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Question: What is the mandatory deposit obligation?

Answer:Mandatory deposit is a legal obligation (17 U.S.C. section 407) and applies to all U.S. and foreign publishers distributing their works in the United States.


Glossary Terms Related To Worldwide Copyright Law & Copyright Topics

Geneva Phonograms Convention

Definition:
Known formally as the Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms.

Trade Secret

Definition:
Business information that is the subject of reasonable efforts to preserve confidentiality and has value because it is not generally known in the trade.

Infringement

Definition:
An invasion of one of the exclusive rights of intellectual property. Infringement of a utility patent involves the making, using, selling, offering to sell, or importing of a patented product or process without permission.

Joint Inventor

Definition:
An inventor who is named with at least one other inventor in a patent application, wherein each inventor contributes to the conception of the invention set forth in at least one claim in a patent application.

Publication

Definition:
The distribution of copies or phonorecords of a work to the public.

Joint Inventors

Definition:
Two or more inventors of a single invention who collaborate in the inventive process.



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Copyright News

Librarian of Congress Appoints Three Copyright Royalty Judges
The judges were appointed in accordance with the Copyright Royalty and Distribution Reform Act of 2004, which became effective in mid 2005

Operator Of Software Piracy Website Caused Up To $20 Million in Losses to Software Industry
Ferrer, who is scheduled to be sentenced on August 25, 2006 at 9:00 A.M., could receive a maximum sentence of ten years in prison and a $500,000 fine.

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Title Page Verso

Definition:
The back of the title page, usually containing the copyright date and other publication information.

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