Research Guides : Copyright Act: Exemptions

US Code - Copyright Act exemptions

The Copyright Act contains multiple exceptions for use of copyrighted materials, regardless of whether or not the user has permission. The Fair Use exception is found at 17 USC §107, while a list of other exemptions is found at 17 USC §100(1)-(11)

Legislative History

Arnold & Porter's Legislative History: General Revision of Copyright Law, 1976
To search for exceptions, use language or section numbers from the Copyright Act, i.e., "110(3)" or "religious assembly" to find the exception for a religious performance.

Secondary Sources

Patry on Fair Use
Westlaw
Copyright Law in Business and Practice
Westlaw - Chapter 8 addresses noninfringement and fair use defenses
Corporate Counsel's Guide to Copyright Law
Westlaw
Copyright Law
Chapter 5 explains the Rights of Copyright and includes the exclusions that accompany the rights.
Nimmer on Copyright
Lexis - Chapter 2 deals with the subject matter of copyright and Chapter 8 addresses the nature of the rights protected by copyright.

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Research Guides & Overviews

Copyright & Fair Use
Stanford University Libraries extensive website containing primary and secondary resources, overviews, and tools for copyright and fair use research.