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== U.S. copyright law ==
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== Definition ==
   
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=== U.S. copyright law ===
Under [http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode17/usc_sec_17_00000101----000-.html Section 101] of the [[1976 Copyright Act]], "a work is ''created'' when it is [[fixed]] in a [[copies|copy]] or [[phonorecords|phonorecord]] for the first time; where a [[work]] is prepared over a period of time, the portion of it that has been [[fixed]] at any particular time constitutes the [[work]] as of that time, and where the [[work]] has been prepared in different versions, each version constitutes a separate [[work]]."
 
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A work is '''created''' when it is
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{{Quote|[[fixed]] in a [[copies|copy]] or [[phonorecords|phonorecord]] for the first time; where a [[work]] is prepared over a period of time, the portion of it that has been [[fixed]] at any particular time constitutes the [[work]] as of that time, and where the [[work]] has been prepared in different versions, each version constitutes a separate [[work]].<ref>17 U.S.C. §101.</ref>}}
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Latest revision as of 02:47, 7 March 2018

Definition[]

U.S. copyright law[]

A work is created when it is

fixed in a copy or phonorecord for the first time; where a work is prepared over a period of time, the portion of it that has been fixed at any particular time constitutes the work as of that time, and where the work has been prepared in different versions, each version constitutes a separate work.[1]

References[]

  1. 17 U.S.C. §101.