<br></span></div><div style="position:absolute; border: textbox 1px solid; writing-mode:lr-tb; left:108px; top:270px; width:396px; height:67px;"><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size:9px">The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) was signed into law by
<br></span></div><div style="position:absolute; border: textbox 1px solid; writing-mode:lr-tb; left:179px; top:377px; width:324px; height:228px;"><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size:9px">Title I, the “</span><span style="font-family: Garamond,Bold; font-size:9px">WIPO Copyright and Performances and Phonograms
<br>Treaties Implementation Act of 1998</span><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size:9px">,” implements the WIPO
<br>treaties.
<br>Title II, the “</span><span style="font-family: Garamond,Bold; font-size:9px">Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation
<br>Act</span><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size:9px">,” creates limitations on the liability of online service providers for
<br>copyright infringement when engaging in certain types of activities.
<br>Title III, the “</span><span style="font-family: Garamond,Bold; font-size:9px">Computer Maintenance Competition Assurance
<br>Act</span><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size:9px">,” creates an exemption for making a copy of a computer program
<br>by activating a computer for purposes of maintenance or repair.
<br>Title IV contains six </span><span style="font-family: Garamond,Bold; font-size:9px">miscellaneous provisions</span><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size:9px">, relating to the
<br>functions of the Copyright Office, distance education, the exceptions
<br>in the Copyright Act for libraries and for making ephemeral recordings,
<br>“webcasting” of sound recordings on the Internet, and the applicability
<br>of collective bargaining agreement obligations in the case of transfers
<br>of rights in motion pictures.
<br>Title V, the “</span><span style="font-family: Garamond,Bold; font-size:9px">Vessel Hull Design Protection Act</span><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size:9px">,” creates a new form
<br>of protection for the design of vessel hulls.
<br></span></div><div style="position:absolute; border: textbox 1px solid; writing-mode:lr-tb; left:107px; top:619px; width:396px; height:53px;"><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size:9px">This memorandum summarizes briefly each title of the DMCA. It provides
<br>merely an overview of the law’s provisions; for purposes of length and readability a
<br>significant amount of detail has been omitted. </span><span style="font-family: Garamond,Bold; font-size:9px">A complete understanding of any
<br>provision of the DMCA requires reference to the text of the legislation itself.