---
kind: "section"
citation: "2 U.S.C. § 179u"
title: "2"
title_heading: "The Congress"
number: "179u"
heading: "Definitions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/2/179u"
units:
  - "Chapter 5 — Library of Congress"
---

# §179u. Definitions


As used in sections [179l](/usc/2/179l.md) to [179w](/usc/2/179w.md) of this title—

- (1) the term “Librarian” means the Librarian of Congress;
- (2) the term “Board” means the National [Film](#3) Preservation Board;
- (3) the term “film” means a “motion picture” as defined in [section 101 of title 17](/usc/17/101.md), except that such term does not include any work not originally fixed on film stock, such as a work fixed on videotape or laser disk;
- (4) the term “publication” means “publication” as defined in [section 101 of title 17](/usc/17/101.md); and
- (5) the term “Registry version” means, with respect to a [film](#3), the version of a [film](#3) first published, or as complete a version as bona fide preservation and restoration activities by the [Librarian](#1), an archivist other than the [Librarian](#1), or the copyright owner can compile in those cases where the original material has been irretrievably lost.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 104–285, title I, § 111, Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3382.)