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house Bill H.R. 2426

Should the Copyright Office Have a Claims Board to Settle Copyright Disputes?

Argument in favor

Copyright disputes are currently too expensive and time-consuming for individual creators and small businesses to engage in. This means such entities can’t defend their intellectual property against infringement, which costs these people and businesses valuable profits.

jimK's Opinion
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10/23/2019
Yes, it would speed dispute settlements up and subject all settlements to a common denominator defined by the consistency of a well defined board of reviewers. It may also make settlements less dependent upon emotional lawyer arguments and more simply upon just the facts.
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Sneaky-Pete's Opinion
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10/22/2019
A Copyright Board Is Long Over Due Copyright disputes are currently too expensive and time-consuming for individual creators and small businesses to engage in. This means such entities can’t defend their intellectual property against infringement, which costs these people and businesses valuable profits. ` SneakyPete. 👍🏻👍🏻Yes👍🏻👍🏻. 10.22.19
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Stephen's Opinion
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10/23/2019
As someone who holds copyrights and has had no recourse in dispute other than unaffordable lawyers, this seems so right to me.
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Argument opposed

This bill would likely exacerbate, not resolve, existing problems in copyright law. It could also be used to empower copyright trolls and transform a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) Notice into a long-term censorship tool — neither of which is a desirable outcome.

Ronald's Opinion
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10/22/2019
Free America from enslavement by unelected officials in government agencies.
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Doug's Opinion
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10/22/2019
Isn’t this why we have a judicial system? Seems any decision rendered by this board would be subject to appeal in the court system anyway. This seems duplicative and costly.
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John's Opinion
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10/23/2019
As a copyright holder the last thing I want is for the government to decide my fate. This is bullshit it should be settled in the courts.
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bill Progress

  • Not enacted
    The President has not signed this bill
  • The senate has not voted
  • The house Passed October 22nd, 2019
    Roll Call Vote 410 Yea / 6 Nay
      house Committees
      Committee on the Judiciary
      Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet
    IntroducedMay 1st, 2019
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Bill Activity

  • Calendars
    Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 266.
  • Floor
    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 410 - 6 (Roll no. 578). (text: CR H8345-8352)
  • Floor
    Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H8370-8371)
  • Floor
    Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8345-8353)
  • Floor
    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  • Floor
    On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 410 - 6 (Roll no. 578).
  • Floor
    Considered as unfinished business.
  • Floor
    At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
  • Floor
    DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2426.
  • Floor
    Considered under suspension of the rules.
  • Floor
    Mr. Jeffries moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  • Calendars
    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 201.
  • Committee
    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 116-252.
  • Committee
    Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
  • Committee
    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  • Committee
    Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Discharged.
  • Committee
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
  • IntroReferral
    Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

bill Progress

  • Not enacted
    The President has not signed this bill
  • The senate has not voted
  • The house Passed October 22nd, 2019
    Roll Call Vote 410 Yea / 6 Nay
      house Committees
      Committee on the Judiciary
      Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet
    IntroducedMay 1st, 2019
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    jimK's Opinion In Favor
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    10/23/2019
    Yes, it would speed dispute settlements up and subject all settlements to a common denominator defined by the consistency of a well defined board of reviewers. It may also make settlements less dependent upon emotional lawyer arguments and more simply upon just the facts.
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    Ronald's Opinion Against
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    10/22/2019
    Free America from enslavement by unelected officials in government agencies.
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    Sneaky-Pete's Opinion In Favor
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    10/22/2019
    A Copyright Board Is Long Over Due Copyright disputes are currently too expensive and time-consuming for individual creators and small businesses to engage in. This means such entities can’t defend their intellectual property against infringement, which costs these people and businesses valuable profits. ` SneakyPete. 👍🏻👍🏻Yes👍🏻👍🏻. 10.22.19
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    Doug's Opinion Against
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    10/22/2019
    Isn’t this why we have a judicial system? Seems any decision rendered by this board would be subject to appeal in the court system anyway. This seems duplicative and costly.
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    John's Opinion Against
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    10/23/2019
    As a copyright holder the last thing I want is for the government to decide my fate. This is bullshit it should be settled in the courts.
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    Stephen's Opinion In Favor
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    10/23/2019
    As someone who holds copyrights and has had no recourse in dispute other than unaffordable lawyers, this seems so right to me.
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    Bob's Opinion In Favor
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    10/23/2019
    The Reich Wing Trolls complain about unelected official making decisions to help small business when Javanka does is every day as unelected, unqualified for security clearances profit from Corrupt foriegn influences.
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    Ayush's Opinion In Favor
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    10/23/2019
    This bill would speed up copyright cases and make our society more fair. Also, if you don't want a copyright board, go talk to Communist China. They don't have one, and look where they are!
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    Sue's Opinion In Favor
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    10/23/2019
    Good idea! These experts know the ins & outs of copyright infringements..
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    NoHedges's Opinion Against
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    10/23/2019
    While Jim K is correct in the ethical sense... I would sincerely like to see a more conscious awareness/effort to rebuild The Creative Commons, than more attention on the whole “it’s all about me” mindset. The Creative Commons is a nonprofit corporation established in Massachusetts, but with its home at Stanford University. Its aim is to build a layer of /reasonable/ copyright on top of the extremes that now reign. It does this by making it easy for people to build upon other people's work, by making it simple for creators to express the freedom for others to take and build upon their work. Simple tags, tied to human-readable descriptions, tied to bullet-proof licenses, make this possible. /Simple/ - which means without a middleman, or without a lawyer. By developing a free set of licenses that people can attach to their content, Creative Commons aims to mark a range of content that can easily, and reliably, be built upon. These tags are then linked to machine-readable versions of the license that enable computers automatically to identify content that can easily be shared. 🎯Legislators need to focus on three expressions together - a legal license, a human-readable description, and machine-readable tags - all of which constitute a Creative Commons license.
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    Mart's Opinion Against
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    10/22/2019
    No more government!
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    Palefacelace's Opinion Against
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    10/16/2019
    The CASE Act would create an unaccountable, industry-friendly kangaroo court with the power to hand out $15,000 fines for: Sharing a photo on Facebook that you didn't take. Retweeting a meme you didn't create. Downloading a photo you don't own. None of that seems like a good idea. I understand the intent is to make sure that artists are compensated for their work, but this bill is so poorly drafted that it would have massive unintended consequences.
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    Joyce's Opinion In Favor
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    07/09/2019
    Since litigation of copyright issues is so expense, most authors can't afford to pursue violators. This would provide an alternative. With so much digital content online and available, this could go far to check abuse of copyright.
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    Steve 's Opinion Against
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    10/22/2019
    no more jobs for unemployable politicians
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    Barbara's Opinion In Favor
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    10/23/2019
    THIS IS A GOOD DECISION!
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    Gregory's Opinion Against
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    10/23/2019
    The democrats always want to grow the government. When we should be shrinking the federal government. Another bad idea from the do nothing socialist democrat party. Winning 2020
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    Jeff's Opinion Against
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    10/23/2019
    This is what the judicial system is for. We don’t need to waste more tax payer money setting up more wasteful government expansion.
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    Darlene's Opinion Against
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    10/23/2019
    Too many cooks...
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    Kimberly's Opinion In Favor
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    10/23/2019
    Wow then who will police the police
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    Amanda's Opinion Against
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    10/23/2019
    Stop growing The federal government!
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