transfer of copyright ownership
A “transfer of copyright ownership” is an assignment, mortgage, exclusive license, or any other conveyance, alienation, or hypothecation of a copyright or of any of the exclusive rights comprised in a copyright, whether or not it is limited in time or place of effect, but not including a nonexclusive license.
Source
17 USC § 101
Scoping language
None identified, default scope is assumed to be the parent (chapter 1) of this section.