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S. 2913: | Shawn Bentley Orphan Works Act of 2008 | 110th Congress 2007-2008 |
A bill to provide a limitation on judicial remedies in copyright infringement cases involving orphan works. OverviewSponsor: | | Text: | Summary
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Full Text | Cost: | less than
$1
per American over the 2009-2013 period.
| Status: |  | Introduced | Apr 24, 2008 | | Referred to Committee | View Committee Assignments | | Reported by Committee | May 15, 2008 | | Amendments (1 proposed) | View Amendments | | Passed Senate | Sep 26, 2008 |  | House Vote | (did not occur) | | Signed by President | (did not occur) |
This bill never became law.
This bill was proposed in a previous session of Congress. Sessions
of Congress last two years, and at the end of each session all
proposed bills and resolutions that haven't passed are cleared from the books.
Members often reintroduce bills that did not come up for debate
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| Last Action: | Sep 27, 2008:
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. | Related: | See the Related Legislation page for other bills related to this one and a list of subject terms
that have been applied to this bill.
Sometimes the text of one bill or resolution is incorporated into another, and in those cases the original bill or resolution, as it would appear here, would seem to be abandoned. | Votes: | Sep 26, 2008:
This bill passed in the Senate by Unanimous Consent.
A record of each
senator’s position was not kept. |
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Oct 5, 2008 5:32 PM - How will this affect foreign artists who still have copyrights? -
Read AnswersAnswered by a visitor on Oct 6, 2008 11:59 AM -
Absolutely. Both S. 2913 and H.R. 5889 completely fail to properly define and orphan work. Additionally in the case of international disputes most countries honor the shorter of the two Copyright protection time-periods involved. Oct 5, 2008 5:32 PM - Do any other countries have this law, or one similar to it? -
Read AnswersAnswered by a visitor on Oct 6, 2008 12:21 PM -
Only Canada has something similar to this. As it is the U.S. barely complies with the Berne Treaty. According to this treaty a creator owns and controls his/her work from the moment of creation without having to register it. S. 2913 and H.R. 5889 essentially make registration mandatory and provide a loophole that greatly shortens the protection period both of which violate the agreement signed at the Berne Convention. I don't know if Congress realizes or cares that these bills impact with an international treaty. The Senate Judiciary refused to answer the question. |
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