Orphan Works Legislation

Title: To provide a limitation on judicial remedies in copyright infringement cases involving orphan works.

The full text of this bill is available on Thomas.

Title: A bill to provide a limitation on judicial remedies in copyright infringement cases involving orphan works.

The full text of this bill is available on Thomas.

Title

A BILL to amend title 17, United States Code, to provide for licensing of digital delivery of musical works and to provide for limitation of remedies in cases in which the copyright owner cannot be located, and for other purposes.

• Full text of Sep 11, 2006 Draft (PDF)
• Rep. Smith Amendment - Sep 19, 2006 (PDF)

A Bill to amend Title 17, United States Code, to provide for limitation of remedies in cases in which the copyright owner cannot be located, and for other purposes.

The full text of this bill is available here (PDF).

Status

Introduced on Jan. 25, 2005 in the U.S. Senate. Senate passed S.167 on Feb. 1, 2005 on voice vote. Was approved by the House Judiciary Committee on March 9, 2005. The bill passed the House on April 19, 2005. President Bush signed it into law (PL 109-9) on April 27.

Full text of the bill are available here.

Summary

As the 109th Congress begins, legislation from the 108th Congress was sure to reappear. The first of these bills is the “Family Entertainment and Copyright Act of 2005,” or S.167. This bill encompasses a number of elements from last year: