statement made in an application for copyright reg-
istration invalidate the copyright.’’.
(c) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Subsection (d) of sec-
tion 410 of title 17, United States Code, is amended by
inserting ‘‘EFFECTIVE DATE OF REGISTRATION.—’’ after
‘‘(d)’’.
SEC. 6. COPYRIGHT REGISTRATION PROVISIONS.
(a) REGISTRATION AND INFRINGEMENT ACTIONS.—
(1) Section 411 of title 17, United States Code, is amend-
ed—
(A) by amending the section caption to read as
follows:
‘‘§ 411. Registration and infringement actions for cer-
tain works’’;
(B) by striking subsection (a); and
(C) in subsection (b)—
(i) by striking ‘‘(b)’’; and
(ii) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and
inserting the following:
‘‘(1) serves notice upon the infringer, not less
than 10 or more than 30 days before such fixation,
identifying the work and the specific time and source
of its first transmission; and
‘‘(2) submits an application for registration of
the copyright claim in the work, in accordance with
this title, within 3 months after the first trans-
mission of the work.’’.
(2) The item relating to section 411 in the table of
sections at the beginning of chapter 4 of title 17, United
States Code, is amended to read as follows:
‘‘411. Registration and infringement actions for certain works.’’.
(b) REGISTRATION AS PREREQUISITE TO CERTAIN
REMEDIES FOR INFRINGEMENT.—Section 412 of title 17,
United States Code, and the item relating to section 412
in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 4 of
title 17, United States Code, are repealed.
SEC. 7. REMEDIES FOR INFRINGEMENT.
Section 504(c)(2) of title 17, United States Code, is
amended in the second sentence—
(1) by striking ‘‘court it’’ and inserting ‘‘court
in’’;
(2) by inserting ‘‘or eliminate’’ after ‘‘reduce’’;
and
(3) by striking ‘‘to a sum of not less than
$200’’.
SEC. 8. NOTIFICATION OF FILING AND DETERMINATION OF
ACTIONS.
Section 508 of title 17, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) in the first sentence by inserting ‘‘and
the party filing the action’’ after ‘‘United
States’’; and
(B) in the second sentence by inserting
‘‘and the party filing the action’’ after ‘‘clerk’’;
and
(2) in subsection (b) by inserting ‘‘and the
party filing the action’’ after ‘‘clerk of the court’’.
SEC. 9. STUDY ON MANDATORY DEPOSIT.
(a) SUBJECT MATTER OF STUDY.—Upon the enact-
ment of this Act, the Librarian of Congress shall conduct
a study of the mandatory deposit provisions of section 407
of title 17, United States Code. Such study shall place
particular emphasis on the implementation of section
407(e) of such title with respect to the deposit of trans-
mission programs, as well as possible alternative methods
of obtaining deposits if the mandatory deposit require-
ments of such section 407 are expanded to authorize the
collection, archival preservation, and use by the Library
of Congress of other publicly transmitted works, including
unpublished works such as computer programs and online
databases.
(b) CONDUCT OF STUDY.—The study under sub-
section (a) shall be conducted by the Register of Copy-
right, in consultation with any affected interests, and may
include the voluntary establishment, in collaboration with
representatives of such interests, of practical tests and
pilot projects.
(c) REPORT
TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 18
months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Librarian shall submit to the Congress a report on the
results of the study conducted under this section, together
with recommendations the Librarian has on—
(1) safeguarding the interests of copyright own-
ers whose works are subject to the mandatory de-
posit provisions referred to in subsection (a);
(2) fulfilling the present and future needs of
the Library of Congress with respect to archival and
other collections development; and
(3) any legislation that may be necessary.
SEC. 10. STUDIES OF EFFECTS OF REGISTRATION AND DE-
POSIT PROVISIONS.
Upon the enactment of this Act, the Librarian of
Congress, after consultation with the Register of Copy-
rights and any affected interests, shall commence a study
of the extent to which changes in the registration and de-
posit provisions of title 17, United States Code, that are
made by this Act have affected the acquisitions of the Li-
brary of Congress and the operations of the copyright reg-
istration system, and any recommendations the Librarian
may have with respect to such effects. Not later than 3
years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Li-
brarian shall submit to the Congress a report on such
study. The Librarian may conduct further studies de-
scribed in the first sentence, and report to the Congress
on such studies.
SEC. 11. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 101 of title 17, United
States Code, is amended by striking the definition of the
‘‘country of origin’’ of a Berne Convention work.
(b) INFRINGEMENT OF COPYRIGHT.—Section 501(b)
of title 17, United States Code, is amended in the first
sentence by striking ‘‘, subject to the requirements of sec-
tion 411,’’.
(c) REMEDIES FOR INFRINGEMENT.—Section 504(a)
of title 17, United States Code, is amended by striking
‘‘Except as otherwise provided by this title, an’’ and in-
serting ‘‘An’’.
SEC. 12. ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.
(a) AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 17, UNITED STATES
CODE.—Title 17, United States Code, is amended as fol-
lows:
(1) The definition of ‘‘publicly’’ contained in
section 101 is amended—