Public Domain Enhancement Act
Latest action · Sep 4, 2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 25, 2003
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Public Domain Enhancement Act - Amends Federal copyright law to require the Register of Copyrights to charge a fee of $1 for maintaining in force the copyright in any published U.S. work. Requires the fee to be due 50 years after the date of first publication or on December 31, 2004, whichever occurs later, and every ten years thereafter until the end of the copyright term. Terminates the copyright unless payment of the applicable maintenance fee is received in the Copyright Office on or before its due date or within a grace period of six months thereafter.
Deems any ancillary or promotional work used in connection with the maintained work, such as an advertisement for a motion picture, also to be maintained in force.
Requires the: (1) maintenance fee to be accompanied by a form prescribed by the Register of Copyrights; and (2) the Register to establish procedures to minimize the burden of submitting the form, including procedures to allow the electronic submission of the form to the Office, and to make the information contained in such forms easily accessible to the public.
Cosponsors 13
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 25, 2003 to Oct 5, 2004, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-CA | John T. Doolittle | Original | Jun 25, 2003 |
| D-VA | Rick Boucher | Jul 9, 2003 | |
| D-NY | Major R. Owens | Jul 14, 2003 | |
| D-CA | Fortney Pete Stark | Jul 17, 2003 | |
| R-CT | Christopher Shays | Jul 23, 2003 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Sep 5, 2003 | |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Sep 5, 2003 | |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Sep 10, 2003 | |
| R-SD | William J. Janklow | Sep 10, 2003 | |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Feb 24, 2004 | |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Feb 24, 2004 | |
| D-NJ | Robert E. Andrews | Feb 24, 2004 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Oct 5, 2004 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 4, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
- Jun 25, 2003Introduced in House
- Jun 25, 2003Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
- Administrative fees
- Administrative procedure
- Advertising
- Commerce
- Congress
- Congressional agencies
- Copyright
- Economics and Public Finance
- Electronic data interchange
- Electronic government information
- Fees
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Intellectual property
- Law
- Library of Congress
- Sales promotion
- Science, Technology, Communications
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