Medical Library Association | Public Policy : Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)

Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)

H.R. 2281, Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) now P.L. 105-304
DMCA Primer
Copyright Notice Requirement as updated in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998

Distance Education and the DMCA

TEACH Becomes Law--Implications for Libraries and Resources (November 2002)
S. 487, Technology Education and Copyright Harmonization Act (TEACH Act)
A bill to update the distance education provisions of the Copyright Act (March 2001)
Technology-based Distance Education: Roles and Resources for Health Sciences Librarians
Position Statement of the Medical Library Association (May 2002)
Essential Library Support for Distance Education
Statement of the Medical Library Association (May 2002)
U.S. Copyright Office Report on Copyright and Digital Distance Education (May 1999)
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)
Joint Library Association Reply Comments on Promotion of Distance Education through Digital Technologies (March 1999)
Study on Distance Education and Digital Technologies, prepared by Arnold Lutzker, Lutzker & Lutzker (November 1998)
Copyright Office Study on Distance Education (November 16, 1998)
MLA letter to Copyright Office (December 7, 1998)
Copyright Office Notice of Hearings on Promoting Distance Education Through Digital Technologies (December 23, 1998)
MLA letter to Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Federalism and Property Rights (February 1998)

Prohibition on Circumvention of Copyright Protection Systems

Librarian of Congress Statement Relating to Section 1201 Rulemaking; July 23, 2010 and Text of the Regulation (July 27, 2010)
Joint Proponents' Response to U.S. Copyright Office on Exemption to the Prohibition of Circumvention of Copyright Protection Systems for Access Control Technologies concerning Supplemental Questions to DVD-Related Exemptions; September 8, 2009;
Joint Library Association Reply Comments to U.S. Copyright Office on Exemption to Prohibition on Circumvention of Copyright Protection Systems for Access Control Technologies; July 10, 2009;
Joint Library Association Comments to U.S. Copyright Office on Exemption to Prohibition on Circumvention of Copyright Protection Systems for Access Control Technologies; May 6, 2009;
Joint Library Association and Music Library Association Comments to U.S. Copyright Office in DMCA Section 1201 Rulemaking on Exemption to the Prohibition of Circumvention of Copyright Protection Systems for Access Control Technologies (December 2008)
Joint Library Association Comments to U.S. Copyright Office on Exemption to the Prohibition of Circumvention of Copyright Protection Systems for Access Control Technologies (December 2005)
Joint Library Association press release re: Statement of Librarian of Congress in 2003 DMCA rulemaking (October 28, 2003)
Statement of Librarian of Congress, pursuant to the Copyright Office's Notice of Inquiry re: Section 1201(a)(1) of the Copyright Act (October 28, 2003)
Follow-up Statement of Library Associations to Patent and Trade Office on Technological Protection Systems for Digitized Copyrighted Works (February 4, 2003)
Statement of Library Associations to Patent and Trade Office on Technological Protection Systems for Digitized Copyrighted Works (January 14, 2003)
Comments of Library Associations, pursuant to the Copyright Office's Notice of Inquiry re: Section 1201(a)(1) of the Copyright Act (December 18, 2002)
Joint Library Association Comments on the Promulgation of a Broadcast Flag Rule before the Federal Trade Communications Commission (December 9, 2002)
Reply Comments of Library Associations, pursuant to the Copyright Office's Request for Public Comment (September 2000)
Comments of Library Associations regarding the First Sale Doctrine and the DMCA (August 2000)
Reply Comments of Library Associations Following Public Hearings before the Copyright Office (June 2000)
Joint Library Association Comments to U.S. Copyright Office on an Exemption to Prohibition on Circumvention of Copyright Protection Systems for Access Control Technologies (February 18, 2000)
U.S. Copyright Office Page on the Rulemaking on Exemptions from Prohibition on Circumvention of Technological Measures that Control Access to Copyright Works. This page provides a record of all rulemakings that have been conducted since 2000.

Online Service Providers (OSP) and the DMCA

American Library Association Fact Sheet Regarding OSP Registration (June 1999)
Highlights of New Copyright Provision Establishing Limitation of Liability for Online Service Providers, prepared by Arnold Lutzker, Lutzker & Lutzker (November 12, 1998)
Copyright Office DMCA Online Service Provider Interim Regulations (November, 1998)