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Subject: Senate Bill S.198
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Date: 26 May 89 01:02:09 GMT
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Here is what the S.198 says:


To amend title 17, United States Code, the Copyright Act to protect

		certain computer programs.


	Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act be cited

as the "computer Software Rental Amendments Act of 1989."

	SEC. 2. Section 109(b) of title 17, United States Code, is 

amended by --

	  (1) amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:

	"(b)(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), unless

authorized by the owners of copyright in the sound recording or the owner 

of copyright in a computer program (including any tape, disk, or other

medium embodying such program), and in the case of a sound recording in 

the musical works embodied therein, neither the owner of a particular copy 

of a computer program (including any tape, disk, or other medium 

embodying such program), may, for the purposes of direct or indirect
 
commercial advantage, dispose of, or authorize the disposal of, the 

possession of that phonorecord or computer program (including any tape,

disk, or other medium embodying such program) by rental, lease, or

lending.  Nothing in the preceding sentence shall apply to the rental, 

lease, or lending of a phonorecord for nonprofit purposes by a nonprofit

library or nonprofit educational institution."; and

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

	"(3) Any person who distributes a phonorecord or a copy of a

computer program (including any tape, disk, or other medium embodying 

such program) in violation of clause (1) is an infringer of copyright 

under section 501 of this title and is subject to the remedies set forth 

in sections 502, 503, 504, 505, and 509.  Such violations shall not be a

criminal offense under section 506 or cause such person to be subject

to the criminal penalties set forth in section 2319 of title 18."