VOLUME 1
Dedication and Tribute
In Memoriam
Preface to the 1978 Comprehensive Treatise Revision
Preface to the Original Edition
Publisher's Editorial Staff
Glossary of Abbreviations and Other References
Copyright Timeline
Overview: The Structure of U.S. Copyright Law
Chapter 1: Constitutional Aspects of Copyright
Chapter 2: Subject Matter of Copyright
Chapter 3: Derivative and Collective Works
Chapter 4: Publication
Chapter 5: Persons Entitled to Copyright
Chapter 6: Co-Ownership of Copyright
Chapter 6A: Community Property

VOLUME 2
Chapter 7: Statutory Formalities
Chapter 8: The Nature of the Rights Protected by Copyright
Chapter 8A: Semiconductor Chips and Boat Hulls
Chapter 8B: Audio Home Recording
Chapter 8C: State Law Rights

VOLUME 3
Chapter 8D: Moral Rights
Chapter 8E: Rights Against Bootlegging Musical Performances
Chapter 9: Duration and Renewal of Copyright
Chapter 9A: Copyrights Restored from the Public Domain
Chapter 10: Assignments, Licenses, and Other Transfers of Rights
Chapter 11: Statutory Termination of Transfers and Nonexclusive Licenses
Chapter 12: Infringement Actions--Procedural Aspects
Chapter 12A: Copyright Protection Systems and Management Information
Chapter 12B: Liability for Online Copyright Infringement

VOLUME 4
Chapter 13: Infringement Actions--Substantive Aspects
Chapter 14: Infringement Actions--Remedies
Chapter 15: Criminal Actions
Chapter 16: Reserved
Chapter 17: Foreign and International Copyright
Chapter 18: World Trade
Chapter 19: Adjunct Doctrines
Chapter 19A: Bankruptcy
Chapter 19B: Taxation
Chapter 19C: Insurance
Chapter 19D: The Law of Ideas
Chapter 19E: Freedom of Speech
Chapter 20: Reserved

VOLUME 5
Contributors to the Forms Volumes
Author's Preface
Introduction to the Forms
Part I ESTABLISHING AND PROTECTING COPYRIGHT INTERESTS
Chapter 21: Copyright Office Forms and Related Materials
Chapter 22: Search Reports
Part II TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING COPYRIGHT
Chapter 23: Motion Pictures
Chapter 24: Reserved
Chapter 25: Theater
Chapter 26: Publishing
Chapter 27: Computers
Chapter 28: Fine Art
Chapter 29: Reserved

VOLUME 6
Chapter 30: Music
Part III ENFORCING AND LITIGATING COPYRIGHT CLAIMS
Chapter 31: Introduction to Litigation Forms
Chapter 32: Complaints and Related Materials
Chapter 33: Responses to Demand Letters or Complaints
Chapter 34: Responses to Counterclaim
Chapter 35: Provisional and Related Relief
Chapter 36: Discovery
Chapter 37: Summary Adjudication
Chapter 38: Pretrial Procedure
Chapter 39: Trial
Chapter 40: Settlement
Chapters 41-46: Reserved
Chapter 47: Criminal Actions

VOLUME 7
Appendix 1: The Constitutional Provision Regarding Copyright
Appendix 2: The Copyright Act of 1976 (as amended and codified)
Appendix 2A: Materials on the Berne Convention Implementation Act of 1988
Appendix 2B: 1990 Statutes Affecting Copyright
Appendix 2C: 1992 Statutes Affecting Copyright
Appendix 2D: Materials on the Copyright Royalty Tribunal Reform Act of 1993
Appendix 2E: Materials on the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act
Appendix 2F: Materials on the Home Satellite Viewer Act of 1994
Appendix 2G: Materials on the Uruguay Round Agreements Act
Appendix 2H: Materials on the Digital Performance Right in Sound Recordings Act of 1995
Appendix 2I: Materials on the Technical Corrections to Certain Provisions of Title 17, United States Code
Appendix 2J: Materials on the No Electronic Theft (NET) Act
Appendix 2K: Materials on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
Appendix 3: Copyright Office Regulations Promulgated under the Copyright Act of 1976 and Related Acts

VOLUME 8
Appendix 4: The House Report on the Copyright Act of 1976
Appendix 4A: The Senate Report on the Copyright Act of 1976
Appendix 5: The Conference Report on the Copyright Act of 1976
Appendix 6: The Copyright Act of 1909 (as amended and codified)
Appendix 7: Copyright Enactments Prior to the 1909 Act, Including the English Statute of Anne (1710) and Original State Statutes from 1783
Appendix 8: Renewal Term Extensions under the 1909 Copyright Act
Appendix 9: Selected Sections from the Judicial Code (28 U.S.C.) Relating to Copyright
Appendix 10: Copyright in Territories and Insular Possessions of the United States, Including Areas of Political Union
Appendix 11: Copyright Office Regulations: Promulgated under the Copyright Act of 1909
Appendix 12: United States Supreme Court Copyright Practice Rules (1909)
Appendix 13: The House Report on the Copyright Act of 1909
Appendix 14: Register's Report on the General Revision of the U.S. Copyright Law (1961)

