This edition adds three pieces of copyright legislation enacted since the last printed edition of the circular in May 2021: the Artistic Recognition for Talented Students Act, signed into law in October 2022, the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, signed into law in December 2022, and the Servicemember ...
The provisions of sections 118, 304(b), and chapter 8 of title 17, as amended by the first section of this Act, take effect upon enactment of this Act [Oct. 19, 1976]."
Complete version of the U.S. Copyright Law PDF format (18 Mb) or, individual chapters below Preface: Amendments to Title 17 since 1976 Chapter 1:
Under the copyright law, a copyright owner may authorize activities that fall under the exclusive rights of copyright. For more information on seeking permission to use a copyrighted work, see How to Obtain Permission (Circular 16A).
112 STAT. 2860 PUBLIC LAW 105–304—OCT. 28, 1998
The United States Copyright Office maintains a web site that offers a current version of the Copyright Act in HTML and PDF formats. In contrast, copyrightdata.com offers text of the law in HTML format only.
Significant copyright legislation enacted since the last printed edition of this circular in December 2011 includes the Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wire-less Competition Act and the STELA Reauthorization Act of 2014.
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires— "accessible format copy" means a copy of a work in an alternative manner or form which gives a beneficiary person access to the work, including permitting the person to have access as feasibly and comfortably as a person without visual impairment or other print disability; "art market professional" includes an auctioneer, owner or operator ...
The exclusive rights, as provided by section 106 of title 17 as amended by the first section of this Act, to reproduce a work in phonorecords and to distribute phonorecords of the work, do not extend to any nondramatic musical work copyrighted before July 1, 1909. Sec. 104.
2. Interpretation. -In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "adaptation" means,- (i) in relation to a dramatic work, the conversion of the work into a non-dramatic work; (ii) in relation to a literary work or an artistic work, the conversion of the work into a dramatic work by way of performance in public or otherwise; (iii) in relation to a literary or dramatic work, any ...
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Citation Act 690 of 2005 Copy Date 3 June 2005 Language English Type Act Publication Download PDF (5.1 MB)
Significant copyright legislation enacted since the last printed edition of this circular in December 2011 includes the Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wire-less Competition Act and the STELA Reauthorization Act of 2014.
A 'Bare act' is the actual legislation passed by the Parliament of India. Generally, an act sets out the high level legal and policy principles applicable to the subject matter of the law. Most acts are accompanied by 'subsidiary legislation' such as rules, regulations, notifications and orders; which address the actual implementation detail of the act.
A copyright inspector shall for the purposes of this Act have power to- enter, inspect and examine at any reasonable time any building or premises which he reasonably suspects is being used for any activity which is an infringement of copyright under this Act;
(A) 130/2025], please be informed that the fee for filing of voluntary notification made in Form CR-1 for literary works, musical works, films, sound recordings, or derivative works imposed to the owner of the copyright in the work, an assignee of the copyright, or a person who makes such notification on behalf of the owner of the copyright in ...
Intellectual property (IP) is all around you, protecting creations of the mind. IP includes copyrightable creative works as soon as an author fixes their work in a tangible form of expression. IP also includes inventions protected by patents, brands protected by trademarks, and commercially valuable information protected under trade secret law. Interested in learning more about different types ...
Listed below in chronological order of their enactment are subsequent amendments to copyright law. Chapters 9 and 13 of title 17 contain statutory design protection that is inde pendent of copyright protection. Chapter 9 of title 17 is the Semiconductor Chip Protection Act of 1984 (SCPA), as amended.
