| section. Such further grant or agreement is effective with respect to all of the persons in whom the right it covers has vested under this subclause, including those who did not join in signing it. If any person dies after rights under a terminated grant have vested in him or her, that person's legal representatives, legatees, or heirs at law represent him or her for purposes of this subclause. | |
| (D) | A further grant, or agreement to make a further grant, of any right covered by a terminated grant if valid only if it is made after the effective date of the termination. As an exception, however, an agreement for such a further grant may be made between the author or any of the persons provided by the first sentence of clause (6) of this subsection, or between the persons provided by subclause (C) of this clause, and the original grantee or such grantee's successor in title, after the notice of termination has been served as provided by clause (4) of this subsection. |
| (E) | Termination of a grant under this subsection affects only those rights covered by the grant that arise under this title, and in no way affects rights arising under any other Federal, State, or foreign laws. |
| (F) | Unless and until termination is effected under this subsection, the grant, if it does not provide otherwise, continues in effect for the remainder of the extended renewal term. |
§ 305. Duration of copyright: Terminal date
- All terms of copyright provided by sections 302 through 304 run to the end of the calendar year in which they would otherwise expire.
Chapter 4.—Copyright Notice, Deposit, and Registration
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- Notice of copyright: Visually perceptible copies.
- Notice of copyright: Phonorecords of sound recordings.
- Notice of copyright: Publications incorporating United States Government works.
- Notice of copyright: Contributions to collective works.
- Notice of copyright: Omission of notice.
- Notice of copyright: Error in name or date.
- Deposit of copies or phonorecords for Library of Congress.
- Copyright registration in general.
- Application for registration.
- Registration of claim and issuance of certificate.
- Registration as prerequisite to infringement suit.
- Registration as prerequisite to certain remedies for infringement.
§ 401. Notice of copyright: Visually perceptible copies
| (a) | General Requirement.—Whenever a work protected under this title is published in the United States or elsewhere by authority of the copyright owner, a notice of copyright as provided by this section shall be placed on all publicly distributed copies from which the work can be visually perceived, either directly or with the aid of a machine or device. |
| (b) | Form of Notice.—The notice appearing on the copies shall consist of the following three elements: |
| (1) | the symbol © (the letter C in a circle), or the word ‘‘Copyright’’, or the abbreviation ‘‘Copr.’’; and |
