United States · Bill · S
S. 1359 (93rd)
A bill to amend section 9 of title 17 of the United States Code.
Introduced
26 March 1973
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Status
Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary.
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10 August 2026
Summary
Provides that a United States copyright secured to citizens of foreign states shall vest in the author of the work, his executors or administrators, or his voluntary assigns. States that any such copyright shall remain the property of the author, regardless of any law of a foreign state which purports to divest the author of the United States copyright in his work. (Amends 17 U.S.C. 9)
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Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 26 March 1973
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/93rd-congress/senate-bill/1359
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/93/s/1359