive rights of...

§ 502. Remedies for infringement: Injunctions - (a) Any court having jurisdiction of a civil action arising...

§ 503. Remedies for infringement: Impounding and disposition of infringing articles - (a)(1) At any time while an action under this title...

§ 504. Remedies for infringement: Damages and profits - (a) In General.—Except as otherwise provided by this title, an...

§ 505. Remedies for infringement: Costs and attorney’s fees - In any civil action under this title, the court in...

§ 506. Criminal offenses - (a) Criminal Infringement.—(1) In general.—Any person who willfully infringes a...

§ 507. Limitations on actions - (a) Criminal Proceedings.—Except as expressly provided otherwise in this title,...

§ 508. Notification of filing and determination of actions - (a) Within one month after the filing of any action...

[§ 509. Repealed. , , ] -

§ 510. Remedies for alteration of programming by cable systems - (a) In any action filed pursuant to section 111(c)(3), the...

§ 511. Liability of States, instrumentalities of States, and State officials for infringement of copyright - (a) In General.—Any State, any instrumentality of a State, and...

§ 512. Limitations on liability relating to material online - (a) Transitory Digital Network Communications.—A service provider shall not be...

§ 513. Determination of reasonable license fees for individual proprietors - (1) The individual proprietor may commence such proceeding for determination...

CHAPTER 6— IMPORTATION AND EXPORTATION

[§ 601. Repealed. , , ] -

§ 602. Infringing importation or exportation of copies or phonorecords - (a) Infringing Importation or Exportation.—(1) Importation.—Importation into the United States,...

§ 603. Importation prohibitions: Enforcement and disposition of excluded articles - (a) The Secretary of the Treasury and the United States...

CHAPTER 7— COPYRIGHT OFFICE

§ 701. The Copyright Office: General responsibilities and organization - (a) All administrative functions and duties under this title, except...

§ 702. Copyright Office regulations - The Register of Copyrights is authorized to establish regulations not...

§ 703. Effective date of actions in Copyright Office - In any case in which time limits are prescribed under...

§ 704. Retention and disposition of articles deposited in Copyright Office - (a) Upon their deposit in the Copyright Office under sections...

§ 705. Copyright Office records: Preparation, maintenance, public inspection, and searching - (a) The Register of Copyrights shall ensure that records of...

§ 706. Copies of Copyright Office records - (a) Copies may be made of any public records or...

§ 707. Copyright Office forms and publications - (a) Catalog of Copyright Entries.—The Register of Copyrights shall compile...

§ 708. Copyright Office fees - (a) Fees.—Fees shall be paid to the Register of Copyrights—(1)...

§ 709. Delay in delivery caused by disruption of postal or other services - In any case in which the Register of Copyrights determines,...

§ 710. Emergency relief authority - (a) Emergency Action.—If, on or before December 31, 2021, the...

CHAPTER 8— PROCEEDINGS BY COPYRIGHT ROYALTY JUDGES

§ 801. Copyright Royalty Judges; appointment and functions - (a) Appointment.—The Librarian of Congress shall appoint 3 full-time Copyright...

§ 802. Copyright Royalty Judgeships; staff - (a) Qualifications of Copyright Royalty Judges.—(1) In general.—Each Copyright Royalty...

§ 803. Proceedings of Copyright Royalty Judges - (a) Proceedings.—(1) In general.—The Copyright Royalty Judges shall act in...

§ 804. Institution of proceedings - (a) Filing of Petition.—With respect to proceedings referred to in...

§ 805. General rule for voluntarily negotiated agreements - (1) are agreed to by participants to a proceeding under...

CHAPTER 9— PROTECTION OF SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP PRODUCTS

§ 901. Definitions - (a) As used in this chapter—(1) a “semiconductor chip product”...

§ 902. Subject matter of protection - (a)(1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b), a mask...

§ 903. Ownership, transfer, licensing, and recordation - (a) The exclusive rights in a mask work subject to...

