The Architectural Works Copyright Protection Act (AWCPA) officially instated by Congress
provides protection for architectural works created and/or constructed after
December 1, 1990. The term of the copyright exists for the life of the owner plus 70 years. Plans need not be unique or unusual, display a copyright notice, or be registered with the copyright office to be afforded protection. The architect retains exclusive rights which include but are not limited to right of copy, right to create derivative works, right to distribute copies, and right to vend and/or resell plans.
The architect may license a one-time use of a work created for a client,
builder, or other individual, and the fixed work shall remain property of the architect.
Any violation of an exclusive right is infringement of the Architectural Works Copyright Protection Act of 1990. Infringement includes but may not be limited to copying the expression of the architect, the change or altering of a design, unauthorized photocopying a plan or blueprint, and/or constructing a house.

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