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Breaking Down Barriers to Innovation Act of 2015
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Breaking Down Barriers to Innovation Act of 2015 Revises procedures established under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act for the Librarian of Congress to conduct an administrative rulemaking every three years to determine whether to exempt certain noninfringing uses of a copyrighted work from the statutory prohibition on circumventing a technological measure controlling access to a particular class of work. Requires the Librarian, when evaluating whether to allow an administrative exemption, to consider the impact of the circumvention prohibition on: (1) any reduction in the availability for use of copyrighted works; (2) repairs, recycling, or other fair uses when applied to copyrighted works, as well as access to information not subject to copyright protection; (3) accessibility of works and technologies for persons with disabilities; and (4) security research. Prohibits the Librarian from placing the burden of proof on the proponent of an exemption. Requires consideration of the totality of the evidence. Allows the Librarian to make administrative exemption determinations through rulemaking proceedings outside of the three-year review process if it is substantially likely that users of a copyrighted work are, or are likely to be in the succeeding three-year period, adversely affected by virtue of the prohibition in their ability to make noninfringing uses. Requires the Librarian to automatically renew for an ensuing three-year period any exemptions granted under a rulemaking unless, as a result of changed circumstances, it is unlikely that users are adversely affected by the prohibition. Establishes a presumption that users are likely to be adversely affected if a technological measure inhibits noninfringing uses that improve accessibility of works or technologies for persons with disabilities. Expands existing statutory exceptions by removing certain restrictions and conditions that apply to permissible circumventions for: reverse engineering to achieve interoperability of an independently created computer program with other programs; encryption research on copies, phonorecords, performances, or displays of a published work; activities to prevent the collection or dissemination of personally identifying information about a natural person; or authorized security testing on computer systems or networks.
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Filing registrants (2)
2016 · fourth_quarter · Copyright/Patent/Trademark
H.R. 862 -- You Own Devices Act of 2015; H.R. 1883 / S. 990 -- Breaking Down Barriers to Innovation Act of 2015; H.R. 1587 -- Unlocking Technology Act of 2015; H.R.4241 - Copyright Office for the Digital Economy Act; H.R.4241 -- Copyright Office for the Digital Economy (CODE) Act
Client expense: $54,165 · Firm income: Not reported
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H
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Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · third_quarter · Copyright/Patent/Trademark
H.R. 862 -- You Own Devices Act of 2015; H.R. 1883 / S. 990 -- Breaking Down Barriers to Innovation Act of 2015; H.R. 1587 -- Unlocking Technology Act of 2015; H.R.4241 - Copyright Office for the Digital Economy Act; H.R.4241 -- Copyright Office for the Digital Economy (CODE) Act
Client expense: $54,165 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · second_quarter · Copyright/Patent/Trademark
H.R. 862 -- You Own Devices Act of 2015; H.R. 1883 / S. 990 -- Breaking Down Barriers to Innovation Act of 2015; H.R. 1587 -- Unlocking Technology Act of 2015; H.R.4241 - Copyright Office for the Digital Economy Act; H.R.4241 -- Copyright Office for the Digital Economy (CODE) Act
Client expense: $55,220 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · first_quarter · Copyright/Patent/Trademark
H.R. 862 -- You Own Devices Act of 2015; H.R. 1883 / S. 990 -- Breaking Down Barriers to Innovation Act of 2015; H.R. 1587 -- Unlocking Technology Act of 2015; H.R.4241 - Copyright Office for the Digital Economy Act
Client expense: $57,750 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2016 · first_quarter · Copyright/Patent/Trademark
