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Code*), enacted
July 2, 1996.

+ Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1997, Pub. L. No. 104-197,
110 Stat. 2394, 2416 (amending*, inter alia*, title 17 of the *United
States Code*, by adding a new Sec. 121 concerning the limitation on
exclusive copyrights for literary works in specialized format for the
blind and disabled), enacted September 16, 1996.
+ [Copyright Amendments and Amendments to the Semiconductor
Chip Protection Act of 1984], Pub. L. No. 105-80, 111 Stat. 1529
(making technical amendments to certain provisions of title 17, *United
States Code*), enacted November 13, 1997.
+ No Electronic Theft (NET) Act, Pub. L. No. 105-147, 111 Stat. 2678,
enacted December 16, 1997.
+ Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act, title I of Pub. L. No.
105-298, 112 Stat. 2827 (amending chapter 3, title 17, *United States
Code*, to extend the term of copyright protection for most works to life
plus 70 years), enacted October 27, 1998.
+ Fairness in Music Licensing Act of 1998, title II of Pub. L. No.
105-298, 112 Stat. 2827, 2830 (amending, *inter alia*, Sec. 110, title
17, *United States Code*, and adding Sec. 513 to provide a music
licensing exemption for food service and drinking establishments),
enacted October 27, 1998.
+ Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Pub. L. No. 105-304, 112 Stat.
2860, 2887 (title IV amending Sec. 108, 112, 114, chapter 7 and
chapter 8, title 17, *United States Code*), enacted October 28, 1998.
(This Act also contains four separate acts within titles I, II, III and V
that amended title 17 of the *United States Code.* These four acts are
each separately listed below. See the Appendix for additional
provisions of this Act that do not amend title 17 of the *United States
Code.*)
+ WIPO Copyright and Performances and Phonograms Treaties
Implementation Act of 1998, title I of the Digital Millennium
Copyright Act, Pub. L. No. 105-304, 112 Stat. 2860, 2861 (amending
title 17 of the *United States Code*, *inter alia*, to add a new chapter

12 which prohibits circumvention of copyright protection systems and
provides protection for copyright management information), enacted
October 28, 1998.
+ Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act, title II of the
Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Pub. L. No. 105-304, 112 Stat. 2860,
2877 (amending title 17 of the *United States Code*, to add a new Sec.
512), enacted October 28, 1998.
+ Computer Maintenance Competition Assurance Act, title III of the
Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Pub. L. No. 105-304, 112 Stat. 2860,
2886 (amending Sec. 117, title 17, *United States Code*), enacted
October 28, 1998.
+ Vessel Hull Design Protection Act, title V of the Digital Millennium
Copyright Act, Pub. L. No. 105-304, 112 Stat. 2860, 2905 (adding
chapter 13, title 17, *United States Code*, to provide design protection
for vessel hulls), enacted October 28, 1998.
+ [Copyright Amendments and Amendments to the Vessel Hull Design
Protection Act], Pub. L. No. 106-44, 113 Stat. 221 (making technical
corrections to title 17 of the *United States Code*), enacted August 5,
1999.
+ Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act of 1999, title I of the
Intellectual Property and Communications Omnibus Reform Act of
1999, Pub. L. No. 106-113, 113 Stat. 1501, app. I (amending chapters 1
and 5 of title 17 of the *United States Code* to replace the Satellite
Home Viewer Act of 1994 and amending chapters 12 and 13 of title 17),
enacted November 29, 1999.
+ Digital Theft Deterrence and Copyright Damages Improvement Act
of 1999, Pub. L. No. 106-160, 113 Stat 1774, (amending chapter 5 of
title 17 of the *United States Code* to increase statutory damages for
copyright infringement), enacted December 9, 1999.
+ Work Made for Hire and Copyright Corrections Act of 2000, Pub. L.
No. 106-379, 114 Stat. 1444 (amending the definition of work made for

hire in title 17 of the *United States Code*, amending chapter 7 of title
17, including changing the language regarding Copyright Office fees,
and making other technical and conforming amendments to title 17),
enacted October 27, 2000.
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Chapter 1
Subject Matter and Scope of Copyright
+ 101. Definitions + 102. Subject matter of copyright: In general + 103.
Subject matter of copyright: Compilations and derivative works + 104.
Subject matter of copyright: National origin + 104A. Copyright in
restored works + 105. Subject matter of copyright: United States
Government works + 106. Exclusive rights in copyrighted works +
106A. Rights of certain authors to attribution and integrity + 107.
Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use + 108. Limitations on
exclusive rights: Reproduction by libraries and archives + 109.
Limitations on exclusive rights: Effect of transfer of particular copy or
phonorecord + 110. Limitations on exclusive rights: Exemption of
certain performances and displays + 111. Limitations on exclusive
rights: Secondary transmissions + 112. Limitations on exclusive rights:
Ephemeral recordings + 113. Scope of exclusive