Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 112 Part 5.djvu/131

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PUBLIC LAW 105-304—OCT. 28, 1998 112 STAT. 2889 a violation of section 1201(a)(1) of this title for engaging in such activities as are necessary to make such copies or phonorecords as permitted under paragraph (1) of this subsection.". SEC. 403. LIMITATIONS ON EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS; DISTANCE EDUCATION. (a) RECOMMENDATIONS BY REGISTER OF COPYRIGHTS. —Not later Deadline, than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Register of Copyrights, after consultation with representatives of copyright owners, nonprofit educational institutions, and nonprofit libraries and archives, shall submit to the Congress recommendations on how to promote distance education through digital technologies, including interactive digital networks, while maintaining an appropriate balance between the rights of copyright owners and the needs of users of copyrighted works. Such recommendations shall include any legislation the Register of Copyrights considers appropriate to achieve the objective described in the preceding sentence. (b) FACTORS. —In formulating recommendations under subsection (a), the Register of Copyrights shall consider— (1) the need for an exemption from exclusive rights of copyright owners for distance education through digital networks; (2) the categories of works to be included under any distance education exemption; (3) the extent of appropriate quantitative limitations on the portions of works that may be used under any distance education exemption; (4) the parties who should be entitled to the benefits of any distance education exemption; (5) the parties who should be designated as eligible recipients of distance education materials under any distance education exemption; (6) whether and what types of technological measures can or should be employed to safeguard against unauthorized access to, and use or retention of, copyrighted materials as a condition of eligibility for any distance education exemption, including, in light of developing technological capabilities, the exemption set out in section 110(2) of title 17, United States Code; (7) the extent to which the availability of licenses for the use of copyrighted works in distance education through interactive digital networks should be considered in assessing eligibility for any distance education exemption; and (8) such other issues relating to distance education through interactive digital networks that the Register considers appropriate. SEC. 404. EXEMPTION FOR LIBRARIES AND ARCHIVES. Section 108 of title 17, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by striking "Notwithstanding" and inserting "Except as otherwise provided in this title and notwithstanding"; (B) by inserting after "no more than one copy or phonorecord of a work" the following: ", except as provided in subsections (b) and (c)"; and (C) in paragraph (3) by inserting after "copyright" the following: "that appears on the copy or phonorecord that is reproduced under the provisions of this section, or