Whos got the best sig - Cough it up

[WhipThisFez]

I figured someone would ask it and why not the only sig whore around without one. :lol: :fuggin:


I personally hate all of yours and think you should all rot for it.

[Maynard]

Arpi's got the best sigs. By far.

[BeckyDC]

Send comments to Sean Cold...he's the artistic soul in this relationship

[Spitfire]

No sig, EVER, could be better than this:

(except it wasn't posted on here)

Seph, you're my hero!!!11 :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao:

IF this sig pic disturbs anyone, you're welcome to edit my post
(nope, it really is the best one. -MayMay)
(yeah, that one is pretty fuckin cool actually-SC)
(Thanks for the compliment Spit. LMMFAO- Seph)
(Gawddammit! I miss all the good shit!- Sluggo)
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Edited By Sluggo on Feb. 14 2002 at 12:57

[fbd]

IF this sig pic disturbs anyone, you're welcome to edit my post

it disturbes me very much, but for some reason i cant edit you.i guess it will have to stay up, then

[Arpikarhu]

Arpi's got the best sigs. By far.

sig nazi

[NaughtyAngel]

now spit why would it disturb any of us, we all know its true

[Spitfire]

You boys are teh funney :lol:

now spit why would it disturb any of us, we all know its true

Well, I figured no one would even want to see a pic remotely like that one on this site

:burnfucker:

[NaughtyAngel]

Well, I figured no one would even want to see a pic remotely like that one on this site

:burnfucker:

as long as its making fun of froy toy, i got no problem

[Sephiroth]

No sig, EVER, could be better than this:

(except it wasn't posted on here)

Seph, you're my hero!!!11 :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao:

IF this sig pic disturbs anyone, you're welcome to edit my post
(nope, it really is the best one. -MayMay)
(yeah, that one is pretty fuckin cool actually-SC)
(Thanks for the compliment Spit. LMMFAO- Seph)
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Best Hour in Photoshop 6.0 I've ever spent.

[Maynard]

If it took you a whole hour in Photoshop, then why is the picture of Mel Brooks so grainy? :p

[AdolescentMasturbator]

You call yourself a Photoshop master and you still haven't gotten the leaked version of Photoshop 7? pfft

[Sean Cold]

You call yourself a Photoshop master and you still haven't gotten the leaked version of Photoshop 7? pfft

Very odd indeed. My son speaks of something that I have yet to aquire.

I just checked my email and I must say, I am suprised I didn't see it in there. It must have gotten re routed.........right?



Edited By Sean Cold on Feb. 13 2002 at 7:55

[AdolescentMasturbator]

Now I would never partake in the distribution of copyrighted software without the full consent of the copyright owners.

[Sephiroth]

I will hop upon this bandwagon as well. 7.0, come to me.

[Sean Cold]

Now I would never partake in the distribution of copyrighted software without the full consent of the copyright owners.

Why you little........

I was looking for FotoShoppe XII actually and was hoping that if you did have such a thing you would have shared it with dear ole dad!

[Sephiroth]

You know, if these were the old days, I could just threaten to ban you and you would cough it up real quick.

[Spitfire]

Me too...I'm still on like my 400th day or so of my free preview of Photoshop6...then I can be cool like you guys :bouncer:

[AdolescentMasturbator]

Now I would never partake in the distribution of copyrighted software without the full consent of the copyright owners.

Why you little........

I was looking for FotoShoppe XII actually and was hoping that if you did have such a thing you would have shared it with dear ole dad!

One Hundred Fifth Congress



of the



United States of America



AT THE SECOND SESSION

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,

the twenty-seventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-eight

An Act

To amend title 17, United States Code, to implement the World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty and Performances and Phonograms Treaty, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Digital Millennium Copyright Act'.

SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

Sec. 1. Short title.

Sec. 2. Table of contents.

TITLE I--WIPO TREATIES IMPLEMENTATION

Sec. 101. Short title.

Sec. 102. Technical amendments.

Sec. 103. Copyright protection systems and copyright management information.

Sec. 104. Evaluation of impact of copyright law and amendments on electronic commerce and technological development.

Sec. 105. Effective date.

TITLE II--ONLINE COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT LIABILITY LIMITATION

Sec. 201. Short title.

