Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 17 : Section 106A


   

U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 106A - Notes
                                   SOURCE
    (Added Pub. L. 101-650, title VI, Sec. 603(a), Dec. 1, 1990, 104
    Stat. 5128.)
                            REFERENCES IN TEXT                        
      Section 610(a) of the Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990 [Pub. L.
    101-650], referred to in subsec. (d), is set out as an Effective
    Date note below.
                              EFFECTIVE DATE                          
      Section 610 of title VI of Pub. L. 101-650 provided that:
      "(a) In General. - Subject to subsection (b) and except as
    provided in subsection (c), this title [enacting this section,
    amending sections 101, 107, 113, 301, 411, 412, 501, and 506 of
    this title, and enacting provisions set out as notes under this
    section and section 101 of this title] and the amendments made by
    this title take effect 6 months after the date of the enactment of
    this Act [Dec. 1, 1990].
      "(b) Applicability. - The rights created by section 106A of title
    17, United States Code, shall apply to - 
        "(1) works created before the effective date set forth in
      subsection (a) but title to which has not, as of such effective
      date, been transferred from the author, and
        "(2) works created on or after such effective date, but shall
      not apply to any destruction, distortion, mutilation, or other
      modification (as described in section 106A(a)(3) of such title)
      of any work which occurred before such effective date.
      "(c) Section 608. - Section 608 [set out below] takes effect on
    the date of the enactment of this Act."
                   SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS               
      This section is referred to in sections 106A, 107, 113, 301, 411,
    412, 501, 506 of this title.

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