Public Law 119-88 (05/04/2026)
Chapter 1 Subject Matter and Scope of Copyright
Browse 0 units and 26 sections in Chapter 1 Subject Matter and Scope of Copyright of Title 17.
Sections in Chapter 1
§ 101
Definitions
§ 102
Subject matter of copyright: In general
§ 103
Subject matter of copyright: Compilations and derivative works
§ 104
Subject matter of copyright: National origin
§ 104A
Copyright in restored works
§ 105
Subject matter of copyright: United States Government works
§ 106
Exclusive rights in copyrighted works
§ 106A
Rights of certain authors to attribution and integrity
§ 107
Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use
§ 108
Limitations on exclusive rights: Reproduction by libraries and archives
§ 109
Limitations on exclusive rights: Effect of transfer of particular copy or phonorecord
§ 110
Limitations on exclusive rights: Exemption of certain performances and displays
§ 111
Limitations on exclusive rights: Secondary transmissions of broadcast programming by cable
§ 112
Limitations on exclusive rights: Ephemeral recordings
§ 113
Scope of exclusive rights in pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works
§ 114
Scope of exclusive rights in sound recordings
§ 115
Scope of exclusive rights in nondramatic musical works: Compulsory license for making and distributing phonorecords
§ 116
Negotiated licenses for public performances by means of coin-operated phonorecord players
§ 116A
Renumbered § 116]
§ 117
Limitations on exclusive rights: Computer programs
§ 118
Scope of exclusive rights: Use of certain works in connection with noncommercial broadcasting
§ 119
Limitations on exclusive rights: Secondary transmissions of distant television programming by satellite
§ 120
Scope of exclusive rights in architectural works
§ 121
Limitations on exclusive rights: Reproduction for blind or other people with disabilities
§ 121A
Limitations on exclusive rights: reproduction for blind or other people with disabilities in Marrakesh Treaty countries
§ 122
Limitations on exclusive rights: Secondary transmissions of local television programming by satellite