Digital Millennium Copyright Act

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.

Approved October 28, 1998.

Legislative History


HOUSE REPORTS:
 * Nos. 105–551, Pt. 1 (Comm. on the Judiciary) and Pt. 2 (Comm. on Commerce) and 105–796 (Comm. of Commerce).

SENATE REPORTS:
 * No. 105–190 accompanying (Comm. on the Judiciary).

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 144 (1998):
 * Aug. 4, considered and passed House.
 * Sept. 17, considered and passed Senate, amended, in lieu of.
 * Oct. 8, Senate agreed to conference report.
 * Oct. 12, House agreed to conference report.

WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 34 (1998):
 * Oct. 28, Presidential statement.