---
kind: "unit"
title: "17"
title_heading: "Copyrights"
key: "ch1"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 1"
heading: "Subject Matter and Scope of Copyright"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/17/ch1"
sections_count: 26
---

# Chapter 1 — Subject Matter and Scope of Copyright

Title 17 — Copyrights

## Sections

- [§101. Definitions](/usc/17/101.md)
- [§102. Subject matter of copyright: In general](/usc/17/102.md)
- [§103. Subject matter of copyright: Compilations and derivative works](/usc/17/103.md)
- [§104. Subject matter of copyright: National origin](/usc/17/104.md)
- [§104A. Copyright in restored works](/usc/17/104A.md)
- [§105. Subject matter of copyright: United States Government works](/usc/17/105.md)
- [§106. Exclusive rights in copyrighted works](/usc/17/106.md)
- [§106A. Rights of certain authors to attribution and integrity](/usc/17/106A.md)
- [§107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use](/usc/17/107.md)
- [§108. Limitations on exclusive rights: Reproduction by libraries and archives](/usc/17/108.md)
- [§109. Limitations on exclusive rights: Effect of transfer of particular copy or phonorecord](/usc/17/109.md)
- [§110. Limitations on exclusive rights: Exemption of certain performances and displays](/usc/17/110.md)
- [§111. Limitations on exclusive rights: Secondary transmissions of broadcast programming by cable](/usc/17/111.md)
- [§112. Limitations on exclusive rights: Ephemeral recordings](/usc/17/112.md)
- [§113. Scope of exclusive rights in pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works](/usc/17/113.md)
- [§114. Scope of exclusive rights in sound recordings](/usc/17/114.md)
- [§115. Scope of exclusive rights in nondramatic musical works: Compulsory license for making and distributing phonorecords](/usc/17/115.md)
- [§116. Negotiated licenses for public performances by means of coin-operated phonorecord players](/usc/17/116.md)
- [§116A. Renumbered § 116](/usc/17/116A.md)
- [§117. Limitations on exclusive rights: Computer programs](/usc/17/117.md)
- [§118. Scope of exclusive rights: Use of certain works in connection with noncommercial broadcasting](/usc/17/118.md)
- [§119. Limitations on exclusive rights: Secondary transmissions of distant television programming by satellite](/usc/17/119.md)
- [§120. Scope of exclusive rights in architectural works](/usc/17/120.md)
- [§121. Limitations on exclusive rights: Reproduction for blind or other people with disabilities](/usc/17/121.md)
- [§121A. Limitations on exclusive rights: reproduction for blind or other people with disabilities in Marrakesh Treaty countries](/usc/17/121A.md)
- [§122. Limitations on exclusive rights: Secondary transmissions of local television programming by satellite](/usc/17/122.md)