Sec. 202. Limitations on liability for copyright infringement.

Sec. 203. Effective date.

TITLE III--COMPUTER MAINTENANCE OR REPAIR COPYRIGHT EXEMPTION

Sec. 301. Short title.

Sec. 302. Limitations on exclusive rights; computer programs.

TITLE IV--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Sec. 401. Provisions Relating to the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks and the Register of Copyrights.

Sec. 402. Ephemeral recordings.

Sec. 403. Limitations on exclusive rights; distance education.

Sec. 404. Exemption for libraries and archives.

Sec. 405. Scope of exclusive rights in sound recordings; ephemeral recordings.

Sec. 406. Assumption of contractual obligations related to transfers of rights in motion pictures.

Sec. 407. Effective date.

TITLE V--PROTECTION OF CERTAIN ORIGINAL DESIGNS

Sec. 501. Short title.

Sec. 502. Protection of certain original designs.

Sec. 503. Conforming amendments.

Sec. 504. Joint study of the effect of this title.

Sec. 505. Effective date.


TITLE I--WIPO TREATIES IMPLEMENTATION

SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE.

This title may be cited as the `WIPO Copyright and Performances and Phonograms Treaties Implementation Act of 1998'.

SEC. 102. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.

(a) DEFINITIONS- Section 101 of title 17, United States Code, is amended--

(1) by striking the definition of `Berne Convention work';

(2) in the definition of `The `country of origin' of a Berne Convention work'--

(A) by striking `The `country of origin' of a Berne Convention work, for purposes of section 411, is the United States if' and inserting `For purposes of section 411, a work is a `United States work' only if';

(B) in paragraph (1)--

(i) in subparagraph (B) by striking `nation or nations adhering to the Berne Convention' and inserting `treaty party or parties';

(ii) in subparagraph © by striking `does not adhere to the Berne Convention' and inserting `is not a treaty party'; and

(iii) in subparagraph (D) by striking `does not adhere to the Berne Convention' and inserting `is not a treaty party'; and

© in the matter following paragraph (3) by striking `For the purposes of section 411, the `country of origin' of any other Berne Convention work is not the United States.';

(3) by inserting after the definition of `fixed' the following:

`The `Geneva Phonograms Convention' is the Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms, concluded at Geneva, Switzerland, on October 29, 1971.';

(4) by inserting after the definition of `including' the following:

`An `international agreement' is--

`(1) the Universal Copyright Convention;

`(2) the Geneva Phonograms Convention;

`(3) the Berne Convention;

`(4) the WTO Agreement;

`(5) the WIPO Copyright Treaty;

`(6) the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty; and

`(7) any other copyright treaty to which the United States is a party.';

(5) by inserting after the definition of `transmit' the following:

`A `treaty party' is a country or intergovernmental organization other than the United States that is a party to an international agreement.';

(6) by inserting after the definition of `widow' the following:

`The `WIPO Copyright Treaty' is the WIPO Copyright Treaty concluded at Geneva, Switzerland, on December 20, 1996.';

(7) by inserting after the definition of `The `WIPO Copyright Treaty' the following:

`The `WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty' is the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty concluded at Geneva, Switzerland, on December 20, 1996.'; and

(8) by inserting after the definition of `work made for hire' the following:

`The terms `WTO Agreement' and `WTO member country' have the meanings given those terms in paragraphs (9) and (10), respectively, of section 2 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act.'.

(b) SUBJECT MATTER OF COPYRIGHT; NATIONAL ORIGIN- Section 104 of title 17, United States Code, is amended--

(1) in subsection (b)--

(A) in paragraph (1) by striking `foreign nation that is a party to a copyright treaty to which the United States is also a party' and inserting `treaty party';

(B) in paragraph (2) by striking `party to the Universal Copyright Convention' and inserting `treaty party';

© by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (6);

(D) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (5) and inserting it after paragraph (4);

(E) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:

`(3) the work is a sound recording that was first fixed in a treaty party; or';

(F) in paragraph (4) by striking `Berne Convention work' and inserting `pictorial, graphic, or sculptural work that is incorporated in a building or other structure, or an architectural work that is embodied in a building and the building or structure is located in the United States or a treaty party'; and

(G) by inserting after paragraph (6), as so redesignated, the following:

`For purposes of paragraph (2), a work that is published in the United States or a treaty party within 30 days after publication in a foreign nation that is not a treaty party shall be considered to be first published in the United States or such treaty party, as the case may be.'; and

(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:

`(d) EFFECT OF PHONOGRAMS TREATIES- Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b), no works other than sound recordings shall be eligible for protection under this title solely by virtue of the adherence of the United States to the Geneva Phonograms Convention or the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty.'.

© COPYRIGHT IN RESTORED WORKS- Section 104A(h) of title 17, United States Code, is amended--

(1) in paragraph (1), by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B) and inserting the following:

`(A) a nation adhering to the Berne Convention;

`(B) a WTO member country;

`© a nation adhering to the WIPO Copyright Treaty;

`(D) a nation adhering to the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty; or

`(E) subject to a Presidential proclamation under subsection (g).';

(2) by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows:

`(3) The term `eligible country' means a nation, other than the United States, that--

`(A) becomes a WTO member country after the date of the enactment of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act;

`(B) on such date of enactment is, or after such date of enactment becomes, a nation adhering to the Berne Convention;

`© adheres to the WIPO Copyright Treaty;

`(D) adheres to the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty; or

`(E) after such date of enactment becomes subject to a proclamation under subsection (g).';

(3) in paragraph (6)--

(A) in subparagraph ©(iii) by striking `and' after the semicolon;

(B) at the end of subparagraph (D) by striking the period and inserting `; and'; and

© by adding after subparagraph (D) the following:

`(E) if the source country for the work is an eligible country solely by virtue of its adherence to the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty, is a sound recording.';

(4) in paragraph (8)(B)(i)--

(A) by inserting `of which' before `the majority'; and

(B) by striking `of eligible countries'; and

(5) by striking paragraph (9).

(d) REGISTRATION AND INFRINGEMENT ACTIONS- Section 411(a) of title 17, United States Code, is amended in the first sentence--

(1) by striking `actions for infringement of copyright in Berne Convention works whose country of origin is not the United States and'; and

(2) by inserting `United States' after `no action for infringement of the copyright in any'.

(e) STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS- Section 507(a) of title 17, United State Code, is amended by striking `No' and inserting `Except as expressly provided otherwise in this title, no'.

SEC. 103. COPYRIGHT PROTECTION SYSTEMS AND COPYRIGHT MANAGEMENT INFORMATION.

(a) IN GENERAL- Title 17, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new chapter:

`CHAPTER 12--COPYRIGHT PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

`Sec.

`1201. Circumvention of copyright protection systems.

`1202. Integrity of copyright management information.

`1203. Civil remedies.

`1204. Criminal offenses and penalties.

`1205. Savings clause.

`Sec. 1201. Circumvention of copyright protection systems

`(a) VIOLATIONS REGARDING CIRCUMVENTION OF TECHNOLOGICAL MEASURES- (1)(A) No person shall circumvent a technological measure that effectively controls access to a work protected under this title. The prohibition contained in the preceding sentence shall take effect at the end of the 2-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this chapter.

`(B) The prohibition contained in subparagraph (A) shall not apply to persons who are users of a copyrighted work which is in a particular class of works, if such persons are, or are likely to be in the succeeding 3-year period, adversely affected by virtue of such prohibition in their ability to make noninfringing uses of that particular class of works under this title, as determined under subparagraph ©.

`© During the 2-year period described in subparagraph (A), and during each succeeding 3-year period, the Librarian of Congress, upon the recommendation of the Register of Copyrights, who shall consult with the Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information of the Department of Commerce and report and comment on his or her views in making such recommendation, shall make the determination in a rulemaking proceeding on the record for purposes of subparagraph (B) of whether persons who are users of a copyrighted work are, or are likely to be in the succeeding 3-year period, adversely affected by the prohibition under subparagraph (A) in their ability to make noninfringing uses under this title of a particular class of copyrighted works. In conducting such rulemaking, the Librarian shall examine--

`(i) the availability for use of copyrighted works;

`(ii) the availability for use of works for nonprofit archival, preservation, and educational purposes;

`(iii) the impact that the prohibition on the circumvention of technological measures applied to copyrighted works has on criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, or research;

`(iv) the effect of circumvention of technological measures on the market for or value of copyrighted works; and

`(v) such other factors as the Librarian considers appropriate.

`(D) The Librarian shall publish any class of copyrighted works for which the Librarian has determined, pursuant to the rulemaking conducted under subparagraph ©, that noninfringing uses by persons who are users of a copyrighted work are, or are likely to be, adversely affected, and the prohibition contained in subparagraph (A) shall not apply to such users with respect to such class of works for the ensuing 3-year period.

`(E) Neither the exception under subparagraph (B) from the applicability of the prohibition contained in subparagraph (A), nor any determination made in a rulemaking conducted under subparagraph ©, may be used as a defense in any action to enforce any provision of this title other than this paragraph.

`(2) No person shall manufacture, import, offer to the public, provide, or otherwise traffic in any technology, product, service, device, component, or part thereof, that--

`(A) is primarily designed or produced for the purpose of circumventing a technological measure that effectively controls access to a work protected under this title;

`(B) has only limited commercially significant purpose or use other than to circumvent a technological measure that effectively controls access to a work protected under this title; or

`© is marketed by that person or another acting in concert with that person with that person's knowledge for use in circumventing a technological measure that effectively controls access to a work protected under this title.

`(3) As used in this subsection--

`(A) to `circumvent a technological measure' means to descramble a scrambled work, to decrypt an encrypted work, or otherwise to avoid, bypass, remove, deactivate, or impair a technological measure, without the authority of the copyright owner; and

`(B) a technological measure `effectively controls access to a work' if the measure, in the ordinary course of its operation, requires the application of information, or a process or a treatment, with the authority of the copyright owner, to gain access to the work.

`(b) ADDITIONAL VIOLATIONS- (1) No person shall manufacture, import, offer to the public, provide, or otherwise traffic in any technology, product, service, device, component, or part thereof, that--

`(A) is primarily designed or produced for the purpose of circumventing protection afforded by a technological measure that effectively protects a right of a copyright owner under this title in a work or a portion thereof;

`(B) has only limited commercially significant purpose or use other than to circumvent protection afforded by a technological measure that effectively protects a right of a copyright owner under this title in a work or a portion thereof; or

`© is marketed by that person or another acting in concert with that person with that person's knowledge for use in circumventing protection afforded by a technological measure that effectively protects a right of a copyright owner under this title in a work or a portion thereof.

`(2) As used in this subsection--

`(A) to `circumvent protection afforded by a technological measure' means avoiding, bypassing, removing, deactivating, or otherwise impairing a technological measure; and

`(B) a technological measure `effectively protects a right of a copyright owner under this title' if the measure, in the ordinary course of its operation, prevents, restricts, or otherwise limits the exercise of a right of a copyright owner under this title.

`© OTHER RIGHTS, ETC., NOT AFFECTED- (1) Nothing in this section shall affect rights, remedies, limitations, or defenses to copyright infringement, including fair use, under this title.

`(2) Nothing in this section shall enlarge or diminish vicarious or contributory liability for copyright infringement in connection with any technology, product, service, device, component, or part thereof.

`(3) Nothing in this section shall require that the design of, or design and selection of parts and components for, a consumer electronics, telecommunications, or computing product provide for a response to any particular technological measure, so long as such part or component, or the product in which such part or component is integrated, does not otherwise fall within the prohibitions of subsection (a)(2) or (b)(1).

`(4) Nothing in this section shall enlarge or diminish any rights of free speech or the press for activities using consumer electronics, telecommunications, or computing products.

`(d) EXEMPTION FOR NONPROFIT LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES, AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS- (1) A nonprofit library, archives, or educational institution which gains access to a commercially exploited copyrighted work solely in order to make a good faith determination of whether to acquire a copy of that work for the sole purpose of engaging in conduct permitted under this title shall not be in violation of subsection (a)(1)(A). A copy of a work to which access has been gained under this paragraph--

`(A) may not be retained longer than necessary to make such good faith determination; and

`(B) may not be used for any other purpose.

`(2) The exemption made available under paragraph (1) shall only apply with respect to a work when an identical copy of that work is not reasonably available in another form.

`(3) A nonprofit library, archives, or educational institution that willfully for the purpose of commercial advantage or financial gain violates paragraph (1)--

[NaughtyAngel]

too many words
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