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United
States Code TITLE 17 - COPYRIGHTS
Sec.
107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use: Notwithstanding
the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a
copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or
phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes
such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple
copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an
infringement of copyright. In determining whether the use made of a work
in any particular case is a fair use the factors to be considered shall
include -
(1)
the purpose and character of the use, including whether
such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit
educational purposes;
(2)
the nature of the copyrighted work;
(3)
the amount and substantiality of the portion used in
relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and
(4) the effect of the use upon the potential market for or
value of the copyrighted work. The fact that a work is unpublished
shall not itself bar a finding of fair use if such finding is made
upon consideration of all the above factors.
Sec. 106.
Exclusive rights in copyrighted works
Subject to
sections through 121, the owner of copyright under this title has the
exclusive rights to do and to authorize any of the following:
(1) to
reproduce the copyrighted work in copies or
phonorecords;
(2) to
prepare derivative works based upon the copyrighted
work;
(3) to
distribute copies or phonorecords of the copyrighted
work to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership, or by
rental, lease, or lending;
(4) in
the case of literary, musical, dramatic, and
choreographic works, pantomimes, and motion pictures and other
audiovisual works, to perform the copyrighted work publicly;
(5) in
the case of literary, musical, dramatic, and
choreographic works, pantomimes, and pictorial, graphic, or
sculptural works, including the individual images of a motion
picture or other audiovisual work, to display the copyrighted
work publicly; and
(6) in the case of sound recordings, to perform the copyrighted
work publicly by means of a digital audio transmission.
Sec. 106A.
Rights of certain authors to attribution and integrity
(a)
Rights of Attribution and Integrity. - Subject to section and
independent of the exclusive rights provided in section , the author of
a work of visual art -
(1)
shall have the right -
(A)
to claim authorship of that work, and
(B) to prevent the use of his or her name as the author of
any work of visual art which he or she did not create;
(2)
shall have the right to prevent the use of his or her name
as the author of the work of visual art in the event of a
distortion, mutilation, or other modification of the work which
would be prejudicial to his or her honor or reputation; and
(3) subject to the limitations set forth in section (d),
shall have the right -
(A)
to prevent any intentional distortion, mutilation, or
other modification of that work which would be prejudicial to
his or her honor or reputation, and any intentional distortion,
mutilation, or modification of that work is a violation of that
right, and
(B) to prevent any destruction of a work of recognized
stature, and any intentional or grossly negligent destruction
of that work is a violation of that right.
(b)
Scope and Exercise of Rights. - Only the author of a work of visual art
has the rights conferred by subsection (a) in that work, whether or not
the author is the copyright owner. The authors of a joint work of visual
art are coowners of the rights conferred by subsection (a) in that work.
(c)
Exceptions. - (1) The modification of a work of visual art which is a
result of the passage of time or the inherent nature of the materials is
not a distortion, mutilation, or other modification described in
subsection (a)(3)(A).
(2)
The modification of a work of visual art which is the result of
conservation, or of the public presentation, including lighting and
placement, of the work is not a destruction, distortion, mutilation,
or other modification described in subsection (a)(3) unless the
modification is caused by gross negligence.
(3)
The rights described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a)
shall not apply to any reproduction, depiction, portrayal, or other
use of a work in, upon, or in any connection with any item described
in subparagraph (A) or (B) of the definition of 'work of visual
art' in section , and any such reproduction, depiction, portrayal,
or other use of a work is not a destruction, distortion, mutilation,
or other modification described in paragraph (3) of subsection (a).
(d)
Duration of Rights. - (1) With respect to works of visual art created on
or after the effective date set forth in section 610(a) of the Visual
Artists Rights Act of 1990, the rights conferred by subsection (a) shall
endure for a term consisting of the life of the author.
(2)
With respect to works of visual art created before the effective
date set forth in section 610(a) of the Visual Artists Rights Act of
1990, but title to which has not, as of such effective date, been
transferred from the author, the rights conferred by subsection (a)
shall be coextensive with, and shall expire at the same time as, the
rights conferred by section .
(3)
In the case of a joint work prepared by two or more authors, the
rights conferred by subsection (a) shall endure for a term
consisting of the life of the last surviving author.
(4)
All terms of the rights conferred by subsection (a) run to the end
of the calendar year in which they would otherwise expire.
(e)
Transfer and Waiver. - (1) The rights conferred by subsection (a) may
not be transferred, but those rights may be waived if the author
expressly agrees to such waiver in a written instrument signed by the
author. Such instrument shall specifically identify the work, and uses
of that work, to which the waiver applies, and the waiver shall apply
only to the work and uses so identified. In the case of a joint work
prepared by two or more authors, a waiver of rights under this paragraph
made by one such author waives such rights for all such authors.
(2)
Ownership of the rights conferred by subsection (a) with respect to
a work of visual art is distinct from ownership of any copy of that
work, or of a copyright or any exclusive right under a copyright in
that work. Transfer of ownership of any copy of a work of visual
art, or of a copyright or any exclusive right under a copyright,
shall not constitute a waiver of the rights conferred by subsection
(a). Except as may otherwise be agreed by the author in a written
instrument signed by the author, a waiver of the rights conferred by
subsection (a) with respect to a work of visual art shall not
constitute a transfer of ownership of any copy of that work, or of
ownership of a copyright or of any exclusive right under a copyright
in that work.
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