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17 U.S.C. 408: Copyright registration in general

Created in 1976 by Public Law 94-553. Changed by 3 later laws. 2 bills in this Congress would change it.

This Congress

  • H.R. 10843 VACRA · introduced · would change (b), (c), (g)
  • S. 3517 VACRA · introduced · would change (b), (c), (g)

How it got here

2005

  • Pub. L. 109–9 added subsec. (f). Law text · (f)

1992

  • Pub. L. 102–307 substituted "At any time during the subsistence of the first term of copyright in any published or unpublished work in which the copyright was secured before January 1, 1978, and during the subsistence of any copyright secured on or after that date," for "At any time du… · (a)

1988

  • Pub. L. 100–568, §9(a)(1), substituted "Such" for "Subject to the provisions of section 405(a), such". · (a)
  • Pub. L. 100–568, §9(a)(2), substituted "the following conditions:" for "all of the following conditions—", struck out subpar. (A) which read "if each of the works as first published bore a separate copyright notice, and the name of the owner of copyright in the work, or an abbreviat… · (c)

Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.