United States · Bill · S
S. 2370 (101st)
A bill to amend section 107 of title 17, United States Code, relating to fair use, to clarify that such section applies to both published and unpublished copyrighted works.
Introduced
29 March 1990
Last action
11 July 1990 · Committee
Status
Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks. Hearings held jointly with the House Committee on the Judiciary's Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Administration of Justice.
Sponsors
Sen. Simon, Paul [D-IL], Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
10 August 2026
Summary
Amends Federal copyright law to apply the fair use doctrine to all copyrighted work, whether published or unpublished.
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Timeline
29 March 1990
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
29 March 1990
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
11 April 1990
Referred
Referred to Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks.
Source: Committee
11 July 1990
Committee
Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks. Hearings held jointly with the House Committee on the Judiciary's Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Administration of Justice.
Source: Committee
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · — · Download file
Documents
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Introduced in Senate (text)
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Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 29 March 1990
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Sponsors
- Sen. Simon, Paul [D-IL] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] · D · Sponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/101st-congress/senate-bill/2370
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/101/s/2370
- us · 101-s-2370 · source updated 10 August 2026