Copyrights Bill [Passed]

[Sam Spade]

I would hope that Ernest will provide us some amendments to Clause 5 that was already passed.  ty

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Would the PPT be so kind as to give the text of this bill as it currently stands.

[Ebowed]

Here is the current text of the bill

Copyrights Bill

1. U.S. Code Title 17, Chapter 3, Section 2, Clause 1 is amended to read "Copyright in a work created on or after January 1, 1978, subsists from its creation and, except as provided by the following subsections, endures for a term consisting of twenty-five years or until the death of the owner, whichever occurs first."
2. U.S. Code Title 17, Chapter 3, Section 2, Clause 2 is amended to read "In the case of a joint work prepared by two or more authors who did not work for hire, the copyright endures for a term consisting of twenty-five years or until the death of the last owner of the copyright, whichever occurs first."
3. U.S. Code Title 17, Chapter 3, Section 2, Clause 3 is amended to read "In the case of an anonymous work, a pseudonymous work, or a work made for hire, the copyright endures for a term of 20 years from the year of its first publication, or a term of 25 years from the year of its creation, whichever expires first."
4. No person shall face more severe penalties for the use of computers or the Internet in copying, sharing, or distributing copyrighted music, movie, television, text, image, or software files than if computers or the Internet had not been used.
5. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (17 U.S.C. §§ 512, 1201–1205, 1301–1332; 28 U.S.C. § 4001 and amendments to 17 U.S.C. §§ 101, 104, 104A, 108, 112, 114, 117, 701) are repealed.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

I propose the following single amendment:

1. Section 5 of this bill is struck

2. The following are added as new sections 5, 6, and 7:
5. Section 102 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 is repealed.

6. Section 103 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 is repealed along with any amendments made by later law to chapter 12 of Title 17, Copyrights.

7. Title II of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 is repealed.

8. Title V of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 is repealed along with any amendments made by later law to chapter 13 of Title 17, Copyrights.


This amendment changes the blanket repeal of the DMCA to a repeal of just those sections that I've heard any complaints about .  Assuming this amendment passes, I have two further amendments.

Section 7 of this bill is struck and all later sections renumbered accordingly.

Section 5 of this bill is struck and all later sections renumbered accordingly.

[Ebowed]

We are voting on the following amendment

I. Sections 1, 2, and 3 of the bill are struck.

II. A new section 1 is added as follows:
1. It shall be the policy of the Republic of Atlasia that once granted the terms of copyrights should neither be increased or reduced.

III. A new section 2 is added as follows:
2. As of the date of the passage of this Act, any change in the term of copyright of a protected work caused by a change in the law after the date of first publication shall be null and void and the applicable term shall be that called for under the law at the time of first publication.  Any royalties due the copyright holder resulting from such a nullified change in the copyright term for a work published publication after the expiration of the original term the copyright and prior to the date of the passage of this Act shall still be due the copyright holder.

IV. A new section 3 is added as follows:
3. As of the date of the passage of this Act, the term of a copyright granted by the Republic of Atlasia shall be the minimum term required under Article 7 of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works as in force as of the date of the passage of this Act.  Works for hire shall be treated as anonymous works save that moral rights under Article 6bis of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works shall be held by the hirer and not by the anonymous author(s).

[Brandon H]

Aye

[DownWithTheLeft]

Aye

[Sam Spade]

Aye.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Aye

[PBrunsel]

Aye

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Aye

[Ebowed]

The amendment passes.

[Јas]

Voting is now open on the following amendment:

I propose the following single amendment:

1. Section 5 of this bill is struck

2. The following are added as new sections 5, 6, and 7:
5. Section 102 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 is repealed.

6. Section 103 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 is repealed along with any amendments made by later law to chapter 12 of Title 17, Copyrights.

7. Title II of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 is repealed.

8. Title V of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 is repealed along with any amendments made by later law to chapter 13 of Title 17, Copyrights.

[Brandon H]

DMCA I'm now going to read over each of these sections.

[Sam Spade]

Aye.  And I wish to take over introducing Ernest's amendments, if necessary.

[Ebowed]

Aye

[Brandon H]

Aye

[minionofmidas]

Aye

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Aye

[Јas]

The amendment passes with a majority of Senators (5 out of the current 9) having cast votes in favour.

Voting is now open on two further amendments from Ernest.
Please vote Aye, Nay or Abstain on both of the following.

Section 7 of this bill is struck and all later sections renumbered accordingly.

Section 5 of this bill is struck and all later sections renumbered accordingly.

[Ebowed]

1. Nay
2. Nay

[Brandon H]

Nay
Nay

[Sam Spade]

1 Aye
2 Aye

[DownWithTheLeft]

Aye
Nay

[PBrunsel]

Aye
Aye