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Author, Consumer, and Computer Owner Protection and Security (ACCOPS) Act of 2003

Introduced: July 16, 2003 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 4, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
Jul 17, 2003
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1496)
Jul 16, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jul 16, 2003
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Author, Consumer, and Computer Owner Protection and Security (ACCOPS) Act of 2003 - Amends Federal law to require the National Intellectual Property Law Enforcement Coordination Council to develop guidelines to ensure that its component members share among themselves law enforcement information related to infringement of U.S. copyrighted work.

Requires the Attorney General to report biannually (currently, annually) to specified congressional committees on criminal copyright cases.

Requires the Attorney General, subject to specified limitations, to provide to a foreign authority evidence to assist it in: (1) determining whether a person has violated any of the copyright laws administered or enforced by the foreign authority; and (2) enforcing such laws.

Establishes criminal penalties for the unauthorized placing of a copyrighted work on a computer network accessible to members of the public who are able to copy the work through such access.

Establishes criminal penalties for any person who knowingly offers for download over the Internet enabling software (that, when installed on the user's computer, enables third parties to store data on that computer, or use that computer to search other computers' contents over the Internet) without warning any person downloading such software that it could create a security and privacy risk for the user's computer, and without obtaining the user's prior consent.

Establishes criminal penalties for persons who: (1) provides knowingly and intentionally fraudulent information in registering domain name; or (2) willfully infringe a copyright by the unauthorized reproduction or recording of a motion picture as it is being performed or displayed in a motion picture theater.

Declares that the knowing and intentional provision of material and misleading false contact information to a domain name registrar, domain name registry, or other domain name registration authority in registering such domain shall be considered evidence of willfulness regarding infringements committed by the domain name registrant through the use of such domain.

What's happening now September 4, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2