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United States copyright law
date: 1976-11-15

United States copyright law, It means the United States is in 1776 After independence in 2000, Copyright has begun to be protected by state laws. 1790 years, The United States enacted the first Union "Copyright law" . It is generally accepted that the basic elements of the law came from Britain "Anna decree" . It is only for books, map, Illustration, etc "Written work" Copyright protection. Only later did it extend to the theatre, music, Photographs and other artwork. Current copyright law in the United States is 1976 Promulgated in 2005, Partial provisions 1978 Effective year, Partial provisions 1980 annual "Copyright law" , at "United States code" The first 17 Ed. The current copyright system in the United States remains in many fundamental ways the same as that in Britain. Such as, The moral rights of authors are not protected; No royalty renewal is protected; Part of "Commissioned work" The copyright belongs to the client but not to the author; Copyright in works for hire generally belongs to the employer, And so on.


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