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 rights in pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works + 114. Scope of exclusive rights in sound recordings + 115. Scope of exclusive rights in nondramatic musical works: Compulsory license for making and distributing phonorecords + 116. Negotiated licenses for public performances by means of coin- operated phonorecord players + 117. Limitations on exclusive rights: Computer programs [1] + 118. Scope of exclusive rights: Use of certain works in connection with noncommercial broadcasting + 119. Limitations on exclusive rights: Secondary transmissions of superstations and network stations for private home viewing + 120. Scope of exclusive rights in architectural works + 121. Limitations on exclusive rights: reproduction for blind or other people with disabilities + 122. Limitations on exclusive rights; secondary transmissions by satellite carriers within local market
Section 101. Definitions [2]
Except as otherwise provided in this title, as used in this title, the following terms and their
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