Copyright Law Updates | New Proposed Legislation
August 5, 2010
Senate Passes Leahy-Sessions Bill to Clarify Copyright Laws
Copyright Cleanup, Clarification and Corrections Act of 2010
S. 3689, 8/2/2010
The Senate has unanimously approved legislation sponsored by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Ranking Member Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) to make clarifications and technical fixes in the federal copyright laws.
The Copyright Cleanup, Clarification and Corrections Act was introduced on August 2, 2010 and promptly passed by the Senate. The legislation will implement several recommendations by the Copyright Office to make the Office’s operations more efficient. The bill also clarifies issues of copyright law that are either ambiguous or have been made unclear by recent court decisions.
Among other provisions, the bill will:
- Make statutory changes to facilitate…
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