3.0.0 905 2023-01-11T13:34:58Z 2023-01-11T13:34:58Z House HR 2017-02-07 115 [Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 21 (Tuesday, February 7, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. FARENTHOLD:H.R. 905.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 8 of the United StatesConstitution[Page H1084]]]> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing Referred to 2017-02-07T15:02:15Z 2017-02-07 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2017-02-07 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2017-02-07 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress F000460 Rep. Farenthold, Blake [R-TX-27] Blake Farenthold R TX 27 N P000598 Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2] Jared Polis D CO 2 2017-02-07 True L000587 Rep. Lewis, Jason [R-MN-2] Jason Lewis R MN 2 2017-03-06 False F000466 Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-8] Brian Fitzpatrick R PA K. 8 2017-09-26 False Commerce Computer security and identity theft Computers and information technology Intellectual property Lease and rental services Retail and wholesale trades Commerce 00 2017-02-07 Introduced in House 2017-03-02T22:38:20Z You Own Devices Act

This bill amends federal copyright law to allow the owner of a machine or other product operated in any part by a computer program to transfer an authorized copy of the computer program, or the right to obtain such copy, when the owner sells, leases, or otherwise transfers the machine or product to another person. The bill prohibits such right to transfer the computer program from being waived by any agreement.

Any right to receive modifications to such a computer program relating to security or error correction that applied to the owner of the machine or product shall apply to the person to whom the machine or product and the copy of the computer program are transferred.

Nothing in this bill should be construed to permit the owner to retain an unauthorized copy of the computer program after such a transfer.

]]> You Own Devices Act Display Title You Own Devices Act Official Title as Introduced To amend title 17, United States Code, to provide that the first sale doctrine applies to any computer program that enables a machine or other product to operate, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced You Own Devices Act Introduced in House 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr905ih/xml/BILLS-115hr905ih.xml 2017-02-07 Referred to the House 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.