FAIR USE Act

FAIR USE Act

Infobox U.S. legislation
fullname=Freedom and Innovation Revitalizing U.S. Entrepreneurship Act of 2007
acronym=FAIR USE Act
leghisturl=http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c110:1:./temp/~c110oULL0f::
acts amended="Digital Millennium Copyright Act"
title amended=
sections created=
sections amended="Section 504(c)(2), Title 17, United States Code"
introducedin=House of Representatives
introducedbill=H.R. 1201
introducedby=Rick Boucher
introduceddate=February 27 2007
passedbody1=House of Representatives
passedbody2=Senate
passeddate1=pending
passeddate2=pending
passedvote1=pending
passedvote2=pending
signedpresident=
signeddate= pending
committees=Committee on the Judiciary
amendments=none yet

The Freedom And Innovation Revitalizing U.S. Entrepreneurship Act of 2007, H.R.1201, or simply the FAIR USE Act of 2007 is a bill introduced February 27th, 2007 in the 110th Congress by Rick Boucher (Virginia-D) and cosponsored by Charlie Wyatt (California-R) and Zoe Lofgren (California-D) to the United States House of Representatives.

This bill seeks to return many fair use rights to citizens.

External links

* Electronic Frontier Foundation [http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/005141.php]
* The bill's source: [http://action.eff.org/site/DocServer/boucher_hr_1201.pdf?docid=461]
* The US Library of Congress webpage on this bill [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:h.r.01201:]
* Open Congress' page on the bill [http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h1201/show]


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