H.R. 5136 · 108th Congress
Preservation of Orphan Works Act
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Howard Berman
- Introduced
- 2004-09-23
- Latest action
- 2004-11-05 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
Summary
Preservation of Orphan Works Act - Provides that the limitation on rights of reproduction and distribution of copyrighted works does not apply to the authority of libraries or archives, during the last 20 years of any term of copyright of a published work to reproduce, distribute, display, or perform in facsimile or digital form a copy or phonorecord of such work for purposes of preservation, scholarship, or research when certain conditions apply.