Copyright

Fixed

“A work is ‘fixed’ in a tangible medium of expression when its embodiment in a copy or phonorecord, by or…

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Filing fee

A nonrefundable charge for processing a registration or document recordation request.

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Exclusive rights

Any or all of the exclusive rights under Copyright Law, as set forth in Section 106 of the Copyright Act.…

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Exclusive license

An exclusive license is “a license that gives the licensee the sole right to perform the licensed act, often in…

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Eligible country

“The term ‘eligible country’ means a nation, other than the United States, that— Becomes a WTO member country after the…

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Effective Date of Registration (“EDR”)

“The effective date of a copyright registration is the day on which an application, deposit, and fee, which are later…

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EDR

An abbreviation for “effective date of registration.”

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Document pertaining to copyright

“A document shall be considered to ‘pertain to a copyright’ if it has a direct or indirect relationship to the…

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Display

“To ‘display’ a work means to show a copy of it, either directly or by means of a film, slide,…

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Derivative work

“A ‘derivative work’ is a work based upon one or more preexisting works, such as a translation, musical arrangement, dramatization,…

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