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To recognize the rights of consumers to use copyright protected works, and for other purposes. (Introduced in Senate)
SJ 51 IS
October 17, 2002
Mr. WYDEN introduced the following joint resolution; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
- Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
- This Joint Resolution may be referred to as the `Consumer Technology Bill of Rights'.
SEC. 2. RECOGNITION OF RIGHTS.
- It is the Sense of the Congress that United States copyright law should not prohibit a consumer of information or entertainment content distributed via electronic media from engaging in the reasonable, personal, and noncommercial exercise of the rights described in section 3 with respect to works that the consumer has legally acquired.
SEC. 3. ENUMERATION OF RIGHTS.
- The following rights are the rights to which section 2 refers:
- (1) The right to record legally acquired video or audio for later viewing or listening (popularly referred to as `time-shifting').
- (2) The right to use legally acquired content in different places (popularly referred to as `space-shifting').
- (3) The right to archive or make backup copies of legally acquired content for use in the event that the original copies are destroyed.
- (4) The right to use legally acquired content on the electronic platform or device of the consumer's choice.
- (5) The right to translate legally acquired content into comparable formats.
- (6) The right to use technology in order to achieve the rights enumerated in paragraphs (1) through (5).
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