S. 978 · 112th Congress
A bill to amend the criminal penalty provision for criminal infringement of a copyright, and for other…
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A bill to amend the criminal penalty provision for criminal infringement of a copyright, and for other purposes.
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Amends the federal criminal code to provide for imprisonment for up to 5 years, a fine, or both, for criminal infringement of a copyright where the offense consists of 10 or more public performances by electronic means, during any 180-day period, of one or more copyrighted works and where: (1) the total retail value of the performances, or the total…
What it does: CRS summary · Reported to Senate without amendment · Jun 20, 2011
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Amends the federal criminal code to provide for imprisonment for up to 5 years, a fine, or both, for criminal infringement of a copyright where the offense consists of 10 or more public performances by electronic means, during any 180-day period, of one or more copyrighted works and where: (1) the total retail value of the performances, or the total economic value of such performances to the infringer or to the copyright owner, would exceed $2,500; or (2) the total fair market value of licenses to offer performances of those works would exceed $5,000.
Includes, within copyright provisions protecting works from criminal infringement, the public performance of a work being prepared for commercial distribution.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: A bill to amend the criminal penalty provision for criminal infringement of a copyright, and for other purposes.
Latest action (Jun 22, 2011): Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 112-922.
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement · Origin: Senate · Introduced: May 12, 2011
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.