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H.R.5211
Title: To amend title 17, United States Code, to limit the liability of copyright owners for protecting their works on peer-to-peer networks.
Sponsor: Rep Berman, Howard L. [CA-26] (introduced 7/25/2002) Cosponsors (4)
Latest Major Action: 8/20/2002 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
SUMMARY AS OF:
7/25/2002--Introduced.
Amends Federal copyright law to protect a copyright owner from liability in any criminal or civil action for impairing, with appropriate technology, the unauthorized distribution, display, performance, or reproduction of his or her copyrighted work on a publicly accessible peer-to-peer file trading network, if such impairment does not, without authorization, alter, delete, or otherwise impair the integrity of any computer file or data residing on the computer of a file trader.
Denies such liability protection to a copyright owner who does not comply with certain notification requirements or who: (1) impairs the availability within a publicly accessible peer-to-peer file trading network of a computer file or data that does not contain a work in which the owner has an exclusive copyright; (2) causes economic loss to any person other than affected file traders; or (3) causes other economic loss of more than $50.00 per impairment to the property of the affected file trader.
Conditions a copyright owner's protection from liability upon seven-days' notice to the Department of Justice of the specific technologies intended for use to impair unauthorized distribution, display, performance, or reproduction of a copyrighted work. Requires notice as well, upon request, to an affected file trader or the assignee of an Internet Protocol address used by an affected file trader.
Provides for a cause of action against a copyright owner for wrongful impairment, including an action by the Attorney General for injunctive relief in certain circumstances.
MAJOR ACTIONS:
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ALL ACTIONS:
- 7/25/2002:
- Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1395-1396)
- 7/25/2002:
- Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- 8/20/2002:
- Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
TITLE(S): (italics indicate a title for a portion of a bill)
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COSPONSORS(4), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]: (Sort: by date)
Rep Coble, Howard [NC-6] - 7/25/2002
Rep Keller, Ric [FL-8] - 10/8/2002
Rep Smith, Lamar [TX-21] - 7/25/2002
Rep Wexler, Robert [FL-19] - 7/25/2002
COMMITTEE(S):
| Committee/Subcommittee: | Activity: | |
| House Judiciary | Referral, In Committee | Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property | Referral |
RELATED BILL DETAILS:
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AMENDMENT(S):
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