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.
Commerce
Computer networksConsumer protectionCopyrightCopyright infringement
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Electronic data interchangeIntellectual propertyInternetLawLiability (Law)Science, Technology, CommunicationsSound recording and reproducingVideo tape recording
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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
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Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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.
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- Introduced in Senate Formatted Text PDF
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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/
"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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