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Title 17
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SUBJECT MATTER AND SCOPE OF COPYRIGHT
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Definitions
Subject matter of copyright: In general
Subject matter of copyright: Compilations and derivative works
Subject matter of copyright: National origin
Copyright in restored works
Subject matter of copyright: United States Government works
Exclusive rights in copyrighted works
Rights of certain authors to attribution and integrity
Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use
Limitations on exclusive rights: Reproduction by libraries and archives
Limitations on exclusive rights: Effect of transfer of particular copy or phonorecord
Limitations on exclusive rights: Exemption of certain performances and displays
Limitations on exclusive rights: Secondary transmissions of broadcast programming by cable
Limitations on exclusive rights: Ephemeral recordings
Scope of exclusive rights in pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works
Scope of exclusive rights in sound recordings
Scope of exclusive rights in nondramatic musical works: Compulsory license for making and distributing phonorecords
Negotiated licenses for public performances by means of coin-operated phonorecord players
Limitations on exclusive rights: Computer programs
Scope of exclusive rights: Use of certain works in connection with noncommercial broadcasting
Limitations on exclusive rights: Secondary transmissions of distant television programming by satellite
Scope of exclusive rights in architectural works
Limitations on exclusive rights: Reproduction for blind or other people with disabilities
Limitations on exclusive rights: reproduction for blind or other people with disabilities in Marrakesh Treaty countries
Limitations on exclusive rights: Secondary transmissions of local television programming by satellite