Chapter 1 – Introduction
England and the Statute of Anne
The 1802 Prints and Notice Amendment
The 1819 Jurisdictional Amendment
The 1834 Recordation Amendment
The 1856 Public Performance Amendment
The 1865 Photography and Deposit Amendments
The 1867 Library of Congress Deposit Amendment
The 1873 Jurisdictional Amendment
The 1874 Print and Notice Amendments
The 1879 Post Office Amendment
The 1882 Useful Articles Notice Amendment
The 1891 International Copyright Act
The 1895 Government Works and Penalties Amendments
The Louisiana Purchase Exposition Act of 1904
The Townsend Amendment of 1912
The 1913 Housekeeping Amendment
The 1914 International Amendments
The 1919 Retroactive Protection and Ad Interim Amendment
The University Professors’ Act of 1926
The Prints and Labels Act of 1939
Renewal of Contributions to Collective Works
Ad Interim Protection During World War II
The 1949 Relaxation of the Manufacturing Clause
The 1952 Nondramatic Literary Works Amendment
Adherence to the Universal Copyright Convention
The 1956 Identifying Material Amendment
The 1957 Statute of Limitations Amendment
U.S. Government Liability for Infringement
The Standard Reference Data Act of 1968
The Study Phase of the Revision Effort
The Register’s 1961 Report and Preparation of a Preliminary Draft Bill
The Legislative Phase of the Revision Effort
1968-1972: Cable Television Stalls the Revision Effort
The Berne Implementation Act of 1988
2000 Cumulative Supplement to Chapter 1
104th Congress: 1995–1996 [New]
105th Congress: 1997–1998 [New]
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act
WIPO Treaties Implementing Legislation [New]
Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation [New]
Computer Maintenance and Repair: Reversing MAI v. Peak [New]
Broadcasters’ Ephemeral Digital Sound Recordings Exemption [New]
Library and Archives Exemption [New]
The Webcasting Statutory License [New]
Assumption of Contractual Obligations Upon Transfers of Rights in Motion Pictures [New]