Family Entertainment and Copyright Act of 2004

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Family Entertainment and Copyright Act of 2004 -Artists' Rights and Theft Prevention Act of 2004 or the ART Act - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit the unauthorized, knowing use of a video camera or similar device to transmit or make a copy of a copyrighted audiovisual work from a performance in a movie theater. Establishes criminal penalties for willful copyright infringement by knowingly making a computer program, musical work, motion picture, or sound recording being prepared for commercial distribution available to the public on a computer network. Family Movie Act of 2004 - Exempts from copyright and trademark infringement, under certain circumstances: (1) making limited portions of the audio or video content of a motion picture for private home viewing imperceptible; or (2) the creation of technology that enables such editing. National Film Preservation Act of 2004 - Amends the National Film Preservation Act of 1996 to direct the Librarian of Congress to carry out preservation activities, including generating public awareness of the National Film Registry, updating the national film preservation program with technological advances, and utilizing the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center to ensure that Registry films are properly stored and disseminated in accordance with copyright law and any relevant agreements. Reauthorizes film preservation provisions. National Film Preservation Foundation Reauthorization Act of 2004 - Allows the Foundation's board of directors to determine the location of its principal office. Authorizes appropriations to the Library of Congress for the Foundation. Preservation of Orphan Works Act - Provides that the limitation on reproduction and distribution of copyrighted works does not apply to the authority of libraries or archives, during the last 20 years of copyright, to reproduce, distribute, display, or perform in facsimile or digital form a copy or phonorecord of published works for preservation, scholarship, or research under certain conditions. Anticounterfeiting Act of 2004 - Prohibits knowingly trafficking in: (1) a counterfeit label on a phonorecord, computer program, motion picture, or other audiovisual work; or (2) counterfeit documentation or packaging. Fraudulent Online Identity Sanctions Act - Prohibits knowingly providing materially false contact information when registering a domain name. Cooperative Research and Technology Enhancement (CREATE) Act of 2004 - Provides that patentability is not precluded on the basis of obviousness where subject matter which qualifies as prior art is developed by a person different from the person claiming the invention, under certain circumstances.

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• Engrossed in Senate (text)

  Engrossed in Senate · EN · 20 November 2004

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 20 November 2004

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