About this book
Copyright Law of the United States of America and Related Laws Contained in Title 17 of the United States Code, Circular 92 by the United States delivers the authoritative, consolidated text of U.S. federal copyright law and its principal amendments—an indispensable guide to the rules that shape creation, distribution, and protection of creative works. This non-fiction legal compendium presents Title 17 as enacted through the end of the 106th Congress (2000), including the Copyright Act of 1976 and subsequent statutes such as the Semiconductor Chip Protection Act, the Vessel Hull Design Protection Act, the Berne Convention Implementation Act, the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, and key Digital Millennium Copyright Act provisions. Chapters cover subject matter and scope, ownership and transfer, duration, notice/deposit/registration, infringement and remedies, manufacturing/importation rules, the Copyright Office, arbitration royalty panels, and protections for sound recordings, digital audio, and management systems—plus appendices with transitional and international treaty-related provisions. Grounded in constitutional purpose and updated for late-20th-century technological and international shifts, this edition illuminates how law adapts to innovation. Ideal for legal practitioners, creators, students, librarians, policy makers, and media or tech professionals, the audiobook makes complex copyright statute accessible for study and practical use on the go.
