Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 17 : Section 109


   

U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 109 - Notes
                                   SOURCE
    (Pub. L. 94-553, title I, Sec. 101, Oct. 19, 1976, 90 Stat. 2548;
    Pub. L. 98-450, Sec. 2, Oct. 4, 1984, 98 Stat. 1727; Pub. L.
    100-617, Sec. 2, Nov. 5, 1988, 102 Stat. 3194; Pub. L. 101-650,
    title VIII, Secs. 802, 803, Dec. 1, 1990, 104 Stat. 5134, 5135;
    Pub. L. 103-465, title V, Sec. 514(b), Dec. 8, 1994, 108 Stat.
    4981; Pub. L. 105-80, Sec. 12(a)(5), Nov. 13, 1997, 111 Stat.
    1534.)
                       HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES                   
                            REFERENCES IN TEXT                        
      The date of the enactment of the Computer Software Rental
    Amendments Act of 1990, referred to in subsec. (b)(2)(B), is the
    date of enactment of Pub. L. 101-650, which was approved Dec. 1,
    1990.
      The first section of the Clayton Act, referred to in subsec.
    (b)(3), is classified to section 12 of Title 15, Commerce and
    Trade.
      Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act, referred to in
    subsec. (b)(3), is classified to section 45 of Title 15.
                                AMENDMENTS                            
      1997 - Subsec. (b)(2)(B). Pub. L. 105-80 substituted "Register of
    Copyrights considers appropriate" for "Register of Copyright
    considers appropriate".
      1994 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103-465 inserted at end
    "Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, copies or phonorecords of
    works subject to restored copyright under section 104A that are
    manufactured before the date of restoration of copyright or, with
    respect to reliance parties, before publication or service of
    notice under section 104A(e), may be sold or otherwise disposed of
    without the authorization of the owner of the restored copyright
    for purposes of direct or indirect commercial advantage only during
    the 12-month period beginning on - 
        "(1) the date of the publication in the Federal Register of the
      notice of intent filed with the Copyright Office under section
      104A(d)(2)(A), or
        "(2) the date of the receipt of actual notice served under
      section 104A(d)(2)(B),
    whichever occurs first."
      1990 - Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 101-650, Sec. 802(2), added par.
    (1) and struck out former par. (1) which read as follows:
    "Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), unless
    authorized by the owners of copyright in the sound recording and in
    the musical works embodied therein, the owner of a particular
    phonorecord may not, for purposes of direct or indirect commercial
    advantage, dispose of, or authorize the disposal of, the possession
    of that phonorecord by rental, lease, or lending, or by any other
    act or practice in the nature of rental, lease, or lending. Nothing
    in the preceding sentence shall apply to the rental, lease, or
    lending of a phonorecord for nonprofit purposes by a nonprofit
    library or nonprofit educational institution."
      Subsec. (b)(2), (3). Pub. L. 101-650, Sec. 802(1), (2), added
    par. (2) and redesignated former pars. (2) and (3) as (3) and (4),
    respectively.
      Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 101-650, Sec. 802(3), added par. (4) and
    struck out former par. (4) which read as follows: "Any person who
    distributes a phonorecord in violation of clause (1) is an
    infringer of copyright under section 501 of this title and is
    subject to the remedies set forth in sections 502, 503, 504, 505,
    and 509. Such violation shall not be a criminal offense under
    section 506 or cause such person to be subject to the criminal
    penalties set forth in section 2319 of title 18."
      Pub. L. 101-650, Sec. 802(1), redesignated par. (3) as (4).
      Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 101-650, Sec. 803, added subsec. (e).
      1988 - Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 100-617 substituted "(a) and (c)" for
    "(a) and (b)" and "copyright" for "coyright".
      1984 - Subsecs. (b) to (d). Pub. L. 98-450 added subsec. (b) and
    redesignated existing subsecs. (b) and (c) as (c) and (d),
    respectively.
                   SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS               
      This section is referred to in sections 104A, 106, 501, 511 of
    this title; title 18 section 2319.

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