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H.R.862 - You Own Devices Act 114th Congress (2015-2016)

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Sponsor: Rep. Farenthold, Blake [R-TX-27] (Introduced 02/11/2015)
Committees: House - Judiciary
Latest Action: House - 03/16/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.  (All Actions)
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Introduced in House (02/11/2015)


114th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 862


To amend title 17, United States Code, to provide that the first sale doctrine applies to any computer program that enables a machine or other product to operate.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 11, 2015

Mr. Farenthold (for himself and Mr. Polis) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To amend title 17, United States Code, to provide that the first sale doctrine applies to any computer program that enables a machine or other product to operate.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short Title.

This Act may be cited as the “You Own Devices Act”.

SEC. 2. First Sale Doctrine and Certain Computer Programs.

(a) In General.—Section 109 of title 17, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(f) Transfer of Certain Computer Programs.—

“(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 106 or section 117, if a computer program enables any part of a machine or other product to operate, the owner of the machine or other product is entitled to transfer an authorized copy of the computer program, or the right to obtain such copy, when the owner sells, leases, or otherwise transfers the machine or other product to another person. The right to transfer provided under this subsection may not be waived by any agreement.

“(2) SECURITY AND ERROR CORRECTION.—Any right to receive modifications to the computer program described in paragraph (1) relating in whole or in part to security or error correction that applied to the owner of the machine or other product described in paragraph (1) shall apply to the person to whom the machine or product and the copy of the computer program are transferred.

“(3) TREATMENT OF UNAUTHORIZED COPIES.—Nothing in this subsection should be construed as permitting the owner of a machine or other product to retain an unauthorized copy of the computer program described in paragraph (1) after transferring the machine or other product and the copy of the computer program to another person.”.

(b) Effective Date.—The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to transfers of computer programs occurring on or after such date.

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