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Primer for the Digital Millennium

What the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and the Copyright Term Extension Act Mean for the Library Community

By Arnold P. Lutzker, Esq.
Lutzker & Lutzker LLP
Washington, DC 20005

To top of page Part I: Digital Copyright Timeline, Key Library Issues and Legislative Overview

  • I. Introduction: The Digital Copyright Timeline – Where We’ve Come From
  • II. Key Issues for the Library Community in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act
  • III. DMCA: Digital Millennium Copyright Act: Overview
  • IV. The Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act: Overview

To top of page Part II: Detailed Review of DMCA and Term Extension

  • V. Technological Protection Measures ("TPMs") and Copyright Management Information
  • VI. Online Service Provider ("OSP") Limitation on Liability for Copyright Infringement
  • VII. Study on Distance Education and Digital Technologies
  • VIII. Section 108 Library Exemption Update
  • IX. The Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act
  • X. Database Legislation: The Proposal That Almost Happened

To top of page Part III: What the DMCA and Term Extension Mean for Libraries

  • XI. What the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and the Term Extension Act Mean For the Library Community

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