Copyright Clause Restoration Act of 2022
United States117th CongressS-4178Senate
Updated: May 10, 2022
Summary
Copyright Clause Restoration Act of 2022 This bill shortens the copyright protection term to 28 years starting from the date the work was originally secured, to be renewable for an additional 28-year term. (Under current law, for works created after 1977, the general rule is that the copyright term lasts for the life of the author plus 70 years.) The bill shall apply to all works fixed on or after the bill's enactment, except that it shall have retroactive effect for copyrights belonging to an entity that (1) is involved in the motion picture or arts and entertainment industries, and (2) has a market capitalization of more than $150 billion.
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Timeline
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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