---
kind: "section"
citation: "37 C.F.R. § 201.24"
title: "37"
number: "201.24"
heading: "Warning of copyright for software lending by nonprofit libraries."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/37/201.24"
---

# §201.24. Warning of copyright for software lending by nonprofit libraries.

- (a) **Definition.** A Warning of Copyright for Software Rental is a notice under paragraph (b)(2)(A) of section 109 of the Copyright Act, [title 17](/cfr/17.md) of the United States Code, as amended by the Computer Software Rental Amendments Act of 1990, Public Law 101-650. As required by that paragraph, the “Warning of Copyright for Software Rental” shall be affixed to the packaging that contains the computer program which is lent by a nonprofit library for nonprofit purposes.
- (b) **Contents.** A Warning of Copyright for Software Rental shall consist of a verbatim reproduction of the following notice, printed in such size and form and affixed in such manner as to comply with [paragraph (c)](#c) of this section.
- (c) **Form and manner of use.** A Warning of Copyright for Software Rental shall be affixed to the packaging that contains the copy of the computer program, which is the subject of a library loan to patrons, by means of a label cemented, gummed, or otherwise durably attached to the copies or to a box, reel, cartridge, cassette, or other container used as a permanent receptacle for the copy of the computer program. The notice shall be printed in such manner as to be clearly legible, comprehensible, and readily apparent to a casual user of the computer program.

## Notes

### Amendments

[56 FR 7812, Feb. 26, 1991, as amended at 66 FR 34373, June 28, 2001]

### Authority

Authority: 17 U.S.C. 702. Section 201.10 also issued under 17 U.S.C. 304.

### Amendments

[56 FR 7812, Feb. 26, 1991, as amended at 66 FR 34373, June 28, 2001]