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S.977: American Royalties Too Act of 2015
About This Bill
- Introduced April 16, 2015
- Latest Major Action April 16, 2015
- See the two similar bills introduced in other congresses.
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Bill Summary
American Royalties Too Act of 2015 Expands copyright owners' exclusive rights, in the case of a work of visual art, to include the right to collect or authorize the collection of a royalty if the work is sold by a person other than the author for at least $5,000 in an auction. Defines "auction" as a public sale of visual art to the highest bidder run by an entity that sold at least $1 million of works of visual art during the previous year....
(Source: Library of Congress)
Bill Actions
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| April 16, 2015 |
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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| April 16, 2015 |
Introduced in the Senate by Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) |