Final joint version of H.R. 2281,

DMCA (Digital Millenium Copyright Act), Oct. 20, 1998

Signed into law Oct. 28, 1998 as Public Law 105-304

--H.R.2281--

H.R.2281

One Hundred Fifth Congress

of the

United States of America

AT THE SECOND SESSION

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, the twenty-seventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-eight

An Act

To amend title 17, United States Code, to implement the World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty and Performances and Phonograms Treaty, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the `Digital Millennium Copyright Act'.

SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    Sec. 1. Short title.

    Sec. 2. Table of contents.

TITLE I--WIPO TREATIES IMPLEMENTATION

    Sec. 101. Short title.

    Sec. 102. Technical amendments.

    Sec. 103. Copyright protection systems and copyright management information.

    Sec. 104. Evaluation of impact of copyright law and amendments on electronic commerce and technological development.

    Sec. 105. Effective date.

TITLE II--ONLINE COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT LIABILITY LIMITATION

    Sec. 201. Short title.

    Sec. 202. Limitations on liability for copyright infringement.

    Sec. 203. Effective date.

TITLE III--COMPUTER MAINTENANCE OR REPAIR COPYRIGHT EXEMPTION

    Sec. 301. Short title.

    Sec. 302. Limitations on exclusive rights; computer programs.

TITLE IV--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

    Sec. 401. Provisions Relating to the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks and the Register of Copyrights.

    Sec. 402. Ephemeral recordings.

    Sec. 403. Limitations on exclusive rights; distance education.

    Sec. 404. Exemption for libraries and archives.

    Sec. 405. Scope of exclusive rights in sound recordings; ephemeral recordings.

    Sec. 406. Assumption of contractual obligations related to transfers of rights in motion pictures.

    Sec. 407. Effective date.

TITLE V--PROTECTION OF CERTAIN ORIGINAL DESIGNS

    Sec. 501. Short title.

    Sec. 502. Protection of certain original designs.

    Sec. 503. Conforming amendments.

    Sec. 504. Joint study of the effect of this title.

    Sec. 505. Effective date.