Federal
Title 17 — Copyrights
153 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.
- § 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
- § 101 — Definitions
- § 1010 — Determination of certain disputes
- § 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
- § 1101 — Unauthorized fixation and trafficking in sound recordings and music videos
- § 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]
- § 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
- § 1201 — Circumvention of copyright protection systems
- § 1202 — Integrity of copyright management information
- § 1203 — Civil remedies
- § 1204 — Criminal offenses and penalties
- § 1205 — Savings clause
- § 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
- § 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
- § 1401 — Unauthorized use of pre-1972 sound recordings
- § 1501 — Definitions
- § 1502 — Copyright Claims Board
- § 1503 — Authority and duties of the Copyright Claims Board
- § 1504 — Nature of proceedings
- § 1505 — Registration requirement
- § 1506 — Conduct of proceedings
- § 1507 — Effect of proceeding
- § 1508 — Review and confirmation by district court
- § 1509 — Relationship to other district court actions
- § 1510 — Implementation by Copyright Office
- § 1511 — Funding
- § 201 — Ownership of copyright
- § 202 — Ownership of copyright as distinct from ownership of material object
- § 203 — Termination of transfers and licenses granted by the author
- § 204 — Execution of transfers of copyright ownership
- § 205 — Recordation of transfers and other documents
- § 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
- § 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
- § 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 ]
- § 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
- § 601 — Repealed. Pub. L. 111–295, § 4(a) , Dec. 9, 2010 , 124 Stat. 3180 ]
- § 602 — Infringing importation or exportation of copies or phonorecords
- § 603 — Importation prohibitions: Enforcement and disposition of excluded articles
- § 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
- § 801 — Copyright Royalty Judges; appointment and functions
- § 802 — Copyright Royalty Judgeships; staff
- § 803 — Proceedings of Copyright Royalty Judges
- § 804 — Institution of proceedings
- § 805 — General rule for voluntarily negotiated agreements
- § 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