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U.S. Code/Title 17/§ 106

Title 17

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17 U.S.C. § 106.Chapter 1

§ 106

Exclusive rights in copyrighted works

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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.

Related Legislation

(2 bills)

Bills that would modify or reference this section of law.

HR-861

American Music Fairness Act of 2025

Darrell Issa

California representative

  1. house
  2. senate
  3. president
1/31/2025
S-2153

Open App Markets Act

Marsha Blackburn

Tennessee senator

  1. senate
  2. house
  3. president
6/24/2025
§ 105

Release: pl-119-73 (2026-01-23)

§ 106A

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