S. 1260

One Hundred Sixth Congress

of the

United States of America

AT THE FIRST SESSION

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,

the sixth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine

An Act

To make technical corrections in title 17, United States Code, and other laws.

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
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(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’’.
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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:

‘‘§ 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’’.

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.