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Union Calendar No. 516
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5106
[Report No. 106–860]
To make technical corrections in copyright law.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 6, 2000
Mr. COBLE (for himself, Mr. BERMAN, and Mrs. BONO) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee of the Judiciary
SEPTEMBER 18, 2000
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to the printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on September 6, 2000]
A BILL
To make technical corrections in copyright law.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Copyright Technical
Corrections Act of 2000’’.
SEC. 2. CORRECTIONS TO 1999 ACT.
Title I of the Intellectual Property and Communica-
tions Omnibus Reform Act of 1999, as enacted by section
1000(a)(9) of Public Law 106–113, is amended as follows:
(1) Section 1007 is amended—
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘para-
graph (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (2)(A)’’;
and
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘1005(e)’’
and inserting ‘‘1005(d)’’.
(2) Section 1006(b) is amended by striking
‘‘119(b)(1)(B)(iii)’’ and inserting ‘‘119(b)(1)(B)(ii)’’.
(3)(A) Section 1006(a) is amended—
(i) in paragraph (1), by adding ‘‘and’’ after
the semicolon;
(ii) by striking paragraph (2); and
(iii) by redesignating paragraph (3) as
paragraph (2).
(B) Section 1011(b)(2)(A) is amended to read as
follows:
‘‘(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘pri-
mary transmission made by a superstation and
embodying a performance or display of a work’
and inserting ‘performance or display of a work
embodied in a primary transmission made by a
superstation or by the Public Broadcasting Serv-
ice satellite feed’;’’.
SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 17, UNITED STATES CODE.
Title 17, United States Code, is amended as follows:
(1) Section 119(a)(6) is amended by striking ‘‘of
performance’’ and inserting ‘‘of a performance’’.
(2)(A) The section heading for section 122 is
amended by striking ‘‘rights; secondary’’ and in-
serting ‘‘rights: Secondary’’.
(B) The item relating to section 122 in the table
of contents for chapter 1 is amended to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘122. Limitations on exclusive rights: Secondary transmissions by satellite car-
riers within local markets.’’.
(3)(A) The section heading for section 121 is
amended by striking ‘‘reproduction’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Reproduction’’.
(B) The item relating to section 121 in the table
of contents for chapter 1 is amended by striking ‘‘re-
production’’ and inserting ‘‘Reproduction’’.
(4)(A) Section 106 is amended by striking ‘‘107
through 121’’ and inserting ‘‘107 through 122’’.
(B) Section 501(a) is amended by striking ‘‘106
through 121’’ and inserting ‘‘106 through 122’’.
(C) Section 511(a) is amended by striking ‘‘106
through 121’’ and inserting ‘‘106 through 122’’.
(5) Section 101 is amended—
(A) by moving the definition of ‘‘computer
program’’ so that it appears after the definition
of ‘‘compilation’’; and
(B) by moving the definition of ‘‘registra-
tion’’ so that it appears after the definition of
‘‘publicly’’.
(6) Section 110(4)(B) is amended in the matter
preceding clause (i) by striking ‘‘conditions;’’ and in-
serting ‘‘conditions:’’.
(7) Section 118(b)(1) is amended in the second
sentence by striking ‘‘to it’’.
(8) Section 119(b)(1)(A) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘transmitted’’ and inserting
‘‘retransmitted’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘transmissions’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘retransmissions’’.
(9) Section 203(a)(2) is amended—
(A) in subparagraph (A)—
(i) by striking ‘‘(A) the’’ and inserting
‘‘(A) The’’; and
(ii) by striking the semicolon at the
end and inserting a period;
(B) in subparagraph (B)—