Copyright

Public record

Official records maintained by the U.S. Copyright Office relating to registrations and document recordations, which are made available to the…

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Public performance and public display

“To perform or display a work ‘publicly’ means to perform or display it at a place open to the public…

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Public domain

A work of authorship that is not protected by copyright is in the public domain. In the United States, a…

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Publication

“‘Publication’ is the distribution of copies or phonorecords of a work to the public by sale or other transfer of…

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Pseudonymous work

“A ‘pseudonymous work’ is a work on the copies or phonorecords of which the author is identified under a fictitious…

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Preregistration

A procedure that allows certain copyright owners to file an action for infringement and to seek statutory damages and attorney’s…

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PIO

An abbreviation for the U.S. Copyright Office’s “Public Information Office.”

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PIE

An abbreviation for the U.S. Copyright Office’s “Office of Public Information and Education.”

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Pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works

“‘Pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works’ include two-dimensional and three-dimensional works of fine, graphic, and applied art, photographs, prints and art…

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Phonorecords

“‘Phonorecords’ are material objects in which sounds, other than those accompanying a motion picture or other audiovisual work, are fixed…

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