Copyright Law of the United States of America: Contained in Title 17 of the United States Code — John Shaqi
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Copyright Law of the United States of America: Contained in Title 17 of the United States Code
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(2) On January 3, 1980, the Register of Copyrights, after consulting
with authors and other owners of copyright in nondramatic literary
works and their representatives, and with public broadcasting entities
and their representatives, shall submit to the Congress a report
setting forth the extent to which voluntary licensing arrangements have
been reached with respect to the use of nondramatic literary works by
such broadcast stations. The report should also describe any problems
that may have arisen, and present legislative or other recommendations,
if warranted.
(f) Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit, beyond the
limits of fair use as provided by section 107, the unauthorized
dramatization of a nondramatic musical work, the production of a
transmission program drawn to any substantial extent from a published
compilation of pictorial, graphic, or sculptural works, or the
unauthorized use of any portion of an audiovisual work.
(g) As used in this section, the term "public broadcasting entity"
means a noncommercial educational broadcast station as defined in
section 397 of title 47 and any nonprofit institution or organization
engaged in the activities described in clause (2) of subsection (d).
CHAPTER 2--COPYRIGHT OWNERSHIP AND TRANSFER. Analysis
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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.
Section 201. Ownership of copyright.
(a) Initial ownership.--Copyright in a work protected under this title
vests initially in the author or authors of the work. The authors of a
joint work are co-owners of copyright in the work.
(b) Works Made for Hire.--In the case of a work made for hire, the
employer or other person for whom the work was prepared is considered
the author for purposes of this title, and, unless the parties have
expressly agreed otherwise in a written instrument signed by them, owns
all of the rights comprised in the copyright.
(c) Contributions to Collective Works.--Copyright in each separate
contribution to a collective work is distinct from copyright in the
collective work as a whole, and vests initially in the author of the
contribution. In the absence of an express transfer of the copyright
or of any rights under it, the owner of copyright in the collective
work is presumed to have acquired only the privilege of reproducing and
distributing the contribution as part of that particular collective
work, any revision of that collective work, and any later collective
work in the same series.
(d) Transfer of Ownership.--
(1) The ownership of a copyright may be transferred in whole or in part
by any means of conveyance or by operation of law, and may be
bequeathed by will or pass as personal property by the applicable laws
of intestate succession.
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