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Lexis Nexis Nimmer on Copyright
Nimmer on Copyright is the undisputed leading authority for in-depth, comprehensive analysis of U.S. copyright law and is the most cited work in the field.
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Nimmer on Copyright is the leading treatise on U.S. copyright law, cited in over 3,800 court opinions including citations by every federal court of appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court in 12 decisions. Nimmer on Copyright, is cited in more than ten times as many cases as our competitors’ leading copyright treatises.* Click here to read an interview with author David Nimmer as he reflects on the history and impact of this title over the past 60 years.
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Table of contents
VOLUME 1
Dedication and Tribute
In Memoriam
Preface to the 1978 Comprehensive Treatise Revision
Preface to the Original Edition
Publisher's Editorial Staff
Glossary of Abbreviations and Other References
Copyright Timeline
Overview: The Structure of U.S. Copyright Law
Chapter 1: Constitutional Aspects of Copyright
Chapter 2: Subject Matter of Copyright
Chapter 3: Derivative and Collective Works
Chapter 4: Publication
Chapter 5: Persons Entitled to Copyright
Chapter 6: Co-Ownership of Copyright
Chapter 6A: Community Property
VOLUME 2
Chapter 7: Statutory Formalities
Chapter 8: The Nature of the Rights Protected by Copyright
Chapter 8A: Semiconductor Chips and Boat Hulls
Chapter 8B: Audio Home Recording
Chapter 8C: State Law Rights
VOLUME 3
Chapter: 8D Moral Rights
Chapter: 8E Rights Against Bootlegging Musical Performances
Chapter: 9 Duration and Renewal of Copyright
Chapter: 9A Copyrights Restored from the Public Domain
Chapter: 10 Assignments, Licenses, and Other Transfers of Rights
Chapter: 11 Statutory Termination of Transfers and Nonexclusive Licenses
Chapter: 12 Infringement Actions -- Procedural Aspects
VOLUME 4
Chapter: 12A Copyright Protection Systems and Management Information
Chapter: 12B Liability for Online Copyright Infringement
Chapter: 13 Infringement Actions -- Substantive Aspects
Chapter: 14 Infringement Actions -- Remedies
VOLUME 5
Contributors to the Forms Volumes
Author's Preface
Introduction to the Forms
Chapter: 15 Criminal Actions
Chapter: 16 [Reserved]
Chapter: 17 Foreign and International Copyright
Chapter: 18 World Trade
Chapter: 19 Adjunct Doctrines
Chapter: 19A Bankruptcy
Chapter: 19B Taxation
Chapter: 19C Insurance
Chapter: 19D The Law of Ideas
Chapter: 19E Freedom of Speech
Chapter: 20 Coda: Copyright Around Us
Chapter: 21 [Reserved]
VOLUME 6
Chapter: 22 Search Reports
Chapter: 23 Motion Pictures
Chapter: 24 [Reserved]
Chapter: 25 Theater
Chapter: 26 Publishing
Chapter: 27 Computers
Chapter: 28 Fine Art
Chapter: 29 [Reserved]
Chapter: 30 Music
Chapter: 31 Introduction to Litigation Forms
Chapter: 32 Complaints and Related Materials
Chapter: 33 Responses to Demand Letters or Complaints
Chapter: 34 Responses to Counterclaim
Chapter: 35 Provisional and Related Relief
Chapter: 36 Discovery
Chapter: 37 Summary Adjudication
Chapter: 38 Pretrial Procedure
Chapter: 39 Trial
Chapter: 40 Settlement
Chapters: 41-46 [Reserved]
Chapter: 47 Criminal Actions
VOLUME 7
Appendix 1: The Constitutional Provision Regarding Copyright
Appendix 2: The Copyright Act of 1976 (as amended and codified)
Appendix 2A: Materials on the Berne Convention Implementation Act of 1988
Appendix 2B: 1990 Statutes Affecting Copyright
Appendix 2C: 1992 Statutes Affecting Copyright
Appendix 2D: Materials on the Copyright Royalty Tribunal Reform Act of 1993
Appendix 2E: Materials on the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act
Appendix 2F: Materials on the Home Satellite Viewer Act of 1994
Appendix 2G: Materials on the Uruguay Round Agreements Act
Appendix 2H: Materials on the Digital Performance Right in Sound Recordings Act of 1995
Appendix 2I: Materials on the Technical Corrections to Certain Provisions of Title 17, United
States Code
Appendix 2J: Materials on the No Electronic Theft (NET) Act
Appendix 2K: Materials on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
Appendix 2L: Materials on 2004-2005 Amendments
Appendix 2M: Materials on 2006 Amendments
Appendix 2N: Materials on 2008 Amendments
Appendix 2O: Materials on 2009 Amendments
Appendix 2P: Materials on 2010 Amendments
Appendix 3: Copyright Office Regulations Promulgated under the Copyright Act of 1976 and Related Acts
VOLUME 8
Appendix 4: The House Report on the Copyright Act of 1976
Appendix 4A: The Senate Report on the Copyright Act of 1976
Appendix 5: The Conference Report on the Copyright Act of 1976
Appendix 6: The Copyright Act of 1909 (as amended and codified)
Appendix 7: Copyright Enactments Prior to the 1909 Act, Including the English Statute of Anne (1710) and Original State Statutes from 1783
Appendix 8: Renewal Term Extensions under the 1909 Copyright Act
Appendix 9: Selected Sections from the Judicial Code (28 U.S.C.) Relating to Copyright
Appendix 10: Copyright in Territories and Insular Possessions of the United States, Including Areas of Political Union
Appendix 11: Copyright Office Regulations: Promulgated under the Copyright Act of 1909
Appendix 12: United States Supreme Court Copyright Practice Rules (1909)
Appendix 13: The House Report on the Copyright Act of 1909
Appendix 14: Register's Report on the General Revision of the U.S. Copyright Law (1961)
VOLUME 9
Appendix 15: Supplementary Register's Report on the General Revision of the U.S. Copyright Law
(1965)
Appendix 16: Second Supplementary Register's Report on the General Revision of the U.S.