§ 904. Duration of protection - (a) The protection provided for a mask work under this...

§ 905. Exclusive rights in mask works - (1) to reproduce the mask work by optical, electronic, or...

§ 906. Limitation on exclusive rights: reverse engineering; first sale - (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 905, it is not...

§ 907. Limitation on exclusive rights: innocent infringement - (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, an innocent...

§ 908. Registration of claims of protection - (a) The owner of a mask work may apply to...

§ 909. Mask work notice - (a) The owner of a mask work provided protection under...

§ 910. Enforcement of exclusive rights - (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any person...

§ 911. Civil actions - (a) Any court having jurisdiction of a civil action arising...

§ 912. Relation to other laws - (a) Nothing in this chapter shall affect any right or...

§ 913. Transitional provisions - (a) No application for registration under section 908 may be...

§ 914. International transitional provisions - (a) Notwithstanding the conditions set forth in subparagraphs (A) and...

CHAPTER 10— DIGITAL AUDIO RECORDING DEVICES AND MEDIA

SUBCHAPTER A— DEFINITIONS

§ 1001. Definitions - (1) A “digital audio copied recording” is a reproduction in...

SUBCHAPTER B— COPYING CONTROLS

§ 1002. Incorporation of copying controls - (a) Prohibition on Importation, Manufacture, and Distribution.—No person shall import,...

SUBCHAPTER C— ROYALTY PAYMENTS

§ 1003. Obligation to make royalty payments - (a) Prohibition on Importation and Manufacture.—No person shall import into...

§ 1004. Royalty payments - (a) Digital Audio Recording Devices.—(1) Amount of payment.—The royalty payment...

§ 1005. Deposit of royalty payments and deduction of expenses - The Register of Copyrights shall receive all royalty payments deposited...

§ 1006. Entitlement to royalty payments - (a) Interested Copyright Parties.—The royalty payments deposited pursuant to section...

§ 1007. Procedures for distributing royalty payments - (a) Filing of Claims and Negotiations.—(1) Filing of claims.—During the...

SUBCHAPTER D— PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN INFRINGEMENT ACTIONS, REMEDIES, AND ARBITRATION

§ 1008. Prohibition on certain infringement actions - No action may be brought under this title alleging infringement...

§ 1009. Civil remedies - (a) Civil Actions.—Any interested copyright party injured by a violation...

§ 1010. Determination of certain disputes - (a) Scope of Determination.—Before the date of first distribution in...

CHAPTER 11— SOUND RECORDINGS AND MUSIC VIDEOS

§ 1101. Unauthorized fixation and trafficking in sound recordings and music videos - (a) Unauthorized Acts.—Anyone who, without the consent of the performer...

CHAPTER 12— COPYRIGHT PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

§ 1201. Circumvention of copyright protection systems - (a) Violations Regarding Circumvention of Technological Measures.—(1)(A) No person shall...

§ 1202. Integrity of copyright management information - (a) False Copyright Management Information.—No person shall knowingly and with...

§ 1203. Civil remedies - (a) Civil Actions.—Any person injured by a violation of section...

§ 1204. Criminal offenses and penalties - (a) In General.—Any person who violates section 1201 or 1202...

§ 1205. Savings clause - Nothing in this chapter abrogates, diminishes, or weakens the provisions...

CHAPTER 13— PROTECTION OF ORIGINAL DESIGNS

§ 1301. Designs protected - (a) Designs Protected.—(1) In general.—The designer or other owner of...

§ 1302. Designs not subject to protection - (1) not original; (2) staple or commonplace, such as a...

§ 1303. Revisions, adaptations, and rearrangements - Protection for a design under this chapter shall be available...

§ 1304. Commencement of protection - The protection provided for a design under this chapter shall...

§ 1305. Term of protection - (a) In General.—Subject to subsection (b), the protection provided under...

§ 1306. Design notice - (a) Contents of Design Notice.—(1) Whenever any design for which...

