Description
Circular 92, December 2022.
This publication contains the text of Title 17 of the United States Code, including all amendments enacted by Congress through December 23, 2022. It includes the Copyright Act of 1976 and all subsequent amendments to copyright law; the Semiconductor Chip Protection Act of 1984, as amended; and the Vessel Hull Design Protection Act, as amended. The Copyright Office is responsible for registering intellectual property claims under all three.
The United States copyright law is contained in chapters 1 through 8 and 10 through 12 of Title 17 of the United States Code. The Copyright Act of 1976, which provides the basic framework for the current copyright law, was enacted on October 19, 1976, as Pub. L. No. 94-553, 90 Stat. 2541. The 1976 Act was a comprehensive revision of the copyright law in Title 17. Listed below in chronological order of their enactment are the Copyright Act of 1976 and subsequent amendments to Title 17.
Chapters 9 and 13 of Title 17 contain two types of design protection that are independent of copyright protection. Chapter 9 of Title 17 is the Semiconductor Chip Protection Act of 1984 (SCPA), as amended. The SCPA was enacted as Title III of Pub. L. No. 98-620, 98 Stat. 3335, 3347, on November 8, 1984.
Chapter 13 of Title 17 is the Vessel Hull Design Protection Act (VHDPA), as amended. The VHDPA was enacted on October 28, 1998, as Title V of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), Pub. L. No. 105-304, 112 Stat. 2860, 2905. Subsequent amendments to the Title 17 provisions for SCPA and the VHDPA are also included in the list below, in chronological order of their enactment. In some cases, statutory enactments affecting copyright law are not codified in Title 17. For transitional and supplementary provisions that do not amend Title 17, see the appendices.
This edition adds two pieces of copyright legislation enacted since the last printed edition of the circular in May 2021: the Artistic Recognition for Talented Students Act, signed into law in October 2022, and the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, signed into law in December 2022.
Details
Publisher - Independently published
Author(s) - U.S. Copyright Office
Paperback
Published Date - May 08 2024
ISBN - 9781998109630
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.7 cm
Page Count - 478
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