HB 499

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1 Bill Summary
2 Bill Actions
3 Bill Calendar
4 Bill Text
5 Bill Documents

Bill Summary

Sponsors

Johnny Mack Morrow

Session

Regular Session 2018

Title

Property; Intellectual property; Copyright; Sound recordings

Description

Under existing federal copyright law, Congress has granted copyright protection to the owner of sound recordings performed publicly by means of a digital audio transmission or other electronic broadcast on or after February 15, 1972, and has preempted any equivalent right under the common law or state statutory law

Also under existing law, Congress has specified that the preemptive provisions of the copyright protections do not annul or limit any common law or state statutory law with regard to sound recordings originating before February 15, 1972, and currently being electronically transmitted or broadcast

This bill would provide copyright protections to the owner of sound recordings recorded or broadcast prior to February 15, 1972, and would authorize the owner to file a claim for damages for a violation

Relating to intellectual property; to provide copyright protections to the owner of certain sound recordings.

Subjects

Property, Real and Personal

Bill Actions

Action Date	Chamber	Action
March 21, 2018	H	Pending third reading on day 23 Favorable from Judiciary
March 21, 2018	H	Read for the second time and placed on the calendar
March 8, 2018	H	Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary

Type	Date	Location	Description
Hearing	March 21, 2018	Room 200 at 09:00	House JUDY Hearing
Hearing	April 19, 2017	Room 418 at 09:00	House PS&HS Hearing

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