PocketLaw | USC 17 | SUBJECT MATTER AND SCOPE OF COPYRIGHT

SUBJECT MATTER AND SCOPE OF COPYRIGHT

Checkout our iOS App for a better way to browser and research.

Definitions

Subject matter of copyright: In general

Subject matter of copyright: Compilations and derivative works

Subject matter of copyright: National origin

Copyright in restored works

Subject matter of copyright: United States Government works

Exclusive rights in copyrighted works

Rights of certain authors to attribution and integrity

Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use

Limitations on exclusive rights: Reproduction by libraries and archives

Limitations on exclusive rights: Effect of transfer of particular copy or phonorecord

Limitations on exclusive rights: Exemption of certain performances and displays

Limitations on exclusive rights: Secondary transmissions of broadcast programming by cable

Limitations on exclusive rights: Ephemeral recordings

Scope of exclusive rights in pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works

Scope of exclusive rights in sound recordings

Scope of exclusive rights in nondramatic musical works: Compulsory license for making and distributing phonorecords

Negotiated licenses for public performances by means of coin-operated phonorecord players

Limitations on exclusive rights: Computer programs

Scope of exclusive rights: Use of certain works in connection with noncommercial broadcasting

Limitations on exclusive rights: Secondary transmissions of distant television programming by satellite

Scope of exclusive rights in architectural works

Limitations on exclusive rights: Reproduction for blind or other people with disabilities

Limitations on exclusive rights: reproduction for blind or other people with disabilities in Marrakesh Treaty countries

Limitations on exclusive rights: Secondary transmissions of local television programming by satellite