II. Statutory Text

Public Law No. 105-304
Selected DMCA Provisions as Codified in the Copyright Act

III. Legislative History

Senate Judiciary Report, S. Rep. No. 105-190 (5/11/98)
House Judiciary Report, H.R. Rep. No.105-551, Part 1 (5/22/98)
House Commerce Report, H.R. Rep. No.105-551, Part 2 (7/22/98)
House Conference Report, H.R. Rep No. 105-796 (10/08/98)
Signing Statement (10/28/98)

IV. Post-Enactment History & Agency Interpretation

Public Law No. 106-44, Technical Corrections to Title 17 (8/05/99)
Copyright Office Summary (Dec. 1998)
NTIA Report to Congress (March 2001)
Copyright Office Section 104 Report (Aug. 2001)
Exemption to Prohibition on Circumvention – Final Rule, 65 FR 64556 (10/23/00)
Exemption to Prohibition on Circumvention – Final Rule, 68 FR 62011 (10/31/03)
Exemption to Prohibition on Circumvention – Final Rule, 71 FR 68472 (11/27/06)
Exemption to Prohibition on Circumvention – Notice of Inquiry, 73 FR 58073 (10/6/08)
CBO Report: Copyright Issues in Digital Media (August 2004)
CRS Report: The DMCA: Exemptions to the Prohibition on Circumvention (2/21/07)

V. Significant Cases

A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc., 239 F3d 1004, 7 ILR (P&F) 1 (9th Cir, 2/12/01)
Aimster Copyright Litigation, In re, 334 F3d 643, 13 ILR (P&F) 851 (7th Cir, 6/30/03)
ALS Scan, Inc. v. RemarQ Communities, Inc., 239 F3d 619, 7 ILR (P&F) 69 (4th Cir, 2/6/01)
Blueport Company, LLC v. United States, 533 F3d 1374, 25 ILR (P&F) 372 (Fed Cir, 7/25/08)
Chamberlain Group, Inc. v. Skylink Tech., Inc., 381 F3d 1178, 16 ILR (P&F) 256 (Fed Cir, 8/31/04)
Charter Comm’ns, Inc. Subpoena Enforcement Matter, 393 F3d 771, 17 ILR (P&F) 54 (8th Cir, 1/4/05)
CoStar Group, Inc. v. Loopnet, Inc., 373 F3d 544, 16 ILR (P&F) 87 (4th Cir, 6/21/04)
Davidson & Associates v. Jung, 422 F3d 630, 18 ILR (P&F) 516 (8th Cir, 9/1/05)
Io Group, Inc. v. Veoh Networks, Inc., 2008 WL 4065872, 25 ILR (P&F) 586 (ND Cal, 8/27/08)
Lenz v. Universal Music Corp., 2008 WL 3884333, 25 ILR (P&F) 445 (ND Cal, 8/20/08)
Lexmark Int’l, Inc. v. Static Control Components, Inc., 387 F3d 522, 16 ILR (P&F) 611 (6th Cir, 10/26/04)
MDY Industries, LLC v. Blizzard Entm’nt, Inc., 2008 WL 2757357, 25 ILR (P&F) 395 (D Ariz, 7/14/08)
Perfect 10, Inc. v. CCBill LLC, 488 F3d 1102, 22 ILR (P&F) 720 (9th Cir, 5/31/07)
RIAA v. Verizon Internet Services, Inc., 351 F3d 1229, 15 ILR (P&F) 1 (DC Cir, 12/19/03)
Rossi v. MPAA, 391 F3d 1000, 16 ILR (P&F) 709 (9th Cir, 12/1/04)
Storage Technology Corp. v. Custom Hardware, 421 F3d 1307, 19 ILR (P&F) 203 (Fed Cir, 8/24/05)
United States v. Elcom, Ltd., 203 F Supp 2d 1111, 10 ILR (P&F) 611 (ND Cal, 5/8/02)
Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Corley, 273 F3d 429, 9 ILR (P&F) 330 (2d Cir, 11/28/01)

VI. Comprehensive Case Digests

Scope of DMCA
Anti-circumvention, anti-trafficking
Exemptions
Liability of service providers
Safe harbor provisions
Subpoena power
Other provisions