Official records maintained by the U.S. Copyright Office relating to registrations and document recordations, which are made available to the…
“To perform or display a work ‘publicly’ means to perform or display it at a place open to the public…
A work of authorship that is not protected by copyright is in the public domain. In the United States, a…
“‘Publication’ is the distribution of copies or phonorecords of a work to the public by sale or other transfer of…
“A ‘pseudonymous work’ is a work on the copies or phonorecords of which the author is identified under a fictitious…
A procedure that allows certain copyright owners to file an action for infringement and to seek statutory damages and attorney’s…
“‘Pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works’ include two-dimensional and three-dimensional works of fine, graphic, and applied art, photographs, prints and art…
“‘Phonorecords’ are material objects in which sounds, other than those accompanying a motion picture or other audiovisual work, are fixed…