17 U.S.C. § 706
Section 706 · Copies of Copyright Office records
This is § 101 of the Copyright Act of 1976
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Star Athletica, L. L. C. v. Varsity Brands, Inc. (2017)
Most recently applied in Star Athletica, L. L. C. v. Varsity Brands, Inc. (March 2017)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
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