SJRES 51
107th Congress
Senate
Commerce
Computer networks
Consumer protection
Copyright
Copyright infringement
Electronic data interchange
Intellectual property
Internet
Law
Liability (Law)
Science, Technology, Communications
Sound recording and reproducing
Video tape recording
Consumer Technology Bill of Rights
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
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
Plain-English summary
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.
What's happening now
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
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