Copyright Statutes

17 USC 102(b)

Copyright does not extend to any idea, procedure, process, system, method of operation, concept, principle, or discovery

17 USC 102(a)

Discusses the categories of works that are protected under copyright

17 USC 201(a)

Initial ownership. Copyright in a work protected under this titles vests initially in the author or authors of the work. The authors of a joint work are co-owners of copyright in a work

17 USC 201(b)

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 titles, and unless the parties have expressly agreed otherwise…, owns all of the rights comprised in the copyright

17 USC 106

Subject to sections 107 through 122, the owner of copyright under this title has the exclusive rights to do and to authorize any of the following:

1. To reproduce the copyrighted work in copies or phonorecords

2. To prepare derivative works based upon the copyrighted work

3. To distribute copies or phonorecords of the copyrighted works to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or lending

4. In the case of literary, musical, dramatic, and choreographic works, pantomimes, and motion pictures and other audiovisual works, to perform the copyrighted work publicly

5. In the case of literary, musical, dramatic, and choreographic works, pantomimes and pictorial, graphic, or sculptural works, including the individual images of a motion picture or other audiovisual work, to display the copyrighted work publicly

6. In the case of sound recordings, to perform the copyrighted work publicly by means of a digital audio transmission

17 USC 106(2)

The owner of copyright under this title has the exclusive rights to do and to authorize any of the following…(2) To prepare derivative works based on the copyrighted work

17 USC 103(a)

Person who unlawfully makes a derivative work gets no copyright protection in it-at least so long as the infringing material “pervades” the derivative work

17 USC 602(a)

Importation into the United States or exportation from the United States, without the authority of the owner of copyright under this title, of copies or phonorecords of a work that have been acquired outside the U.S. is an infringement of the exclusive right to distribute copies or phonorecords

17 USC 109(a)

Notwithstanding the provisions of section 106(3), the owner of a particular copy or phonorecord lawfully made under this title, or any person authorized by such owner, is entitled, without the authority of the copyright owner, to sell or otherwise dispose of the possession of that copy or phonorecord (First Sale Doctrine)

17 USC 101

Definitions of all copyright terminology used in this title

17 USC 110

1. Copyrighted works may be presented in a nonprofit, face to face educational environment so long as the work was created an obtained legally

2. Places many restrictions on the use of copyrighted works for use in distanced learning environments

3. You may use copyrighted religious works in a service

4. You may use/perform copyrighted works in situations with no direct or indirect commercial advantage

5. If you use a device that would be found in a home to use/perform a copyrighted work (i.e. speakers and a turntable) you are protected

17 USC 109(c)

You may display copyrighted works (like paintings) in a restaurant or other public space

17 USC 107

Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106(a), the fair use of a copyrighted work…for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research is not an infringement of copyright