Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents

Statement on signing the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.(Pres Bill Clinton)(Transcript)

Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents | November 2, 1998 | Copyright

October 28, 1998

Today I am pleased to sign into law H.R. 2281, the "Digital Millennium Copyright Act." This Act implements two landmark treaties that were successfully negotiated by my Administration in 1996 and to which the Senate gave its advice and consent to ratification on October 21, 1998. The Act also limits the liability of online service providers for copyright infringement under certain conditions.

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Copyright Treaty and the WIPO Performances and Phonogram Treaty mark the most extensive revision of…

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