+ Appendix IV. GATT/Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property
Rights (TRIPs) Agreement, Part II, Section 6:
Layout-Designs (Topographies) of Integrated Circuits
+ Appendix V. Additional Provisions of the Digital Millennium
Copyright Act
+ Appendix VI. Definition of "Berne Convention Work"
+ Appendix VII. Selected Provisions of the U.S. Code Relating to
Copyright

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The Constitutional Provision Respecting Copyright

The Congress shall have Power ... To promote the Progress of Science and
useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the
exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries

(United States Constitution, Article I, Section 8)

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Preface

This volume contains the text of title 17 of the *United States Code*,
including all amendments enacted through the end of the second session
of the 106th Congress in 2000. It includes the Copyright Act of 1976 and
all subsequent amendments to copyright law; the Semiconductor Chip
Protection Act of 1984, as amended; and the Vessel Hull Design
Protection Act, as amended. The Copyright Office is responsible for
registering claims under all three.