17 U.S.C. § 405
Notice of copyright: Omission of notice on certain copies and phonorecords
United States · Title 17 — COPYRIGHTS · Status: effective
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- 17 U.S.C. § 405, Notice of copyright: Omission of notice on certain copies and phonorecords, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/448501
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With respect to copies and phonorecords publicly distributed by authority of the copyright owner before the effective date of the Berne Convention Implementation Act of 1988, the omission of the copyright notice described in sections 401 through 403 from copies or phonorecords publicly distributed by authority of the copyright owner does not invalidate the copyright in a work if—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- An Act for the general revision of the Copyright Law, title 17 of the United States Code, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Berne Convention Implementation Act of 1988House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- To make technical amendments to certain provisions of title 17, United States Code.House: 424–2Senate: no recorded tally