| Section 106. Exclusive rights
in copyrighted works - via
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Subject to sections 107 through 118, the owner
of copyright under this title has the exclusive rights to
do and to authorize any of the following:
(1) to reproduce the copyrighted work in copies or phonorecords;
(2) to prepare derivative works based upon the copyrighted
work;
(3) to distribute copies or phonorecords of the copyrighted
work to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership,
or by rental, lease, or lending;
(4) in the case of literary, musical, dramatic, and choreographic
works, pantomimes, and motion pictures and other audiovisual
works, to perform the copyrighted work publicly; and
(5) in case of literary, musical, dramatic, and choreographic
works, pantomimes, and pictorial, graphic, or sculptural works,
including the individual images of a motion picture or other
audiovisual work, to display the copyrighted work publicly.
Section 107. Limitations on exclusive rights:
Fair use - via
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Notwithstanding the provisions of section 106,
the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by
reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means
specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism,
comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies
for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement
of copyright. In determining whether the use made of a work
in any particular case is a fair use the factors to be considered
shall include
1) the purpose and character of the use, including whether
such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational
purposes;
(2) the nature of the copyrighted work; (3) the amount and
substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted
work as a whole; and
(4) the effect of the use upon the potential market for or
value of the copyrighted work.
Section 501. Infringement of copyright -
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(a) Anyone who violates any of the exclusive
rights of the copyright owner as provided by sections 106
through 118, or who imports copies or phonorecords into the
United States in violation of section 602, is an infringer
of the copyright.
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