Copyright Law of the United States of America: Contained in Title 17 of the United States Code — John Shaqi
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(d) The privileges prescribed by subsections (a) and (b) [so as
amended, should be "(a) and (c)"] do not, unless authorized by the
copyright owner, extend to any person who has acquired possession of
the copy or phonorecord from the copyright owner, by rental, lease,
loan, or otherwise, without acquiring ownership of it.
Section 110. Limitations on exclusive rights: Exemption of certain
performances and displays.
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 106, the following are not
infringements of copyright:
(1) performance or display of a work by instructors or pupils in the
course of face-to-face teaching activities of a nonprofit educational
institution, in a classroom or similar place devoted to instruction,
unless, in the case of a motion picture or other audiovisual work, the
performance, or the display of individual images, is given by means of
a copy that was not lawfully made under this title, and that the person
responsible for the performance knew or had reason to believe was not
lawfully made;
(2) performance of a nondramatic literary or musical work or display of
a work, by or in the course of a transmission, if--
(A) the performance or display is a regular part of the systematic
instructional activities of a governmental body or a nonprofit
educational institution; and
(B) the performance or display is directly related and of assistance to
the teaching content of the transmission; and
(C) the transmission is made primarily for--
(i) reception in classrooms or similar places normally to instruction,
or
(ii) reception by persons to whom the transmission is because their
disabilities or other special circumstances prevent their attendance in
classrooms or similar places normally devoted to instruction, or
(iii) reception by officers or employees of governmental bodies as a
part of their official duties or employment;
(3) performance of a nondramatic literary or musical work or of a
dramatico-musical work of a religious nature, or display of a work in
the course of services at a place of worship or other religious
assembly;
(4) performance of a nondramatic literary or musical work otherwise
than in a transmission to the public, without any purpose of direct or
indirect commercial advantage and without payment of any fee or other
compensation for the performance to any of its performers, promoters,
or organizers, if--
(A) there is no direct or indirect admission charge; or
(B) the proceeds, after deducting the reasonable costs of producing the
performance, are used exclusively for educational, religious, or
charitable purposes and not for private financial gain, except where
the copyright owner has served notice of objection to the performance
under the following conditions;
(i) the notice shall be in writing and signed by the copyright owner or
such owner's duly authorized agent; and
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