S 1257 IS, Digital Theft Deterrence and Copyright
Damages Improvement Act.
Re: increasing damages for copyright violations.
Sponsor: Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT).
Date Introduced: June 22, 1999.
Source: Library of Congress.
| 106th CONGRESS 1st Session |
S. 1257 |
To amend statutory damages provisions of title 17, United States Code.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 22, 1999
Mr. HATCH (for himself, Mr. LEAHY, and Mr. SCHUMER) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend statutory damages provisions of title 17, United States Code.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the `Digital Theft Deterrence and Copyright Damages Improvement Act of 1999'.
Section 504(c) of title 17, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)--
(A) by striking `$500' and inserting `$750'; and
(B) by striking `$20,000' and inserting `$30,000'; and
(2) in paragraph (2)--
(A) by inserting `(A)' after `(2)';
(B) by striking `$100,000' and inserting `$150,000';
(C) by inserting after the second sentence the following:
`(B) In a case where the copyright owner demonstrates that the infringement was part of a repeated pattern or practice of willful infringement, the court may increase the award of statutory damages to a sum of not more than $250,000 per work.'; and
(D) by striking `The court shall remit statutory damages' and inserting the following:
`(C) The court shall remit statutory damages'.