with noncommercial broadcasting
+ 119. Limitations on exclusive rights: Secondary transmissions of
superstations and network stations for private home viewing
+ 120. Scope of exclusive rights in architectural works
+ 121. Limitations on exclusive rights: reproduction for blind or
other people with disabilities
+ 122. Limitations on exclusive rights; secondary transmissions by
satellite carriers within local market
Section 101. Definitions [2]
Except as otherwise provided in this title, as used in this title, the
following terms and their variant forms mean the following:
An "anonymous work" is a work on the copies or phonorecords of which no
natural person is identified as author.
An "architectural work" is the design of a building as embodied in any
tangible medium of expression, including a building, architectural
plans, or drawings. The work includes the overall form as well as the
arrangement and composition of spaces and elements in the design, but
does not include individual standard features. [3]
"Audiovisual works" are works that consist of a series of related images
which are intrinsically intended to be shown by the use of machines or
devices such as projectors, viewers, or electronic equipment, together
with accompanying sounds, if any, regardless of the nature of the
material objects, such as films or tapes, in which the works are
embodied.
The "Berne Convention" is the Convention for the Protection of Literary
and Artistic Works, signed at Berne, Switzerland, on September 9, 1886,
and all acts, protocols, and revisions thereto. [4]
The "best edition" of a work is the edition, published in the United
States at any time before the date of deposit, that the Library of
Congress determines to be most suitable for its purposes.
A person's "children" are that person's immediate offspring, whether
legitimate or not, and any children legally adopted by that person.
A "collective work" is a work, such as a periodical issue, anthology, or
encyclopedia, in which a number of contributions, constituting separate
and independent works in themselves, are assembled into a collective
whole.
A "compilation" is a work formed by the collection and assembling of
preexisting materials or of data that are selected, coordinated, or
arranged in such a way that the resulting work as a whole constitutes an
original work of authorship. The term "compilation" includes c
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