---
kind: "unit"
title: "17"
title_heading: "Copyrights"
key: "ch2"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 2"
heading: "Copyright Ownership and Transfer"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/17/ch2"
sections_count: 5
---

# Chapter 2 — Copyright Ownership and Transfer

Title 17 — Copyrights

## Sections

- [§201. Ownership of copyright](/usc/17/201.md)
- [§202. Ownership of copyright as distinct from ownership of material object](/usc/17/202.md)
- [§203. Termination of transfers and licenses granted by the author](/usc/17/203.md)
- [§204. Execution of transfers of copyright ownership](/usc/17/204.md)
- [§205. Recordation of transfers and other documents](/usc/17/205.md)