3.0.0 977 2023-01-11T13:27:23Z 2023-01-11T13:27:23Z Senate S 2015-04-16 114 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-04-16T16:42:26Z American Royalties Too Act of 2015 114 1881 HR 2015-05-15 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. Related bill CRS 2015-04-16 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2015-04-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI N M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2015-04-16 True Commerce Administrative law and regulatory procedures Art, artists, authorship Congressional agencies Congressional oversight Government studies and investigations Intellectual property Library of Congress User charges and fees Commerce 00 2015-04-16 Introduced in Senate 2015-05-04T20:52:18Z American Royalties Too Act of 2015

Expands copyright owners' exclusive rights, in the case of a work of visual art, to include the right to collect or authorize the collection of a royalty if the work is sold by a person other than the author for at least $5,000 in an auction.

Defines "auction" as a public sale of visual art to the highest bidder run by an entity that sold at least $1 million of works of visual art during the previous year.

Revises the term "work of visual art" to make requirements for photographs consistent with requirements for paintings, drawings, and prints. (Currently, a photograph must be a still photographic image produced for exhibition purposes only.)

Limits the amount of such a royalty to the lesser of: (1) 5% of the purchase price; or (2) $35,000, subject to cost-of-living adjustments.

Directs entities conducting such auctions to collect and pay the royalties to a visual artists' copyright collecting society. Requires the collecting society, at least four times each year, to distribute the appropriate royalties (minus administrative expenses) to authors or successor copyright owners.

Requires an author of a work of visual art, in order to be eligible to receive such a royalty, to: (1) be a citizen of, or domiciled in, the United States or a country that provides resale royalty rights; or (2) have first created the work in the United States or a country that provides such royalty rights.

Establishes a copyright infringement offense for the failure to pay such a royalty. Subjects infringers to: (1) statutory damages, and (2) liability for the full royalty.

Prohibits the sale, assignment, or waiver of the right to collect such a royalty, subject to exceptions for works made for hire and transfers of copyright ownership.

Directs the Register of Copyrights to issue regulations governing visual artists' copyright collecting societies.

]]> American Royalties Too Act of 2015 Display Title American Royalties Too Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 17, United States Code, to secure the rights of visual artists to copyright, to provide for resale royalties, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced American Royalties Too Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s977is/xml/BILLS-114s977is.xml 2015-04-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the 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.