All Information (Except Text) for H.R.2752 - Author, Consumer, and Computer Owner Protection and Security (ACCOPS) Act of 2003
108th Congress (2003-2004)
Author, Consumer, and Computer Owner Protection and Security (ACCOPS) Act of 2003
Official Titles
Official Titles - House of Representatives
Official Title as Introduced
To encourage the development and distribution of creative works by enhancing domestic and international enforcement of the copyright laws, and for other purposes.
Actions Overview (1)
Date
Actions Overview
07/16/2003
Introduced in House
All Actions (4)
Date
All Actions
09/04/2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
Action By: Committee on the Judiciary
07/17/2003
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1496)
Action By: House of Representatives
07/16/2003
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Action By: House of Representatives
07/16/2003
Introduced in House
Action By: House of Representatives
Committees, subcommittees and links to reports associated with this bill are listed here, as well as the nature and date of committee activity and Congressional report number.
Committee / Subcommittee
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Activity
Related Documents
House Judiciary
07/16/2003
Referred to
House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property
09/04/2003
Referred to
Related Bills (0)
Subjects (33)
Subject — Policy Area:
Commerce
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Author, Consumer, and Computer Owner Protection and Security (ACCOPS) Act of 2003 - Amends Federal law to require the National Intellectual Property Law Enforcement Coordination Council to develop guidelines to ensure that its component members share among themselves law enforcement information related to infringement of U.S. copyrighted work.
Requires the Attorney General to report biannually (currently, annually) to specified congressional committees on criminal copyright cases.
Requires the Attorney General, subject to specified limitations, to provide to a foreign authority evidence to assist it in: (1) determining whether a person has violated any of the copyright laws administered or enforced by the foreign authority; and (2) enforcing such laws.
Establishes criminal penalties for the unauthorized placing of a copyrighted work on a computer network accessible to members of the public who are able to copy the work through such access.
Establishes criminal penalties for any person who knowingly offers for download over the Internet enabling software (that, when installed on the user's computer, enables third parties to store data on that computer, or use that computer to search other computers' contents over the Internet) without warning any person downloading such software that it could create a security and privacy risk for the user's computer, and without obtaining the user's prior consent.
Establishes criminal penalties for persons who: (1) provides knowingly and intentionally fraudulent information in registering domain name; or (2) willfully infringe a copyright by the unauthorized reproduction or recording of a motion picture as it is being performed or displayed in a motion picture theater.
Declares that the knowing and intentional provision of material and misleading false contact information to a domain name registrar, domain name registry, or other domain name registration authority in registering such domain shall be considered evidence of willfulness regarding infringements committed by the domain name registrant through the use of such domain.
Author, Consumer, and Computer Owner Protection and Security (ACCOPS) Act of 2003 - Amends Federal law to require the National Intellectual Property Law Enforcement Coordination Council to develop guidelines to ensure that its component members share among themselves law enforcement information related to infringement of U.S. copyrighted work.
Requires the Attorney General to report biannually (currently, annually) to specified congressional committees on criminal copyright cases.
Requires the Attorney General, subject to specified limitations, to provide to a foreign authority evidence to assist it in: (1) determining whether a person has violated any of the copyright laws administered or enforced by the foreign authority; and (2) enforcing such laws.
Establishes criminal penalties for the unauthorized placing of a copyrighted work on a computer network accessible to members of the public who are able to copy the work through such access.
Establishes criminal penalties for any person who knowingly offers for download over the Internet enabling software (that, when installed on the user's computer, enables third parties to store data on that computer, or use that computer to search other computers' contents over the Internet) without warning any person downloading such software that it could create a security and privacy risk for the user's computer, and without obtaining the user's prior consent.
Establishes criminal penalties for persons who: (1) provides knowingly and intentionally fraudulent information in registering domain name; or (2) willfully infringe a copyright by the unauthorized reproduction or recording of a motion picture as it is being performed or displayed in a motion picture theater.
Declares that the knowing and intentional provision of material and misleading false contact information to a domain name registrar, domain name registry, or other domain name registration authority in registering such domain shall be considered evidence of willfulness regarding infringements committed by the domain name registrant through the use of such domain.
