3.0.0 6052 2023-01-12T17:52:20Z 2023-01-12T17:52:20Z House H HR 2006-09-12 109 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing Referred to 2006-09-12T16:30:51Z 2006-09-12 Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2006-09-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2006-09-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S000583 Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21] LAMAR SMITH R TX 21 N Commerce Administrative fees Administrative procedure Administrative remedies Alternative dispute resolution Arts, Culture, Religion Authors and authorship Broadband Civil actions and liability Commercial arbitration Computer crimes Congress Congressional agencies Congressional reporting requirements Contracts Copyright Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal investigation Damages Data banks Department of Justice East Asia Electronic data interchange Employee training Europe Evidence (Law) Executive reorganization Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Federal law enforcement officers Federal libraries Federal preemption Fees Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Hong Kong Hungary Injunctions Intellectual property Interactive media Interest International Affairs International cooperation Labor and Employment Larceny Law Liability (Law) Library of Congress License agreements Licenses Music Organized crime Police training Prosecution Public prosecutors Public records Sales promotion Science, Technology, Communications Sound recording and reproducing State laws Telecommunication industry Commerce 00 2006-09-12 Introduced in House 2006-11-01T16:46:40Z Copyright Modernization Act of 2006 - Section 115 Reform Act of 2006 - Sets forth provisions governing compulsory licenses for digital phonorecord deliveries and hybrid offerings that cover the making and distribution of general and incidental digital phonorecord deliveries in the form of full downloads, limited downloads, interactive streams, and any other form constituting a digital phonorecord delivery or hybrid offering.

Requires the Register of Copyrights to designate a General Designated Agent to grant and administer licenses and collect and distribute royalties payable for the use of musical works licensed under this Act.

Orphan Works Act of 2006 - Limits the remedies available in a copyright infringement action if the infringer proves that: (1) the infringer performed and documented a reasonably diligent search in good faith to identify and locate the copyright owner before using the work, but was unable to locate the owner; and (2) the infringing use of the work provided attribution to the author and owner of the copyright, if known.

Copyright Protection Resources Authorization Act of 2006 -Provides that a certificate of registration of a copyright satisfies the registration requirements even when it contains inaccurate information, unless: (1) the information was included on the application with knowledge that it was inaccurate; and (2) the inaccurate information, if known, would have caused the Register of Copyrights to refuse registration.

Directs the Attorney General to: (1) create an operational unit of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to assist in the investigation and coordination of intellectual property crimes; and (2) create a task force to develop and implement a plan to investigate and prosecute international organized crime syndicates involved in theft of intellectual property.

]]> Copyright Modernization Act of 2006 Display Title Copyright Modernization Act of 2006 Official Title as Introduced To amend title 17, United States Code, to provide for licensing of digital delivery of musical works and to provide for limitation of remedies in cases in which the copyright owner cannot be located, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Copyright Modernization Act of 2006 Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Copyright Protection Resources Authorization Act of 2006 Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Orphan Works Act of 2006 Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Section 115 Reform Act of 2006 Introduced in House 2006-09-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr6052ih/xml/BILLS-109hr6052ih.xml 2006-09-12 Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.