Copyrights in the United States

Copyrights and Patents in Constitutional Law

A list of entries related to Copyrights and Patents may be found, under the Copyrights and Patents category, in the United States constitutional law platform of this legal Encyclopedia.

Finding the law: Copyrights in the U.S. Code

A collection of general and permanent laws relating to copyrights, passed by the United States Congress, are organized by subject matter arrangements in the United States Code (U.S.C.; this label examines copyrights topics), to make them easy to use (usually, organized by legal areas into Titles, Chapters and Sections). The platform provides introductory material to the U.S. Code, and cross references to case law. View the U.S. Code’s table of contents here.

Copyrights

In Legislation

Copyrights in the U.S. Code: Title 17

The current, permanent, in-force federal laws regulating copyrights are compiled in the United States Code under Title 17. It constitutes “prima facie” evidence of statutes relating to Copyrights (including copyrights) of the United States. The readers can further narrow their legal research on the topic by chapter and subchapter.