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18E manufacturing clause

Where to Look in the Law

1909 Act: §§15, 16
1947 Act: §§16, 17
1976 Act: §§601-603 (effective through July 1, 1986, then expired)

Copyright Office Publications for Laymen

“June 30, 1986[:] Manufacturing clause of the Copyright Act expired.”   (Information Circular 1a)

In the past, the Copyright Act contained provisions requiring that copies sold in the United States be manufactured in the United States.


 

 

 

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