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H.R. 5522 (107th)

Digital Choice and Freedom Act of 2002

referredUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

2 October 2002

Last action

12 November 2002 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.

Sponsors

Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18], Rep. Honda, Michael M. [D-CA-15]

Subjects

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19 August 2025

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Summary

Digital Choice and Freedom Act of 2002 - Amends Federal copyright law to: (1) include analog or digital transmissions of a copyrighted work within fair use protections; (2) provide that it is not a copyright infringement for a person who lawfully obtains or receives a transmission of a digital work to reproduce, store, adapt, or access it for archival purposes or to transfer it to a preferred digital media device in order to effect a non-public performance or display; (3) allow the owner of a particular copy of a digital work to sell or otherwise dispose of the work by means of a transmission to a single recipient, provided the owner does not retain his or her copy in a retrievable form and the work is sold or otherwise disposed of in its original format; and (4) permit circumvention of copyright encryption technology if it is necessary to enable a noninfringing use and the copyright owner fails to make publicly available the necessary means for circumvention without additional cost or burden to a person who has lawfully obtained a copy or phonorecord of a work, or lawfully received a transmission of it.

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Timeline

  1. 2 October 2002

    Introduced

    Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 2 October 2002

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 2 October 2002

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 12 November 2002

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.

    Source: Committee

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  • Introduced in House (text)

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