By Jan Jensen and Ryan Smith of Zuber & Taillieu LLP
The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that a webcasting service that provides users with customized internet radio stations is not an “interactive service” under 17 U.S.C. section 114(j)(7), and therefore need not pay individual licensing fees to sound recording copyright holders. In Arista Records, LLC et al v.… More...
The Senate Judiciary Committee has passed the Satellite Television Modernization Act of 2009, S. 1670, a bill that would amend and extend through December 31, 2014, the requirement that satellite carriers pay royalty fees to the Copyright Office for transmission of certain copyrighted broadcasts. More...
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed by a vote of 394-11 the Satellite Home Viewer Reauthorization Act of 2009 (“SHVRA”), H.R. 3570. More...
U.S. Representatives Williaml Delahunt (D-MA), Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) and Jerry Nadler (D-NY) have introduced the Design Piracy Prohibition Act, bipartisan legislation which provides copyright protections to fashion designs. More...
The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee has conducted hearings on the Performance Rights Act (H.R. 848), a bill to require over-the-air radio broadcasters to pay performance rights royalties to performers and recording owners. More...
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and senior panel member Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) have unveiled legislation that will reduce the theft of U.S. intellectual property around the world -- including the piracy of American films, the counterfeiting of American-designed products and other violations of U.S. intellectual property rights ("IPR") worldwide. More...
House Representative John Conyers, Jr. (MI) has filed a bill entitled 'Fair Copyright in Research Works Act’ that seeks to protect the rights of authors and publishers of copyrighted, peer-reviewed scientific journal articles.
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The U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property (“House Subcommittee”) approved a bill seeking to provide fair compensation to artists for use of their sound recordings. The bill, known as “The Performance Rights Act of 2007,” will remove a More...
The Senate placed a bill on the legislative calendar that would provide a limit on judicial remedies available in copyright cases involving orphan works. The bill, which has a counterpart in the House of Representatives, is known as the Shawn Bentley Orphan Works Act of 2008 and is sponsored by More...
Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (VT) and Rep. Howard L. Berman (CA) introduced this bill in chambers on December 18, 2007. The bill is described, “A bill to provide fair compensation to artists for use of their sound recordings,” and shall be also known as the “Performance Rights Act.” This bill More...
Rep. Steve Chabot (OH) introduced this bill, together with three co-sponsors, on July 24, 2007. The proposed legislation is “to amend titles 17 and 18, United States Code, to strengthen the protection of intellectual property, and for other purposes” and may be cited as the “Intellectual More...
