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Issue 328 -November 22, 2007   

Copyright Office Posts Updated Title 17 on Website

The Copyright Office has made available on its website an updated version of “Copyright Law of the United States and Related Laws Contained in Title 17 of the United States Code.” This edition contains the text of title 17 U.S.C., including all amendments enacted through the end of the second session of the 109th Congress in 2006. It includes the Copyright Act of 1976 and all subsequent amendments to copyright law; the Semiconductor Chip Protection Act of 1984, as amended; and the Vessel Hull Design Protection Act, as amended. In addition, the appendix includes transitional and supplementary copyright provisions that do not amend title 17. (Go to pdf or html format).

To purchase a bound volume from the Superintendent of Documents, go to the U.S. Government Bookstore or call 1-866-512-1800 (D.C. area: 202-512-1800). The stock number is 030-002-00198-5.

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