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CHAPTER 4⁠—COPYRIGHT NOTICE, DEPOSIT, AND REGISTRATION — Front Matter

Sec.
401.Notice of copyright: Visually perceptible copies.
402.Notice of copyright: Phonorecords of sound recordings.
403.Notice of copyright: Publications incorporating United States Government works.
404.Notice of copyright: Contributions to collective works.
405.Notice of copyright: Omission of notice on certain copies and phonorecords.
406.Notice of copyright: Error in name or date on certain copies and phonorecords.
407.Deposit of copies or phonorecords for Library of Congress.
408.Copyright registration in general.
409.Application for copyright registration.
410.Registration of claim and issuance of certificate.
411.Registration and civil infringement actions.
412.Registration as prerequisite to certain remedies for infringement.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2008⁠—Pub. L. 110-403, title I, § 101(b)(2), Oct. 13, 2008, 122 Stat. 4258, inserted “civil” before “infringement” in item 411.

1988⁠—Pub. L. 100-568, §§ 7(g), 9(b)(2), Oct. 31, 1988, 102 Stat. 2859, inserted in items 405 and 406 “on certain copies and phonorecords” and substituted in item 411 “Registration and infringement actions” for “Registration as prerequisite to infringement suit”.