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- H.R.12
H.R.12: To amend title 17, United States Code, with respect to infringement of copyright.
About This Bill
- Introduced Jan. 5, 1993
- Latest Major Action Feb. 10, 1993
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Bill Summary
Makes a television broadcast station an infringer of copyright and subject to civil remedies (including attorney's fees and litigation costs) if such station, without the express written consent of the copyright owner, authorizes the secondary transmission by a cable system or other multichannel video programming distributor of a copyrighted work broadcast by such station.
(Source: Library of Congress)
Bill Actions
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Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary.
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and Judicial Administration.
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| Jan. 5, 1993 |
Introduced in the House by William J. Hughes (D-N.J.) |