al Property
Rights (TRIPs)(Annex 1C to the World Trade Organization (WTO)
Agreement). Part II, section 6 of TRIPs protects semiconductor chip
products and was the basis for Presidential Proclamation No. 6780, March
23, 1995, under section 902(a)(2) extending protection to all present
and future WTO members (34 countries as of February 10, 1999), as of
January 1, 1996. See Part IV of the Appendix.
For a discussion of Congressional findings regarding extending
protection to semiconductor chip products of foreign entities, see Pub.
L. No. 100-159, 101 Stat. 899, and the Semiconductor International
Protection Extension Act of 1991, Pub. L. No. 102-64, 105 Stat. 320.5
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Chapter 10 [1]
Digital Audio Recording Devices and Media
+ Subchapter A--Definitions
+ 1001. Definitions
+ Subchapter B--Copying Controls
+ 1002. Incorporation of copying controls
+ Subchapter C--Royalty Payments
+ 1003. Obligation to make royalty payments
+ 1004. Royalty payments
+ 1005. Deposit of royalty payments and deduction of expenses
+ 1006. Entitlement to royalty payments
+ 1007. Procedures for distributing royalty payments
+ Subchapter D--Prohibition on Certain Infringement Actions, Remedies,
and Arbitration
+ 1008. Prohibition on certain infringement actions
+ 1009. Civil remedies
+ 1010. Arbitration of certain disputes
Subchapter A Definitions
Section 1001. Definitions
As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following
meanings:
(1) A "digital audio copied recording" is a reproduction in a digital
recording format of a digital musical recording, whether that
reproduction is made directly from another digital musical recording or
indirectly from a transmission.
(2) A "digital audio interface device" is any machine or device that is
designed specifically to communicate digital audio information and
related interface data to a digital audio recording device through a
nonprofessional interface.
(3) A "digital audio recording device" is any machine or device of a
type commonly distributed to individuals for use by individuals, whether
or not included with or as part of some other machine or device, the
digital recording function of which is designed or marketed for the
primary purpose of, and that is capable of, making a digital audio
copied recording for private use, except for-
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