author - "Library of Congress. Copyright Office"

(United States Constitution, Article I, Section 8)------------------------------------------------------------------------ Preface This volume contains the text of title 17 of the *United States Code*,including all amendments enacted through the end of the second sessionof the 106th Congress in 2000. It includes the Copyright Act of 1976 andall subsequent amendments to copyright law; the Semiconductor ChipProtection Act of 1984, as amended; and the Vessel Hull DesignProtection Act, as amended.

(United States Constitution, Article I, Section 8)------------------------------------------------------------------------ Preface This volume contains the text of title 17 of the *United States Code*,including all amendments enacted through the end of the second sessionof the 106th Congress in 2000. It includes the Copyright Act of 1976 andall subsequent amendments to copyright law; the Semiconductor ChipProtection Act of 1984, as amended; and the Vessel Hull DesignProtection Act, as amended.