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This book consists of articles from Wikia or other free sources online. Pages: 55. Chapters: 17 U.S.C. 117, Anti-circumvention, Best edition, CONTU Commission, Compilation, Computer program, Copies, Copyright, Copyright duration, Copyright notice, Copyright ownership, Copyright preemption, Copyright registration, Copyright restoration, Copyright transfer, Copyrightable subject matter, DMCA Exemptions to the Prohibition on Circumvention, Derivative work, Digital musical recording, Digital transmission, Direct copyright infringement, Distribute, Ephemeral recording, Exclusive rights, Fair use, First sale doctrine, Fixed, Home receiving apparatus, Interactive service, Interested copyright party, Licensing of Public Performances of Musical Works, Mandatory deposit, Manufacture, Noncopyrightable subject matter, Performing rights society, Phonorecords, Pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works, Pseudonymous work, Public display, Public performance, Public performance without commercial advantage, Publication, Publicly, Registration, Reproduce, Section 108, Sound recording performance right, Sound recordings, Statutory license, Statutory license of musical compositions, Statutory license of sound recordings, Statutory license of television programming, Termination of copyright transfers, Transfer of copyright ownership, Transfer price, Uruguay Round Agreements Act, Useful article, Work made for hire, Works of authorship. Excerpt: Copyright Act of 1976, Pub. L. No. 94-553, 90 Stat. 2541 (1976). The Copyright Act of 1976 is the primary basis of copyright law in the United States, as amended by several later enacted copyright provisions. The Act spells out the basic rights of copyright holders, codified the doctrine of "fair use," and converted the term of copyrights from a fixed period requiring renewal to an extended period based on the date of the creator's death. It was signed into law on October 19, 1976 and went into effect on January 1, 197...
