3.0.0 2933 2023-01-11T13:42:28Z 2023-01-11T13:42:28Z Senate S 2018-05-23 115 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-05-23T18:20:03Z 2018-05-23 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2879-2880) IntroReferral 2018-05-23 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR N Commerce Administrative law and regulatory procedures Civil actions and liability Congressional agencies Intellectual property Library of Congress Licensing and registrations Sound recording Commerce 00 2018-05-23 Introduced in Senate 2019-03-07T22:38:21Z Accessibility for Curators, Creators, Educators, Scholars, and Society to Recordings Act or ACCESS to Recordings Act

This bill provides for federal copyright protection to sound recordings fixed before February 15, 1972, which are currently only covered by state law.

The bill also establishes the length of the protection term for various categories of pre-1972 recordings.

To be eligible for statutory damages or attorneys' fees for infringement of a pre-1972 recording, the work must be registered no later than one year after this bill's effective date.

For the first three years after the bill's effective date, the copyright owner of pre-1972 recordings is eligible for statutory damages or attorneys' fees only if it notifies the alleged infringer of the recording's copyright registration and the allegedly infringing acts. The copyright owner may file its lawsuit after 180 days, if the alleged infringement has not ceased.

]]> ACCESS to Recordings Act Display Title ACCESS to Recordings Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 17, United States Code, to clarify ownership with respect to certain copyrights, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced ACCESS to Recordings Act Short Titles as Introduced Accessibility for Curators, Creators, Educators, Scholars, and Society to Recordings Act Introduced in Senate 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s2933is/xml/BILLS-115s2933is.xml 2018-05-23 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2879-2880) 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.