Intellectual Property Theft in various countries TPP Performance Right in Sound Recordings Enforcement of copyright and counterfeit laws Issues regarding pre-72 sound recordings HR. 1283 - Songwriter Equity Act of 2015 S.662 - Songwriter Equity Act of 2015 S.CON.RES 4 - Local Radio Freedom Act H.CON.RES 17 - Local Radio Freedom Act HR 1587 - Unlocking Technology Act of 2015 HR 1883 - Breaking Down Barriers to Innovation Act of 2015 S 990 - Breaking Down Barriers to Innovation Act of 2015 HR 1733 - Fair Play Fair Pay Act of 2015 Legislative proposals on Copyright Office reformation Issues regarding PRO consent decrees CRB rate setting process Issues regarding appointment of new Librarian of Congress HR 4241 - Copyright Office for the Digital Economy Act Copyright Office NoI regarding DMCA section 512 - 12016 IT Modernization FCC NoI regarding MVPDS
Client expense: $1,153,300 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · fourth_quarter · Copyright/Patent/Trademark
H.R. 862 -- You Own Devices Act of 2015; H.R. 1883 / S. 990 -- Breaking Down Barriers to Innovation Act of 2015; H.R. 1587 -- Unlocking Technology Act of 2015; H.R.4241 - Copyright Office for the Digital Economy Act
Client expense: $53,080 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · fourth_quarter · Copyright/Patent/Trademark
Intellectual Property Theft in various countries TPP TPA Performance Right in Sound Recordings Enforcement of copyright and counterfeit laws Issues regarding pre-72 sound recordings HR. 1283 - Songwriter Equity Act of 2015 S. 662 - Songwriter Equity Act of 2015 S.CON.RES 4 - Local Radio Freedom Act H.CON.RES 17 - Local Radio Freedom Act HR 1587 - Unlocking Technology Act of 2015 HR 1883 - Breaking Down Barriers to Innovation Act of 2015 S 990 - Breaking Down Barriers to Innovation Act of 2015 HR 1733 - Fair Play Fair Pay Act of 2015 HR 1457 - AMP Act Legislative proposals on Copyright Office reformation Issues regarding PRO consent decrees CRB rate setting process
Client expense: $1,065,870 · Firm income: Not reported
2015 · third_quarter · Copyright/Patent/Trademark
H.R. 862 -- You Own Devices Act of 2015; H.R. 1883 / S. 990 -- Breaking Down Barriers to Innovation Act of 2015; H.R. 1587 -- Unlocking Technology Act of 2015.
Client expense: $68,342 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · third_quarter · Copyright/Patent/Trademark
H.R. 862 -- You Own Devices Act of 2015; H.R. 1883 / S. 990 -- Breaking Down Barriers to Innovation Act of 2015; H.R. 1587 -- Unlocking Technology Act of 2015.
Client expense: $54,165 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · third_quarter · Copyright/Patent/Trademark
Intellectual Property Theft in various countries TPP TPA Performance Right in Sound Recordings Enforcement of copyright and counterfeit laws Legislative proposals on digital royalty rates Issues regarding pre-72 sound recordings HR. 1283 - Songwriter Equity Act of 2015 S. 662 - Songwriter Equity Act of 2015 S.CON.RES 4 - Local Radio Freedom Act H.CON.RES 17 - Local Radio Freedom Act HR 1587 - Unlocking Technology Act of 2015 HR 1883 - Breaking Down Barriers to Innovation Act of 2015 S 990 - Breaking Down Barriers to Innovation Act of 2015 HR 1733 - Fair Play Fair Pay Act of 2015 HR 1457 - AMP Act Legislative proposals on Copyright Office reformation Issues regarding PRO consent decrees CRB rate setting process
Client expense: $1,190,898 · Firm income: Not reported
2015 · second_quarter · Copyright/Patent/Trademark
Intellectual Property Theft in various countries TPP TPA Performance Right in Sound Recordings Enforcement of copyright and counterfeit laws Legislative proposals on digital royalty rates Issues regarding pre-72 sound recordings Copyright Review Hearings in Congress DOC/NTIA/PTO Process on Improving Notice and Takedown, roundtable on remixes, First Sale, statutory damages HR. 1283 - Songwriter Equity Act of 2015 S. 662 - Songwriter Equity Act of 2015 S.CON.RES 4 - Local Radio Freedom Act H.CON.RES 17 - Local Radio Freedom Act Copyright Office Report on "Copyright and the Music Marketplace" HR 1587 - Unlocking Technology Act of 2015 HR 1883 - Breaking Down Barriers to Innovation Act of 2015 S 990 - Breaking Down Barriers to Innovation Act of 2015 HR 1733 - Fair Play Fair Pay Act of 2015 HR 1457 - AMP Act Copyright Office report on Orphan Works to Mass Digitization Legislative proposals on Copyright Office reformation
Client expense: $1,308,099 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE