. 2749. In 1999, a technical correction
amended subsection 511(a) by inserting "121" in lieu of "119." Pub. L.
No. 106-44, 113 Stat. 221, 222.
9 In 1998, the Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act
added section 512. Pub. L. No. 105-304, 112 Stat. 2860, 2877. In 1999, a
technical correction deleted the heading for paragraph (2) of section
512(e), which was "Injunctions." Pub. L. No. 106-44, 113 Stat. 221, 222.
10 The Fairness in Music Licensing Act of 1998 added section 513. Pub.
L. No. 105-298, 112 Stat. 2827, 2831. This section was originally
designated as section 512. However, because two sections 512 had been
enacted into law in 1998, a technical amendment redesignated this as
section 513. Pub. L. No. 106-44, 113 Stat. 221. See also endnote 2*,
supra.*
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Chapter 6
Manufacturing Requirements and Importation
+ 601. Manufacture, importation, and public distribution of certain
copies
+ 602. Infringing importation of copies or phonorecords
+ 603. Importation prohibitions: Enforcement and disposition of
excluded articles
Section 601. Manufacture, importation, and public distribution of certain
copies [1]
(a) Prior to July 1, 1986, and except as provided by subsection (b), the
importation into or public distribution in the United States of copies
of a work consisting preponderantly of nondramatic literary material
that is in the English language and is protected under this title is
prohibited unless the portions consisting of such material have been
manufactured in the United States or Canada.
(b) The provisions of subsection (a) do not apply-
(1) where, on the date when importation is sought or public distribution
in the United States is made, the author of any substantial part of such
material is neither a national nor a domiciliary of the United States
or, if such author is a national of the United States, he or she has
been domiciled outside the United States for a continuous period of at
least one year immediately preceding that date; in the case of a work
made for hire, the exemption provided by this clause does not apply
unless a substantial part of the work was prepared for an employer or
other person who is not a national or domiciliary of the United States
or a domestic corporation or enterprise;
(2) where the United States Customs Service is presented with an import
statemen
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