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SJRES 51 107th Congress Senate

Consumer Technology Bill of Rights

Official title: A resolution to recognize the rights of consumers to use copyright protected works, and for other purposes.

Introduced: October 17, 2002 Introduced by: Wyden, Ron Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov
Commerce Computer networksConsumer protectionCopyrightCopyright infringement
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Electronic data interchangeIntellectual propertyInternetLawLiability (Law)Science, Technology, CommunicationsSound recording and reproducingVideo tape recording
This bill died when the 107th Congress ended
It never became law before the 107th Congress (2001–2002) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Oct 17, 2002
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Oct 17, 2002
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10729)
Oct 17, 2002
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action October 17, 2002

Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Consumer Technology Bill of Rights - Expresses the sense of Congress that U.S. copyright law should not prohibit a consumer of information or entertainment content distributed via electronic media from engaging in the reasonable, personal, and noncommercial exercise of the following rights with respect to works that the consumer has legally acquired: (1) the right to record legally acquired video or audio for later viewing or listening (popularly referred to as `time-shifting'); (2) the right to use legally acquired content in different places (popularly referred to as 'space-shifting'); (3) the right to archive or make backup copies of legally acquired content for use in the event that the original copies are destroyed; (4) the right to use legally acquired content on the electronic platform or device of the consumer's choice; (5) the right to translate legally acquired content into comparable formats; and (6) the right to use technology in order to achieve such enumerated rights.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S.J. Res. 51: Consumer Technology Bill of Rights. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-SJRES-51/
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"S.J. Res. 51: Consumer Technology Bill of Rights." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-SJRES-51/.
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S.J. Res. 51, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-SJRES-51/.
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