Copyright Law (1975)
Appendix 17: Letter to the Hon. Robert Kastenmeier, Chairman, Subcommittee on Courts, Civil
Liberties and the Administration of Justice from the Assistant Attorney General (July 27,
1976)
Appendix 18: The House Report on the Sound Recording Amendment of 1971
Appendix 19: The Satellite Distribution Treaty
Appendix 20: International Copyright Relations of the United States
Appendix 21 through 22: Reserved
Appendix 23: Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms against Unauthorized
Duplication of Their Phonograms -- List of Ratifications or Accessions
Appendix 24: The Universal Copyright Convention (Geneva Text -- September 6, 1952)
Appendix 25: The Universal Copyright Convention (Paris Text -- July 24, 1952)
Appendix 26: The Berne Convention (Brussels Text -- June 26, 1948)
Appendix 27: The Berne Convention (Paris Text -- July 24, 1971, as amended in 1979)
Appendix 28: The Buenos Aires Convention
Appendix 29: The Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms against Unauthorized
Duplication of their Phonograms
Appendix 30: The House Report on the Semiconductor Chip Protection Act of 1984
Appendix 31: The Conference Report on the Semiconductor Chip Protection Act of 1984
Appendix 32: The House Report on the Berne Convention Implementation Act of 1988
Appendix 33: The Senate Statement on the Berne Convention Implementation Act of 1988
Appendix 34: The House Statement on the Berne Convention Implementation Act of 1988
Appendix 35: The Senate Report on the Berne Convention Implementation Act of 1988
Appendix 36: The Senate Report on the Audio Home Recording Act of 1992
Appendix 37: The House Report on the Audio Home Recording Act of 1992
VOLUME 10
Appendix 38: The North American Free Trade Agreement, Chapter 17
Appendix 39: The House Report on the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation
Act
Appendix 40: International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations (The Rome Convention)
Appendix 41: Treaty on Intellectual Property in Respect of Integrated Circuits (The Washington Convention)
Appendix 42: The Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights ("TRIPs")
(Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization, Annex 1C)
Appendix 43: The Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes
("DSU") (Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization, Annex 2)
Appendix 44: Selected Provisions of the Statement of Administrative Action
Appendix 45: The House Report on the Digital Performance Right in Sound Recordings Act of
1995
Appendix 46: The Senate Report on the Digital Performance Right in Sound Recordings Act of
1995
Appendix 47: The Senate Report on the Intellectual Property Bankruptcy Protection Act of
1988
Appendix 48 through 49: Reserved
Appendix 50: WIPO Copyright Treaty
Appendix 51: WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty
Appendix 52: House Judiciary Committee Report on the DMCA
Appendix 53: House Commerce Committee Report on the DMCA
Appendix 54: Senate Judiciary Committee Report on the DMCA
Appendix 55: Section-by-Section Analysis of H.R. 2281
Appendix 56: Executive Report on WIPO Copyright Treaty
Appendix 57: Conference Report on DMCA
VOLUME 11
Appendix 58: Statement of the Librarian of Congress Relating to Section 1201
Appendix 59: 2000 Exemption to Prohibition on Circumvention of Copyright Protection Systems for
Access Control Technologies
Appendix 60: 2003 Exemption to Prohibition on Circumvention of Copyright Protection Systems for
Access Control Technologies
Appendix 61: 2006 Exemption to Prohibition on Circumvention of Copyright Protection Systems for
Access Control Technologies
Appendix 61A 2010 Exemption to Prohibition on Circumvention of Copyright Protection Systems for Access Control Technologies
Appendix 61B 2012 Exemption to Prohibition on Circumvention of Copyright Protection Systems for Access Control Technologies
Appendix 62: Copyright Office Section 104 Report August 2001
Appendix 63: House Report on Vessel Hull Design Protection Act
Appendix 64: Copyright Office Report on Vessel Hull Design Protection Act November 2003
Appendix 65: House Report on Copyright Term Extension Act
Appendix 66: Senate Report on Copyright Term Extension Act
Table of References to Title 17 (1976 Act)
Table of References to Title 37 C.F.R.
Table of References to 1909 Copyright Act
Table of References to Title 17, Supp.
Comparative Table of Section Numbers
Table of Cases
Index
