Title 17 of the United States Code
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Title 17 of the United States Code is the primary body of U.S. federal law governing copyright protection, rights, and limitations.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Title 17 of the United States Code canonical | 14 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T137039 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Title 17 of the United States Code Context triple: [United States Copyright Office, legalBasis, Title 17 of the United States Code]
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A.
Title 15 of the United States Code
Title 15 of the United States Code is the body of federal statutory law governing commerce and trade in the United States, including key provisions on intellectual property administration and consumer protection.
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B.
Title 14 of the United States Code
Title 14 of the United States Code is the federal statute that organizes and governs the structure, missions, and authorities of the United States Coast Guard.
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C.
Title 10 of the United States Code
Title 10 of the United States Code is the primary body of federal law that organizes, governs, and outlines the roles, missions, and authorities of the U.S. Armed Forces.
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D.
Title 13 of the United States Code
Title 13 of the United States Code is the federal statute that governs the collection, confidentiality, and use of official statistical data in the United States, including the decennial census and related surveys.
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E.
Title 28 of the United States Code
Title 28 of the United States Code is the portion of federal statutory law that governs the organization, jurisdiction, and procedures of the federal judiciary and related judicial administration.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Title 17 of the United States Code Target entity description: Title 17 of the United States Code is the primary body of U.S. federal law governing copyright protection, rights, and limitations.
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A.
Title 15 of the United States Code
Title 15 of the United States Code is the body of federal statutory law governing commerce and trade in the United States, including key provisions on intellectual property administration and consumer protection.
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B.
Title 14 of the United States Code
Title 14 of the United States Code is the federal statute that organizes and governs the structure, missions, and authorities of the United States Coast Guard.
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C.
Title 10 of the United States Code
Title 10 of the United States Code is the primary body of federal law that organizes, governs, and outlines the roles, missions, and authorities of the U.S. Armed Forces.
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D.
Title 13 of the United States Code
Title 13 of the United States Code is the federal statute that governs the collection, confidentiality, and use of official statistical data in the United States, including the decennial census and related surveys.
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E.
Title 28 of the United States Code
Title 28 of the United States Code is the portion of federal statutory law that governs the organization, jurisdiction, and procedures of the federal judiciary and related judicial administration.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (86)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
federal statute
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title of the United States Code ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
United States Copyright Office (in part)
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linked to:
United States Copyright Office
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| amendedBy |
Copyright Royalty and Distribution Reform Act of 2004
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Digital Millennium Copyright Act ⓘ Music Modernization Act ⓘ PRO-IP Act ⓘ
linked to:
PRO-IP Act of 2008
Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act ⓘ |
| appliesTo | works of authorship fixed in a tangible medium of expression ⓘ |
| codifiedIn | United States Code ⓘ |
| contains |
copyright office provisions
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general provisions ⓘ infringement and remedies provisions ⓘ manufacturing and importation provisions ⓘ ownership and transfer provisions ⓘ provisions on protection and management of copyright ⓘ subject matter and scope provisions ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| defines |
exclusive rights in sound recordings for digital audio transmission
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exclusive rights of adaptation ⓘ exclusive rights of distribution ⓘ exclusive rights of public display ⓘ exclusive rights of public performance ⓘ exclusive rights of reproduction ⓘ |
| enforcedBy |
United States Department of Justice (for criminal provisions)
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linked to:
United States Department of Justice
United States federal courts ⓘ
linked to:
federal judiciary of the United States
|
| governs |
anti-circumvention of technological protection measures
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collective works ⓘ compulsory licenses in copyright ⓘ copyright deposit requirements ⓘ copyright duration ⓘ copyright infringement ⓘ copyright management information ⓘ copyright notice requirements (historically) ⓘ copyright protection in the United States ⓘ copyright registration ⓘ criminal copyright infringement ⓘ digital audio transmissions ⓘ digital performance right in sound recordings ⓘ educational exceptions to copyright ⓘ exclusive rights of copyright owners ⓘ government works and copyright ⓘ importation of infringing copies ⓘ library and archives exceptions to copyright ⓘ limitations on copyright ⓘ limitations on liability for online service providers ⓘ orphan works (in limited contexts) ⓘ record rental and software rental ⓘ restoration of foreign works ⓘ safe harbor for online service providers ⓘ secondary transmissions of broadcast programming ⓘ statutory damages for copyright infringement ⓘ works made for hire ⓘ |
| historicallyBasedOn |
Copyright Act of 1976
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linked to:
U.S. Copyright Act
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| includes |
Section 101
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Section 102 ⓘ Section 106 ⓘ Section 107 ⓘ Section 108 ⓘ Section 109 ⓘ Section 110 ⓘ Section 114 ⓘ Section 117 ⓘ Section 1201 ⓘ Section 1202 ⓘ Section 512 ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States federal government
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linked to:
United States government
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| language | English ⓘ |
| legalDomain | copyright law ⓘ |
| provides |
fair use limitation on exclusive rights
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first sale doctrine ⓘ statutory license for cable retransmission ⓘ statutory license for digital audio transmissions ⓘ statutory license for satellite retransmission ⓘ |
| publisher |
United States Government Publishing Office
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linked to:
Government Printing Office
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| relatedTo |
Title 15 of the United States Code
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Title 18 of the United States Code ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
architectural works
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copyrightable works ⓘ dramatic works ⓘ literary works ⓘ motion pictures and other audiovisual works ⓘ musical works ⓘ pantomimes and choreographic works ⓘ pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works ⓘ sound recordings ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Title 17 of the United States Code Description of subject: Title 17 of the United States Code is the primary body of U.S. federal law governing copyright protection, rights, and limitations.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
General Counsel of the U.S. Copyright Office
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legalAuthority
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Title 17 of the United States Code
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subject linked to:
Title I
Copyright Clause of the United States Constitution
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underpins
→
Title 17 of the United States Code
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