[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.J. Res. 116 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. J. RES. 116

To recognize the rights of consumers to use copyright protected works, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 7, 2002

 Mr. Cox introduced the following joint resolution; which was referred 
to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
To recognize the rights of consumers to use copyright protected works, 
                        and for other purposes.

    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Joint Resolution may be referred to as the ``Consumer 
Technology Bill of Rights''.

SEC. 2. RECOGNITION OF RIGHTS.

    It is the sense of Congress that, with respect to all electronic 
media in United States commerce, consumers who legally acquire 
copyrighted and non-copyrighted works should be free to use these works 
in non-commercial ways. The enumeration of rights in section 3, which 
shall be known as the Consumer Technology Bill of Rights, sets forth 
the rights of all Americans to personal control of information and 
entertainment content they have lawfully acquired and from which they 
do not intend to profit.

SEC. 3. ENUMERATION OF RIGHTS.

    The following are the rights of consumers in legally acquired 
copyrighted and non-copyrighted works:
            (1) Users have the right to record legally acquired video 
        or audio for later viewing or listening (popularly referred to 
        as ``time-shifting'').
             (2) Users have the right to use legally acquired content 
        in different places (popularly referred to as ``space-
        shifting'').
            (3) Users have the right to archive or make backup copies 
        of their content for use in the event that the original copies 
        are destroyed.
            (4) Users have the right to use legally acquired content on 
        the electronic platform or device of their choice.
            (5) Users have the right to translate legally acquired 
        content into comparable formats.
            (6) Users have the right to use technology in order to 
        achieve the rights enumerated in paragraphs (1) through (5).
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