Public Law 115-261, Marrakesh Treaty Implementation Act

Public Law 115-261, the Marrakesh Treaty Implementation Act, took effect on October 9, 2018. It changed 16 parts of the United States Code.

Title 17, Section 121(a): amended. Inserted “in the United States” after “distribute” in section 121(a) of title 17.

Title 17, Section 121(a): amended. Struck “, nondramatic” in section 121(a) of title 17.

Title 17, Section 121(a): amended. Inserted “or of a previously published musical work that has been fixed in the form of text or notation” after “literary work” in section 121(a) of title 17.

Title 17, Section 121(a): amended. Struck “specialized formats” and inserted “accessible formats” in section 121(a) of title 17.

Title 17, Section 121(a): amended. Replaced “blind or other persons with disabilities” with “eligible persons” in section 121(a).

Title 17, Section 121(b)(1)(A): amended. Inserted “in the United States” after “distributed” in section 121(b)(1)(A).

Title 17, Section 121(b)(1)(A): amended. Replaced “a specialized format” with “an accessible format” in section 121(b)(1)(A).

Title 17, Section 121(b)(1)(A): amended. Replaced “blind or other persons with disabilities” with “eligible persons” in section 121(b)(1)(A).

Title 17, Section 121(b)(1)(B): amended. Replaced “a specialized format” with “an accessible format” in section 121(b)(1)(B).

Title 17, Section 121(c)(3): amended. Replaced “specialized formats” with “accessible formats” in section 121(c)(3).

Title 17, Section 121(d): amended. Struck paragraphs (2) and (4) in section 121(d).

Title 17, Section 121(d): renumbered. Renumbered paragraph (1) as paragraph (2) in section 121(d).

Title 17, Section 121(d): renumbered. Renumbered paragraph (3) as paragraph (4) in section 121(d) of title 17.

Title 17, Section 121(d): amended. Inserted “(1) ‘accessible format’ means an alternative manner or form that gives an eligible person access to the work when the copy or phonorecord in the accessible format is used exclusively by the eligible person to permit him or her to have access as feasibly and comfortably as a person without such disability as described in paragraph (3);” before paragraph (2), as so redesignated, in section 121(d) of title 17.

Title 17, Section 121(d): amended. Inserted "eligible person" after paragraph (2) in section 121(d).

Title 17, Section 121(d)(4): amended. Replaced “; and” with a period at the end of paragraph (4), as so redesignated, in section 121(d) of title 17.