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17 U.S.C. 1201: Circumvention of copyright protection systems
Created in 1998 by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (Public Law 105-304). Changed by 1 later law. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.
3 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 17 U.S.C. 112, 19 U.S.C. 1595a, 19 U.S.C. 4342.
1 part of federal rules cite it as their authority, written by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security; Department of the Treasury (1).
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This Congress
No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.
How it got here
1999
- Pub. L. 106–113 struck out "on the record" after "determination in a rulemaking proceeding" in first sentence. (Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000) Law text · (a)
Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.