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17 U.S.C. § 106 — Exclusive rights in copyrighted works

submitted 50 years ago by Pub. L. 94-553 to r/title-17-COPYRIGHTS · 154 words · no verdicts yet

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Subject to limits in sections 107 through 122, a copyright owner controls six specific rights. These include copying the work, making new versions based on it, and distributing, performing, or displaying it publicly. Sound recordings also get a right to public performance by digital audio transmission.

This section lists the exclusive rights a copyright owner holds. These rights apply only within the limits set by sections 107 through 122 of this title, which carve out exceptions to them. The owner of a copyright alone has the right to do, or to let someone else do, each of the following: (1) Reproduce the copyrighted work in copies or phonorecords. (2) Prepare derivative works based on the copyrighted work. (3) Distribute copies or phonorecords of the work to the public, by sale or other transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or lending. (4) For literary, musical, dramatic, and choreographic works, pantomimes, and motion pictures and other audiovisual works: perform the copyrighted work publicly. (5) For literary, musical, dramatic, and choreographic works, pantomimes, and pictorial, graphic, or sculptural works — including individual images from a motion picture or other audiovisual work: display the copyrighted work publicly. (6) For sound recordings only: perform the copyrighted work publicly by means of a digital audio transmission.
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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 work 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; and

(6)

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

Source credit: (Pub. L. 94–553, title I, § 101, Oct. 19, 1976, 90 Stat. 2546; Pub. L. 101–318, § 3(d), July 3, 1990, 104 Stat. 288; Pub. L. 101–650, title VII, § 704(b)(2), Dec. 1, 1990, 104 Stat. 5134; Pub. L. 104–39, § 2, Nov. 1, 1995, 109 Stat. 336; Pub. L. 106–44, § 1(g)(2), Aug. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 222; Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title III, § 13210(4)(A), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1909.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1976Enacted · Pub. L. 94-553 · 90 Stat. 2546
  • 1990Amended · Pub. L. 101-318 · 104 Stat. 288
  • 1990Amended · Pub. L. 101-650 · 104 Stat. 5134
  • 1995Amended · Pub. L. 104-39 · 109 Stat. 336
  • 1999Amended · Pub. L. 106-44 · 113 Stat. 222
  • 2002Amended · Pub. L. 107-273 · 116 Stat. 1909

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 94-553 on 1976-10-19.

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