3.0.0 5889 2019-11-15T21:37:46Z 2022-02-08T17:27:15Z House H HR 2008-04-24 110 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju03 Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee Reported by 2008-05-07T20:07:58Z Markup by 2008-05-07T20:07:38Z Referred to 2008-04-28T20:25:48Z Referred to 2008-04-24T14:01:40Z Shawn Bentley Orphan Works Act of 2008 110 2913 S 2008-09-27 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS 2008-05-07 hsju03 Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote . Committee 2008-05-07 hsju03 Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Committee 2008-04-28 hsju03 Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property. Committee 2008-04-24 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2008-04-24 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2008-04-24 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B000410 Rep. Berman, Howard L. [D-CA-28] HOWARD BERMAN D CA L. 28 N S000583 Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21] LAMAR SMITH R TX 21 2008-04-24 True C000714 Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] JOHN CONYERS D MI 14 2008-04-24 True C000556 Rep. Coble, Howard [R-NC-6] HOWARD COBLE R NC 6 2008-04-24 True Commerce Administrative procedure Alternative dispute resolution Congress Congressional investigations Congressional reporting requirements Copyright Data banks Governmental investigations Intellectual property Law Legislation Science, Technology, Communications Commerce 00 2008-04-24 Introduced in House 2008-07-24T14:08:10Z Orphan Works Act of 2008 - Limits the remedies in a civil action brought for infringement of copyright in an orphan work if the infringer proves that: (1) the infringer performed and documented a reasonably diligent search in good faith to locate the copyright owner before using the work, but was unable to locate the owner; (2) a Notice of Use was filed with the Register of Copyrights before the work was used; and (3) the infringing use of the work provided attribution to the owner of the copyright, if known.

Permits an award of reasonable compensation for the use of the infringed work, except if: (1) the infringement is performed without any commercial advantage and for primarily a charitable, religious, scholarly, or educational purpose; and (2) the infringer ceases the infringement expeditiously after receiving notice of the claim for infringement.

Directs the Register of Copyrights to: (1) undertake a certification process for the establishment of an electronic database to facilitate the search for pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works that are subject to copyright protection; and (2) study and report to Congress on remedies for copyright infringement claims by an individual copyright owner or a related group of copyright owners seeking small amounts of monetary relief.

Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on the function of the deposit requirement in the copyright registration system .

]]> Orphan Works Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Orphan Works Act of 2008 Display Title Orphan Works Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced To provide a limitation on judicial remedies in copyright infringement cases involving orphan works. Introduced in House 2008-04-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr5889ih/xml/BILLS-110hr5889ih.xml 2008-05-07 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote . 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.