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== Definition ==
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== U.S. copyright law ==
   
 
In [http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode17/usc_sec_17_00000901----000-.html Section 901] of the [[1976 Copyright Act|U.S. copyright law]], "to '''commercially exploit''' a [[mask work]] is to [[distribute]] to the public for commercial purposes a [[semiconductor chip product]] embodying the [[mask work]]; except that such term includes an offer to sell or transfer a [[semiconductor chip product]] only when the offer is in writing and occurs after the [[mask work]] is [[fixed]] in the [[semiconductor chip product]]."<ref>17 U.S.C. §901(a)(5).</ref>
 
In [http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode17/usc_sec_17_00000901----000-.html Section 901] of the [[1976 Copyright Act|U.S. copyright law]], "to '''commercially exploit''' a [[mask work]] is to [[distribute]] to the public for commercial purposes a [[semiconductor chip product]] embodying the [[mask work]]; except that such term includes an offer to sell or transfer a [[semiconductor chip product]] only when the offer is in writing and occurs after the [[mask work]] is [[fixed]] in the [[semiconductor chip product]]."<ref>17 U.S.C. §901(a)(5).</ref>

Revision as of 17:48, 22 December 2009

U.S. copyright law

In Section 901 of the U.S. copyright law, "to commercially exploit a mask work is to distribute to the public for commercial purposes a semiconductor chip product embodying the mask work; except that such term includes an offer to sell or transfer a semiconductor chip product only when the offer is in writing and occurs after the mask work is fixed in the semiconductor chip product."[1]

References

  1. 17 U.S.C. §901(a)(5).