Copyright Law of the United States of America and Related Laws Contained in Title 17 of the United States Code, Circular 92 eBook

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Copyright Law of the United States of America and Related Laws Contained in Title 17 of the United States Code, Circular 92 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 350 pages of information about Copyright Law of the United States of America and Related Laws Contained in Title 17 of the United States Code, Circular 92.

The Digital Performance Right in Sound Recordings Act of 1995 amended section 115 as follows:  1) in the first sentence of subsection (a)(1), by striking “any other person” and inserting in lieu thereof “any other person, including those who make phonorecords or digital phonorecord deliveries,”; 2) in the second sentence of the same subsection, by inserting before the period “including by means of a digital phonorecord delivery”; 3) in the second sentence of subsection (c)(2), by inserting “and other than as provided in paragraph (3),” after “For this purpose,”; 4) by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4) and (5) of subsection (c) as paragraphs (4), (5) and (6), respectively, and by inserting after paragraph (2) a new paragraph (3); and (5) by adding after subsection (c) a new subsection (d).  Pub.  L. No. 104-39, 109 Stat. 336, 344.

50 Royalty rates specified by the compulsory licensing provisions of this section are subject to adjustment by copyright arbitration royalty panels appointed and convened by the Librarian of Congress in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 8 of title 17 of the United States Code, as amended by the Copyright Royalty Tribunal Reform Act of 1993.  Pub.  L. No. 103-198, 107 Stat. 2304.

51 Pursuant to this subsection and section 803(a)(3) of title 17, the current rates have been established by regulation and may be found at 37 C.F.R. 255.

52 The Berne Convention Implementation Act of 1988 added section 116A.  Pub.  L. No. 100-568, 102 Stat. 2853, 2855.  The Copyright Royalty Tribunal Reform Act of 1993 redesignated section 116A as section 116; repealed the preexisting section 116; in the redesignated section 116, struck subsections (b), (e), (f) and (g), and redesignated subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (b) and (c), respectively; and substituted, where appropriate, “Librarian of Congress” or “copyright arbitration royalty panel” for “Copyright Royalty Tribunal.”  Pub.  L. No. 103-198, 107 Stat. 2304, 2309.  In 1997, section 116 was amended by rewriting subsection (b)(2) and by adding a new subsection (d).  Pub.  L. No. 105-80, 111 Stat. 1529, 1531.

53 In 1980, section 117 was amended in its entirety.  Pub.  L. No. 96-517, 94 Stat. 3015, 3028.  In 1998, the Computer Maintenance Competition Assurance Act amended section 117 by inserting headings for subsections (a) and (b) and by adding subsections (c) and (d).  Pub.  L. No. 105-304, 112 Stat. 2860, 2887.

54 The Copyright Royalty Tribunal Reform Act of 1993 amended section 118 by striking the first two sentences of subsection (b), by substituting a new first sentence in paragraph (3) and by making general conforming amendments throughout.  Pub.  L. 103-198, 107 Stat. 2304, 2309.  In 1999, a technical amendment deleted paragraph (2) from section 118(e).  Pub.  L. No. 106-44, 113 Stat. 221, 222.

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