VOLUME 9
Appendix 15: Supplementary Register's Report on the General Revision of the U.S. Copyright Law (1965)
Appendix 16: Second Supplementary Register's Report on the General Revision of the U.S. Copyright Law (1975)
Appendix 17: Letter to the Hon. Robert Kastenmeier, Chairman, Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties and the Administration of Justice from the Assistant Attorney General (July 27, 1976)
Appendix 18: The House Report on the Sound Recording Amendment of 1971
Appendix 19: The Satellite Distribution Treaty
Appendix 20: International Copyright Relations of the United States
Appendix 21 through 22: Reserved
Appendix 23: Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms -- List of Ratifications or Accessions
Appendix 24: The Universal Copyright Convention (Geneva Text -- September 6, 1952)
Appendix 25: The Universal Copyright Convention (Paris Text -- July 24, 1952)
Appendix 26: The Berne Convention (Brussels Text -- June 26, 1948)
Appendix 27: The Berne Convention (Paris Text -- July 24, 1971, as amended in 1979)
Appendix 28: The Buenos Aires Convention
Appendix 29: The Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms against Unauthorized Duplication of their Phonograms
Appendix 30: The House Report on the Semiconductor Chip Protection Act of 1984
Appendix 31: The Conference Report on the Semiconductor Chip Protection Act of 1984
Appendix 32: The House Report on the Berne Convention Implementation Act of 1988
Appendix 33: The Senate Statement on the Berne Convention Implementation Act of 1988
Appendix 34: The House Statement on the Berne Convention Implementation Act of 1988
Appendix 35: The Senate Report on the Berne Convention Implementation Act of 1988
Appendix 36: The Senate Report on the Audio Home Recording Act of 1992
Appendix 37: The House Report on the Audio Home Recording Act of 1992

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Appendix 38: The North American Free Trade Agreement, Chapter 17
Appendix 39: The House Report on the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act
Appendix 40: The Rome Convention
Appendix 41: The Washington Convention
Appendix 42: The Agreement on Trade?Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights ("TRIPs") (Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization, Annex 1C)
Appendix 43: The Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes ("DSU") (Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization, Annex 2)
Appendix 44: Selected Provisions of the Statement of Administrative Action
Appendix 45: The House Report on the Digital Performance Right in Sound Recordings Act of 1995
Appendix 46: The Senate Report on the Digital Performance Right in Sound Recordings Act of 1995
Appendix 47: The Senate Report on the Intellectual Property Bankruptcy Protection Act of 1988
Appendix 48 through 49: Reserved
Appendix 50: WIPO Copyright Treaty
Appendix 51: WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty
Appendix 52: House Judiciary Committee Report on the DMCA
Appendix 53: House Commerce Committee Report on the DMCA
Appendix 54: Senate Judiciary Committee Report on the DMCA
Appendix 55: Section-by-Section Analysis of H.R. 2281
Appendix 56: Executive Report on WIPO Copyright Treaty
Appendix 57: Conference Report on DMCA

VOLUME 11
Appendix 58: Statement of the Librarian of Congress Relating to Section 1201
Appendix 59: 2000 Exemption to Prohibition on Circumvention of Copyright Protection Systems for Access Control Technologies
Appendix 60: 2003 Exemption to Prohibition on Circumvention of Copyright Protection Systems for Access Control Technologies
Appendix 61: 2006 Exemption to Prohibition on Circumvention of Copyright Protection Systems for Access Control Technologies
Appendix 62: Copyright Office Section 104 Report August 2001
Appendix 63: House Report on Vessel Hull Design Protection Act
Appendix 64: Copyright Office Report on Vessel Hull Design Protection Act November 2003
Appendix 65: House Report on Copyright Term Extension Act
Appendix 66: Senate Report on Copyright Term Extension Act
Table of References to Title 17 (1976 Act)
Table of References to Title 37 C.F.R.
Table of References to 1909 Copyright Act
Table of References to Title 17, Supp.
Comparative Table of Section Numbers
Table of Cases
Index

David Nimmer

Benefit from the knowledge and experience of the leading experts.

Melville B. Nimmer, author 1963 - 1985

David Nimmer, revision author 1985 to present.

The late Melville B. Nimmer was widely regarded as the master in the field of copyright law, and in 1985 the National Law Journal named him "One of the 100 most powerful lawyers in the United States."

David Nimmer is Of Counsel to Irell & Manella in Los Angeles, California. Since 1985, he has assumed responsibilities from his father, the late Professor Melville B. Nimmer of UCLA Law School, for updating and revising Nimmer on Copyright, the standard reference treatise in the field, routinely cited by U.S. and foreign courts at all levels in copyright litigation. Apart from his treatise, Mr. Nimmer authors numerous law review articles on domestic and international copyright issues.

Mr. Nimmer also lectures widely in the copyright area. He has delivered a number of lectures concerning multimedia: at MILIA in Cannes, at Digital World in Los Angeles, and at seminars for the in-house legal staffs of Turner Broadcasting System in Atlanta and Times Mirror in New York and Los Angeles.

In addition to writing and lecturing, Mr. Nimmer represents clients in the entertainment, publishing, and high technology fields. He gave Congressional testimony on behalf of the National Association of Broadcasters in 1992, and Parliamentary testimony on behalf of the Combined Newspaper and Magazine Copyright Committee of Australia in Sydney in 1993.

Mr. Nimmer received an A.B. with distinction and honors from Stanford University, and his J.D. at Yale Law School, where he served as Editor of the Yale Law Journal.

Melville B. Nimmer

The late Melville B. Nimmer was widely regarded as the master in the field of copyright law, and in 1985 the National Law Journal named him "One of the 100 most powerful lawyers in the United States."