IIB
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1189
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
APRIL 1, 1999
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
AN ACT
To make technical corrections in title 17, United States
Code, and other laws.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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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 in-
serting ‘‘(i) a direct charge’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘(B) the transmission’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(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 insert-
ing ‘‘(2) and (3)’’; and
(4) in paragraph (6), as so redesignated—
(A) by striking ‘‘(4)’’ each place it appears
and inserting ‘‘(3)’’; and
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(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 enti-
tled ‘‘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 LIABIL-
ITY.—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 EDU-
CATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.—’’; and
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(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘IN-
JUNCTIONS.—’’; 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 INFOR-
MATION.—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 ‘‘AC-
KNOWLEDGEMENT’’ and inserting ‘‘ACKNOWLEDGMENT’’.
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 de-
signs’’.
(b) ELIMINATION
OF CONFLICTING PROVISION.—
Section 5316 of title 5, United States Code, is amended
by striking ‘‘Commissioner of Patents, Department of
Commerce.’’.
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(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’’.
Passed the House of Representatives April 13, 1999.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.