Satellite Teleconference on Digital Millennium Copyright Act Additional Resources

Overview of the DMCA:

• Primer on the Digital Millennium
  http://www.arl.org/info/frn/copy/primer.html

• H.R. 2281, Digital Millennium Coypright Act (DMCA) ‹ now P.L. 105-304 [PDF 372KB]
  http://www.mlanet.org/government/gov_pdf/dmca_bill.pdf

• Embracing Ambiguity: An ARL Copyright Briefing Notebook for 1999

Database:

• H.R. 1858 "The Consumer and Investor Access to Information Act" (PDF format) originally introduced by Rep. Bliley

• Statement of James B. Neal on behalf of the Library Community to the Committee on the Judiciary in the Hearing on the "Collections of Information Antipiracy Act" (3/18/99)
  http://www.arl.org/info/letters/nealtest.html

• Position Statement signed by various corporations, educational institutions, non-profits, and trade associations regarding Database Protection Legislation (3/16/99)
  http://www.arl.org/info/letters/354position.html

• H.R. 354, Collections of Information Antipiracy Act [PDF 147KB]
  http://www.mlanet.org/government/gov_pdf/database_bill1.pdf

Distance Education:

• MLA letter to Copyright Office (December 7, 1998)
  http://www.mlanet.org/government/dmca/dmcdelt2.html

• Study on Distance Education and Digital Technologies, prepared by Arnold Lutzker, Lutzker & Lutzker (November 1998)
  http://www.mlanet.org/government/dmca/destudy.html

• Testimony on Copyright Office Hearings on Promoting Distance Education Through Digital Technologies presented by James G. Neal, Dean, University Libraries, Johns Hopkins University (January 26, 1999)
  http://www.mlanet.org/government/dmca/denealtest.html

• Joint Library Association Reply Comments on Promotion of Distance Education through Digital Technologies (March 1999)
  http://www.arl.org/info/letters/dereply.html

Online Service Provider Liability

• Highlights of New Copyright Provision Establishing Limitation of Liability for Online Service Providers, prepared by Arnold Lutzker, Lutzker & Lutzker (November 12, 1998)
  http://www.mlanet.org/government/dmca/ospanalysis.html

• DMCA Online Service Provider Interim Regulations (November, 1998)
  http://www.mlanet.org/government/dmca/ospinterimregs.html

Term Extension:

• Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act, Public Law 105-298
  http://www.mlanet.org/government/term_ext/term_bill.html

• U.S. Copyright Office Regulations on P.L. 105-298 [PDF 30KB]
  http://www.mlanet.org/government/gov_pdf/term_regs.pdf

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