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All Information (Except Text) for H.R.1201 - Freedom and Innovation Revitalizing U.S. Entrepreneurship Act of 2007 110th Congress (2007-2008)

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Sponsor: Rep. Boucher, Rick [D-VA-9] (Introduced 02/27/2007)
Committees: House - Judiciary
Latest Action: House - 03/19/2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.  (All Actions)
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Short Titles as Introduced

Freedom and Innovation Revitalizing U.S. Entrepreneurship Act of 2007

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Official Title as Introduced

To amend title 17, United States Code, to promote innovation, to encourage the introduction of new technology, to enhance library preservation efforts, and to protect the fair use rights of consumers, and for other purposes.

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02/27/2007 Introduced in House

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03/19/2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
Action By: Committee on the Judiciary
02/27/2007 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Action By: House of Representatives
02/27/2007 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E407-408)
Action By: House of Representatives
02/27/2007 Introduced in House
Action By: House of Representatives

Cosponsors (17)

Cosponsor Date Cosponsored
Rep. Doolittle, John T. [R-CA-4]* 02/27/2007
Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-16]* 02/27/2007
Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] 05/09/2007
Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51] 05/17/2007
Rep. Franks, Trent [R-AZ-2] 07/18/2007
Rep. Sali, Bill [R-ID-1] 09/07/2007
Rep. Kline, John [R-MN-2] 09/19/2007
Rep. Akin, W. Todd [R-MO-2] 09/19/2007
Rep. Weldon, Dave [R-FL-15] 09/19/2007
Resident Commissioner Fortuno, Luis G. [R-PR-At Large] 09/19/2007
Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1] 09/19/2007
Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4] 09/26/2007
Rep. Burton, Dan [R-IN-5] 10/02/2007
Rep. Walberg, Timothy [R-MI-7] 10/02/2007
Rep. McCotter, Thaddeus G. [R-MI-11] 12/05/2007
Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1] 12/18/2007
Rep. Tiahrt, Todd [R-KS-4] 01/15/2008

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Cosponsors Who Withdrew Date Cosponsored Date Withdrawn CR Explanation
Rep. Pickering, Charles W. "Chip" [R-MS-3] 10/30/2007 12/11/2007 --
Rep. Pitts, Joseph R. [R-PA-16] 09/19/2007 12/13/2007 --
Rep. Boozman, John [R-AR-3] 09/26/2007 12/19/2007 --
Rep. Souder, Mark E. [R-IN-3] 09/20/2007 04/30/2008 --

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Committee / Subcommittee Date Activity Related Documents
House Judiciary 02/27/2007 Referred to
House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property 03/19/2007 Referred to

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Introduced in House (02/27/2007)

Freedom and Innovation Revitalizing U.S. Entrepreneurship Act of 2007 - Requires U.S. courts to remit statutory damages for secondary infringement of copyright, with the exception of cases in which the copyright owner sustains the burden of proving, and the court finds, that the act or acts constituting secondary infringement were done under circumstances in which no reasonable person could have believed such conduct to be lawful.

Prohibits any person from being liable for copyright infringement based on the design, manufacture, or distribution of a hardware device or of a component of such device if the device is capable of substantial, commercially significant noninfringing use.

Makes the prohibition on the circumvention of a technological measure (to descramble a scrambled work, to decrypt an encrypted work, or to otherwise avoid, bypass, remove, deactivate, or impair a technological measure without the authority of the copyright owner) that effectively controls access to a protected work non-applicable to a person by reason of that person's engaging in a noninfringing use of any of the six classes of of copyrighted works set forth in the determination of the Librarian of Congress in Docket No. RM 2005-11, as published as a final rule by the Copyright Office, Library of Congress, effective November 27, 2006.

Excludes specified acts of circumvention from such prohibition.