§ 1307. Effect of omission of notice - (a) Actions With Notice.—Except as provided in subsection (b), the...

§ 1308. Exclusive rights - (1) make, have made, or import, for sale or for...

§ 1309. Infringement - (a) Acts of Infringement.—Except as provided in subsection (b), it...

§ 1310. Application for registration - (a) Time Limit for Application for Registration.—Protection under this chapter...

§ 1311. Benefit of earlier filing date in foreign country - An application for registration of a design filed in the...

§ 1312. Oaths and acknowledgments - (a) In General.—Oaths and acknowledgments required by this chapter—(1) may...

§ 1313. Examination of application and issue or refusal of registration - (a) Determination of Registrability of Design; Registration.—Upon the filing of...

§ 1314. Certification of registration - Certificates of registration shall be issued in the name of...

§ 1315. Publication of announcements and indexes - (a) Publications of the Administrator.—The Administrator shall publish lists and...

§ 1316. Fees - The Administrator shall by regulation set reasonable fees for the...

§ 1317. Regulations - The Administrator may establish regulations for the administration of this...

§ 1318. Copies of records - Upon payment of the prescribed fee, any person may obtain...

§ 1319. Correction of errors in certificates - The Administrator may, by a certificate of correction under seal,...

§ 1320. Ownership and transfer - (a) Property Right in Design.—The property right in a design...

§ 1321. Remedy for infringement - (a) In General.—The owner of a design is entitled, after...

§ 1322. Injunctions - (a) In General.—A court having jurisdiction over actions under this...

§ 1323. Recovery for infringement - (a) Damages.—Upon a finding for the claimant in an action...

§ 1324. Power of court over registration - In any action involving the protection of a design under...

§ 1325. Liability for action on registration fraudulently obtained - Any person who brings an action for infringement knowing that...

§ 1326. Penalty for false marking - (a) In General.—Whoever, for the purpose of deceiving the public,...

§ 1327. Penalty for false representation - Whoever knowingly makes a false representation materially affecting the rights...

§ 1328. Enforcement by Treasury and Postal Service - (a) Regulations.—The Secretary of the Treasury and the United States...

§ 1329. Relation to design patent law - The issuance of a design patent under title 35, United...

§ 1330. Common law and other rights unaffected - (1) common law or other rights or remedies, if any,...

§ 1331. Administrator; Office of the Administrator - In this chapter, the “Administrator” is the Register of Copyrights,...

§ 1332. No retroactive effect - Protection under this chapter shall not be available for any...

CHAPTER 14— UNAUTHORIZED USE OF PRE-1972 SOUND RECORDINGS

§ 1401. Unauthorized use of pre-1972 sound recordings - (a) In General.—(1) Unauthorized acts.—Anyone who, on or before the...

CHAPTER 15— COPYRIGHT SMALL CLAIMS

§ 1501. Definitions - (1) the term “claimant” means the real party in interest...

§ 1502. Copyright Claims Board - (a) In General.—There is established in the Copyright Office the...

§ 1503. Authority and duties of the Copyright Claims Board - (a) Functions.—(1) Copyright claims officers.—Subject to the provisions of this...

§ 1504. Nature of proceedings - (a) Voluntary Participation.—Participation in a Copyright Claims Board proceeding shall...

§ 1505. Registration requirement - (a) Application or Certificate.—A claim or counterclaim alleging infringement of...

§ 1506. Conduct of proceedings - (a) In General.—(1) Applicable law.—Proceedings of the Copyright Claims Board...

§ 1507. Effect of proceeding - (a) Determination.—Subject to the reconsideration and review processes provided under...

§ 1508. Review and confirmation by district court - (a) In General.—In any proceeding in which a party has...

§ 1509. Relationship to other district court actions - (a) Stay of District Court Proceedings.—Subject to section 1507(b), a...

§ 1510. Implementation by Copyright Office - (a) Regulations.—(1) Implementation generally.—The Register of Copyrights shall establish regulations...

§ 1511. Funding - There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may...

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