Section 103. Subject matter of copyright: Compilations and derivative

works.

(a) The subject matter of copyright as specified by section 102

includes compilations and derivative works, but protection for a work

employing preexisting material in which copyright subsists does not

extend to any part of the work in which such material has been used

unlawfully.

(b) The copyright in a compilation or derivative work extends only to

the material contributed by the author of such work, as distinguished

from the preexisting material employed in the work, and does not imply

any exclusive right in the preexisting material. The copyright in such

work is independent of, and does not affect or enlarge the scope,

duration, ownership, or subsistence of, any copyright protection in the

preexisting material.

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