United States Code

Copyright, a linked index

The United States Code is consolidation and codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States. This index links directly to the on-line version of the code at the Office of the Law Revision Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives, which should be relatively up to date.

Chapter 1 - Subject Matter and Scope of Copyright

• Sec. 101. Definitions
• Sec. 102. Subject matter of copyright: In general
• Sec. 103. Subject matter of copyright: Compilations and derivative works
• Sec. 104. Subject matter of copyright: National origin
• Sec. 104A. Copyright in restored works
• Sec. 105. Subject matter of copyright: United States Government works
• Sec. 106. Exclusive rights in copyrighted works
• Sec. 106A. Rights of certain authors to attribution and integrity
• Sec. 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use
• Sec. 108. Limitations on exclusive rights: Reproduction by libraries and archives
• Sec. 109. Limitations on exclusive rights: Effect of transfer of particular copy or phonorecord
• Sec. 110. Limitations on exclusive rights: Exemption of certain performances and displays
• Sec. 111. Limitations on exclusive rights: Secondary transmissions
• Sec. 112. Limitations on exclusive rights: Ephemeral recordings
• Sec. 113. Scope of exclusive rights in pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works
• Sec. 114. Scope of exclusive rights in sound recordings
• Sec. 115. Scope of exclusive rights in nondramatic musical works: Compulsory license for making and distributing phonorecords
• Sec. 116. Negotiated licenses for public performances by means of coin-operated phonorecord players
• Sec. 117. Limitations on exclusive rights: Computer programs
• Sec. 118. Scope of exclusive rights: Use of certain works in connection with noncommercial broadcasting
• Sec. 119. Limitations on exclusive rights: Secondary transmissions of superstations and network stations for private home viewing
• Sec. 120. Scope of exclusive rights in architectural works
• Sec. 121. Limitations on exclusive rights: reproduction for blind or other people with disabilities

Chapter 2 - Copyright Ownership and Transfer

• Sec. 201. Ownership of copyright
• Sec. 202. Ownership of copyright as distinct from ownership of material object
• Sec. 203. Termination of transfers and licenses granted by the author
• Sec. 204. Execution of transfers of copyright ownership
• Sec. 205. Recordation of transfers and other documents

Chapter 3 - Duration of Copyright

• Sec. 301. Preemption with respect to other laws
• Sec. 302. Duration of copyright: Works created on or after January 1, 1978
• Sec. 303. Duration of copyright: Works created but not published or copyrighted before January 1, 1978
• Sec. 304. Duration of copyright: Subsisting copyrights
• Sec. 305. Duration of copyright: Terminal date

Chapter 4 - Copyright, Notice, Deposit, and Registration

• Sec. 401. Notice of copyright: Visually perceptible copies
• Sec. 402. Notice of copyright: Phonorecords of sound recordings
• Sec. 403. Notice of copyright: Publications incorporating United States Government works
• Sec. 404. Notice of copyright: Contributions to collective works
• Sec. 405. Notice of copyright: Omission of notice on certain copies and phonorecords
• Sec. 406. Notice of copyright: Error in name or date on certain copies and phonorecords
• Sec. 407. Deposit of copies or phonorecords for Library of Congress
• Sec. 408. Copyright registration in general
• Sec. 409. Application for copyright registration
• Sec. 410. Registration of claim and issuance of certificate
• Sec. 411. Registration and infringement actions
• Sec. 412. Registration as prerequisite to certain remedies for infringement

Chapter 5 - Copyright Infringement and Remedies

• 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. Seizure and forfeiture
• 510. Remedies for alteration of programing 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

Chapter 6 - Manufacturing Requirements and Importation

• 601. Manufacture, importation, and public distribution of certain copies
• 602. Infringing importation of copies or phonorecords
• 603. Importation prohibitions: Enforcement and disposition of excluded articles

Chapter 7 - Copyright Office

• 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. repealed (was "Reproduction for use of the blind and physically handicapped: Voluntary licensing forms and procedures.")

Chapter 8 - Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panels

• 801. Copyright arbitration royalty panels: Establishment and purpose
• 802. Membership and proceedings of copyright arbitration royalty panels
• 803. Institution and conclusion of proceedings

Chapter 9 - Protection of  Semiconductor Chip Products

• 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 

Chapter 10 - Digital Audio Recording Devices and Media

Subchapter A - Definitions

• 1001. Definitions

Subchapter B - Copying Controls

• 1002. Incorporation of copying controls

Subchapter C - Royalty Payments

• 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

Subchapter D - Prohibition on Certain Infringement Actions, Remedies, and Arbitration

• 1008. Prohibition on certain infringement actions
• 1009. Civil remedies
• 1010. Arbitration of certain disputes

Chapter 11 - Sound Recordings and Music Videos

• 101. Unauthorized fixation and trafficking in sound recordings and music videos

Chapter 12 - Copyright Protection And Management Systems

• 1201. Circumvention of copyright protection systems
• 1202. Integrity of copyright management information
• 1203. Civil remedies
• 1204. Criminal offenses and penalties
• 1205. Savings clause

Chapter 13 - Protection of Original Designs

• 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