Online Copyright Infringement and Counterfeiting : Legislation in the 112th Congress.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. American Law Division.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Copyright.

Internet.

Jurisdiction.

Law enforcement.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (35 p), digital, PDF file)

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2012.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Provides overview of Federal laws that apply to particular unlawful online activity, including brief legislative history of online copyright infringement and counterfeiting legislation. Summarizes provisions of S. 968, the Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act (PROTECT IP Act), and H.R. 3261, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), both to address jurisdictional problem of holding foreign websites accountable for piracy and counterfeiting by authorizing new enforcement mechanisms against domestic sites that facilitate infringing activities, and by creating new obligations for U.S.-based domain name servers, Internet advertisers, search engines, and financial transaction providers to address such harm to intellectual property rights holders. Discusses debate about the changes to existing law that are proposed by these two bills. Reviews manager's amendment in the nature of a substitute to H.R. 3261, to make changes to SOPA and align its provisions to PROTECT IP ACT. Summarizes S. 2029, the Online Protection and Enforcement of Digital Trade Act, to serve as an alternative to PROTECT IP Act and SOPA.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Apr. 2014). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

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Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. American Law Division. Online Copyright Infringement and Counterfeiting

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