Pub. L. 101-650, tit. VIII, sec. 803
PUBLIC DISPLAY OF ELECTRONIC VIDEO GAMES.
SEC. 803. PUBLIC DISPLAY OF ELECTRONIC VIDEO GAMES. Section 109 of title 17, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: “(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106(4) and 106(5), in the case of an electronic audiovisual game intended for use in coin-operated equipment, the owner of a particular copy of such a game lawfully made under this title, is entitled, without the authority of the copyright owner of the game, to publicly perform or display that game in coin-operated equipment, except that this subsection shall not apply to any work of authorship embodied in the audiovisual game if the copyright owner of the electronic audio-visual game is not also the copyright owner of the work of authorship.”.