Motion Picture Anti-Piracy Act of 1991

Summary

Motion Picture Anti-Piracy Act of 1991 - Amends Federal copyright law to provide that the exclusive right to reproduce a copyrighted audiovisual work includes the right to protect copies of it from reproduction through the use of a process or treatment which prevents or inhibits copying. Declares a person to be an infringer of the copyright in any audiovisual work that has been treated for the purpose of preventing or inhibiting its reproduction if that person imports, manufactures, sells, or distributes any device or component whose primary purpose or effect is to avoid, deactivate, or circumvent copy-protection systems. Declares the importation of such equipment actionable. Amends the Electronic Communications Privacy Act to prohibit such devices. Makes civil remedies, including attorney's fees and litigation costs, available for violations of such Act.

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Timeline

1. 16 May 1991

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 16 May 1991

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 24 July 1991

   Committee

   Subcommittee on Technology and the Law. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 102-760.

   Source: Committee

Votes

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · undated · Official file

Documents

2 official files

• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 16 May 1991

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Sponsors

• Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI] · D · Sponsor
• · ssju00 · Standing

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