17 U S Code201 - Ownership of copyrightU S CodeUS 2026

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201. (a) Initial Ownership. Copyright in a work protected under this title vests initially in the author or authors of the work. The authors of a joint work are coowners of copyright in the work.
The five fundamental rights that the bill gives to copyright owners-the exclusive rights of reproduction, adaptation, publication, performance, and display-are stated generally in section 106.
Section 17: This section states that the author of a work is the first owner of the copyright, but it also acknowledges works published under a pseudonym or anonymously. In such cases, ownership may be attributed to the publisher or another designated entity.
A work is fixed in a tangible medium of expression when its embodiment in a copy or phonorecord, by or under the authority of the author, is sufficiently permanent or stable to permit it to be perceived, reproduced, or otherwise communicated for a period of more than transitory duration.
Legal Presumption of Copyright Ownership and Validity Under the Copyright Act, a registration enjoys the presumption of validity if the copyright application is filed within five years of the first publication of the work. So registration should be pursued at the earliest time.

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Who is a copyright owner? Everyone is a copyright owner. Once you create an original work and fix it, like taking a photograph, writing a poem or blog, or recording a new song, you are the author and the owner. Companies, organizations, and other people besides the works creator can also be copyright owners.
Two basic and well-established principles of copyright law are restated in section 201(a): that the source of copyright ownership is the author of the work, and that, in the case of a joint work, the coauthors of the work are likewise coowners of the copyright.
U.S. Copyright Office Records Search the U.S. Copyright Offices Records from 1978-present to determine if a copyright owner has registered their work.

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