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TITLE V: PROTECTION OF CERTAIN ORIGINAL DESIGNS
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1 I would like to thank Taro Isshiki and Tony Reese for their assistance in the preparation of this memorandum.
2 17 U.S.C. § 1201(a)(1) (1998). To "circumvent a technological protection measure" means to "descramble a scrambled work, to decrypt an encrypted work, or otherwise avoid, bypass, remove, deactivate, or impair a technological protection measure." A technological protection measure "effectively controls access to a work" if the measure, in the ordinary course of its operation, requires the application of information, or process or treatment, with the authority of the copyright owner, to gain access to the work. 17 U.S.C. § 1201(a)(3) (1998).
3 The Library of Congress is required to conduct additional rulemakings every three years after this initial rulemaking.
4 17 U.S.C. § 1201(a)(2), (b) (1998).
5 17 U.S.C. § 1201(c)(1), (c)(2) (1998).
6 17 U.S.C. § 1201(c)(3) (1998).
7 17 U.S.C. § 1201(f) (1998).
8 17 U.S.C. § 1201(e) (1998).
9 17 U.S.C. § 1201(g) (1998).
10 17 U.S.C. § 1201(g)(2) (1998).
11 17 U.S.C. § 1201(g)(3) (1998).
12 17 U.S.C. § 1201(j) (1998).
13 17 U.S.C. § 1201(j)(1) (1998).
14 17 U.S.C. § 1201(j)(3) (1998).
15 17 U.S.C. § 1201(j)(4) (1998).
16 17 U.S.C. § 1201(i) (1998).
17 17 U.S.C. § 1201(d) (1998).
18 Section 402 of the DMCA, discussed below, also provides broadcasters with an exception to the circumvention prohibition when necessary to make permitted ephemeral reproductions.
19 17 U.S.C. § 1201(k) (1998).
20 17 U.S.C. § 1202(a) (1998).
21 17 U.S.C. § 1202(b) (1998).
22 17 U.S.C. § 1202(c) (1998).
23 17 U.S.C. § 1202(e) (1998).
24 17 U.S.C. § 1202(e)(1) (1998).
25 17 U.S.C. § 1202(e)(2)(A) (1998).
26 17 U.S.C. § 1203(e)(2)(B) (1998).
27 17 U.S.C. § 1203(a) (1998).
28 17 U.S.C. § 1203(b) (1998).
29 17 U.S.C. § 1203(c)(4) (1998).
30 17 U.S.C. § 1203(c)(5) (1998).
31 17 U.S.C. § 1204(a) (1998).
32 17 U.S.C. § 1204(b) (1998).
33 17 U.S.C. § 512(k)(1) (1998).
34 The House Judiciary Committee Report explains that the definition includes "services such as providing Internet access, e-mail, chat room and web page hosting...." Thus, a company which maintains an Intranet for its employees may be a service provider under the statute. Similarly, a company which maintains a bulletin board where customers can post comments concerning the company’s products may qualify as a service provider.
35 17 U.S.C. § 512(l) (1998).
36 17 U.S.C. § 512(n) (1998).
37 17 U.S.C. § 1203(i)(1)(A) (1998).
38 17 U.S.C. § 512(i)(2) (1998).
39 17 U.S.C. § 512(m) (1998).
4 17 U.S.C. § 512(c), (d) (1998).
41 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(1), (d) (1998). The Committee Reports contain examples of what constitutes actual knowledge or awareness of circumstances from which infringing activity is apparent.
42 17 U.S.C. § 512(b) (1998).
43 17 U.S.C. § 512(b) (1998).
44 17 U.S.C. § 512(a) (1998).
45 17 U.S.C. § 512(j) (1998).
46 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(2) (1998).
47 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3) (1998).
48 17 U.S.C. § 512(f) (1998).
49 17 U.S.C. § 512(h) (1998).
50 17 U.S.C. § 512(g) (1998).
51 17 U.S.C. § 512(f) (1998).
52 17 U.S.C. § 512(g)(2) (1998).
53 991 F.2d 511 (9th Cir. 1993).
54 489 U.S. 141 (1989).
55 17 U.S.C. § 1310 (1998).
56 17 U.S.C. § 1308 (1998).
57 17 U.S.C. § 1309(g) (1998).
58 17 U.S.C. § 1309(b) (1998).
59 17 U.S.C. § 1306, 1307 (1998).
