United States Work [Copyrights] Law and Legal Definition
According to 17 USCS § 101 [Title 17. Copyrights; Chapter 1. Subject Matter and Scope of Copyright], for purposes of section 411 [17 USCS § 411], a work is a United States work only if--
“(1) in the case of a published work, the work is first published--
(A) in the United States;
(B) simultaneously in the United States and another treaty party or parties, whose law grants a term of copyright protection that is the same as or longer than the term provided in the United States;
(C) simultaneously in the United States and a foreign nation that is not a treaty party; or
(D) in a foreign nation that is not a treaty party, and all of the authors of the work are nationals, domiciliaries, or habitual residents of, or in the case of an audiovisual work legal entities with headquarters in, the United States;
(2) in the case of an unpublished work, all the authors of the work are nationals, domiciliaries, or habitual residents of the United States, or, in the case of an unpublished audiovisual work, all the authors are legal entities with headquarters in the United States; or
(3) in the case of a pictorial, graphic, or sculptural work incorporated in a building or structure, the building or structure is located in the United States.”
Legal Definition list
- United States Work [Copyrights]
- United States Visitor and Immigration Status Indicator Technology
- United States Vessel
- United States Trustee
- United States Trust Indenture Act of 1939
- United States Worker
- United States-Canada Free-Trade Agreement
- United States-Mexico Border Health Commission
- United States-Supported Microfinance Institution
- Unitisation (Oil and Gas)
- Unitrust
Related Legal Terms
- Accepted Work Doctrine
- Accompanying the Armed Forces outside the United States
- Accompanying the Federal Government Outside the United States
- Additional Work
- Administration of Estates
- Administrative Conference of the United States
- Administrative Office of the United States Courts (AO)
- Administrative Workweek
- Adolescent Worker
- Adult Worker [Education]
