Copyright Information
The Law
The Copyright clause of the Constitution, the United States Code, the Code of Federal Regulations, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, and court decisions in combination comprise the basis of copyright law decisions.
Constitution of the United States of America
Article 1 Section 8
"To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;"
Digital Millennium Copyright Act
Exemption to Prohibition on Circumvention of Copyright Protection Systems for Access Control Technologies Effective Date: November 27, 2006.
United States Code
United States Code Title 17 - COPYRIGHTS.
Chapter 1 Sec. 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use.
Chapter 1 Sec. 108. Limitations on exclusive rights: Reproduction by libraries and archives.
Chapter 1 Sec. 110. Limitations on exclusive rights: Exemption of certain performances and displays.
Chapter2 Section 201. Ownership of Copyright.
Chapter 5 Section 504. Remedies for infringement: Damages and profits.
Code of Federal Regulations
Title 37 Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights.
Section 201.14 - Warnings of copyright for use by certain libraries and archives.
Section 201.24 - Warning of copyright for software lending by nonprofit libraries.
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