Public Law 106-44


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

SECTION 1. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO TITLE 17, UNITED STATES CODE.

 * (a) EXEMPTION OF CERTAIN PERFORMANCES AND DISPLAYS ON EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS—
 * Section 110(5) of title 17, United States Code, is amended—
 * (1) by striking ``(A) a direct charge´´ and inserting ``(i) a direct charge´´; and
 * (2) by striking ``(B) the transmission´´ and inserting ``(ii) the transmission´´.
 * (b) EPHEMERAL RECORDINGS—
 * Section 112(e) of title 17, United States Code, is amended—
 * (1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (10) as paragraphs (2) through (9), respectively;
 * (2) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated, by striking ``(2)´´ and inserting ``(1)´´;
 * (3) in paragraph (4), as so redesignated—
 * (A) by striking ``(3)´´ and inserting ``(2)´´;
 * (B) by striking ``(4)´´ and inserting ``(3)´´;
 * (C) by striking ``(6)´´ and inserting ``(5)´´; and
 * (D) by striking ``(3) and (4)´´ and inserting ``(2) and (3)´´; and
 * (4) in paragraph (6), as so redesignated—
 * (A) by striking ``(4)´´ each place it appears and inserting ``(3)´´; and
 * (B) by striking ``(5)´´ each place it appears and inserting ``(4)´´.
 * (c) DETERMINATION OF REASONABLE LICENSE FEES FOR INDIVIDUAL PROPRIETORS—
 * Chapter 5 of title 17, United States Code, is amended—
 * (1) by redesignating the section 512 entitled ``Determination of reasonable license fees for individual proprietors´´ as section 513 and placing such section after the section 512 entitled ``Limitations on liability relating to material online´´; and
 * (2) in the table of sections at the beginning of that chapter by striking
 * ``512. Determination of reasonable license fees for individual proprietors.´´
 * and inserting
 * ``513. Determination of reasonable license fees for individual proprietors.´´
 * and placing that item after the item entitled
 * ``512. Limitations on liability relating to material online.´´.
 * (d) ONLINE COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT LIABILITY—
 * Section 512 of title 17, United States Code, is amended—
 * (1) in subsection (e)—
 * (A) by amending the caption to read as follows:
 * ``(e) LIMITATION ON LIABILITY OF NONPROFIT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS— ´´; and
 * (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``INJUNCTIONS— ´´; and
 * (2) in paragraph (3) of subsection (j), by amending the caption to read as follows:
 * ``(3) NOTICE AND EX PARTE ORDERS— ´´.
 * (e) INTEGRITY OF COPYRIGHT MANAGEMENT INFORMATION—
 * Section 1202(e)(2)(B) of title 17, United States Code, is amended by striking ``category or works´´ and inserting ``category of works´´.
 * (f) PROTECTION OF DESIGNS—
 * (1) Section 1302(5) of title 17, United States Code, is amended by striking ``1 year´´ and inserting ``2 years´´.
 * (2) Section 1320(c) of title 17, United States Code, is amended in the subsection caption by striking ``ACKNOWLEDGEMENT´´ and inserting ``ACKNOWLEDGMENT´´.
 * (g) MISCELLANEOUS CLERICAL AMENDMENTS—
 * (1) Section 101 of title 17, United States Code, is amended—
 * (A) by transferring and inserting the definition of ``United States work´´ after the definition of ``United States´´; and
 * (B) in the definition of ``proprietor´´, by striking ``A 'proprietor'´´ and inserting ``For purposes of section 513, a 'proprietor'´´.
 * (2) Section 106 of title 17, United States Code, is amended by striking ``120´´ and inserting ``121´´.
 * (3) Section 118(e) of title 17, United States Code, is amended—
 * (A) by striking ``subsection (b).´´ and all that follows through 'Owners' and inserting ``subsection (b). Owners´´; and
 * (B) by striking paragraph (2).
 * (4) Section 119(a)(8)(C)(ii) of title 17, United States Code, is amended by striking ``network's station´´ and inserting ``network station's´´.
 * (5) Section 501(a) of title 17, United States Code, is amended by striking ``118´´ and inserting ``121´´.
 * (6) Section 511(a) of title 17, United States Code, is amended by striking ``119´´ and inserting ``121´´.

SEC. 2. OTHER TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.

 * (a) CLERICAL AMENDMENT TO TITLE 28, U.S.C—
 * The section heading for section 1400 of title 28, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
 * ``Sec. 1400. Patents and copyrights, mask works, and designs´´.
 * (b) ELIMINATION OF CONFLICTING PROVISION—
 * Section 5316 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking ``Commissioner of Patents, Department of Commerce.´´.
 * (c) CLERICAL CORRECTION TO TITLE 35, U.S.C—
 * Section 3(d) of title 35, United States Code, is amended by striking ``, United States Code´´.

Approved August 5, 1999.

Legislative History

 * HOUSE REPORTS:
 * No. 106-84 accompanying H.R. 1189 (Comm. on the Judiciary).
 * CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 145 (1999):
 * July 1, considered and passed Senate.
 * July 26, considered and passed House.
 * July 26, considered and passed House.