present the legislative history as fully and fairly as possible. Anyone
making a thorough study of the Act of 1976 as it affects librarians and
educators should not, of course, rely exclusively on the excerpts
reprinted here but should go back to the primary documentary sources.



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B. EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS IN COPYRIGHTED WORKS
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1. Text of Section 106

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The following is a reprint of the entire text of section 106 of
title 17, United States Code.
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*Section 106. Exclusive rights in copyrighted works*

Subject to sections 107 through 120, the owner of copyright under this
title has the exclusive rights to do and to authorize any of the
following:
(1) to reproduce the copyrighted work in copies or phonorecords;
(2) to prepare derivative works based upon the copyrighted work;
(3) to distribute copies or phonorecords of the copyrighted work to the
public by sale or other transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease,
or lending;
(4) in the case of literary, musical, dramatic, and choreographic
works, pantomimes, and motion pictures and other audiovisual works,