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112 STAT. 2870 PUBLIC LAW 105-304—OCT. 28, 1998 in subsection (2), provided such technological means does not otherwise violate section (a)(2). "(k) CERTAIN ANALOG DEVICES AND CERTAIN TECHNOLOGICAL MEASURES. — " (1) CERTAIN ANALOG DEVICES.— Effective date. "(A) Effective 18 months after the date of the enactment of this chapter, no person shall manufacture, import, offer to the public, provide or otherwise traffic in any— "(i) VHS format analog video cassette recorder unless such recorder conforms to the automatic gain control copy control technology; "(ii) 8mm format analog video cassette camcorder unless such camcorder conforms to the automatic gain control technology; "(iii) Beta format analog video cassette recorder, unless such recorder conforms to the automatic gain control copy cont 'ol technology, except that this requirement shall not apply until there are 1,000 Beta format analog video cassette recorders sold in the United States in any one calendar year after the date of the enactment of this chapter; "(iv) 8mm format analog video cassette recorder that is not an analog video cassette camcorder, unless such recorder conforms to the automatic gain control copy control technology, except that this requirement shall not apply until there are 20,000 such recorders sold in the United States in any one calendar year after the date of the enactment of this chapter; or "(v) analog video cassette recorder that records using an NTSC format video input and that is not otherwise covered under clauses (i) through (iv), unless such device conforms to the automatic gain control copy control technology. Effective date. "(B) Effective on the date of the enactment of this chapter, no person shall manufacture, import, offer to the public, provide or otherwise traffic in— "(i) any VHS format analog video cassette recorder or any 8mm format analog video cassette recorder if the design of the model of such recorder has been modified after such date of enactment so that a model of recorder that previously conformed to the automatic gain control copy control technology no longer conforms to such technology; or "(ii) any VHS format analog video cassette recorder, or any 8mm format analog video cassette recorder that is not an 8mm analog video cassette camcorder, if the design of the model of such recorder has been modified after such date of enactment so \ that a model of recorder that previously conformed to the four-line colorstripe copy control technology no longer conforms to such technology. Manufacturers that have not previously manufactured or sold a VHS format analog video cassette recorder, or an 8mm format analog cassette recorder, shall be required to conform to the four-line colorstripe copy control technology in the initial model of any such recorder manufactured after the date of the enactment of this chapter,