Small Copyright Claims Court Legislation, Long Supported by Authors Guild, Introduced by Rep. Jeffries
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Today Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), a member of the House Judiciary Committee, introduced a bill, entitled the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement (CASE) Act of 2016, H.R. 5757, that would establish an accessible and efficient forum to resolve small copyright claims. The legislation, co-sponsored by Rep. Tom Marino (R-PA), would allow individual authors to protect their intellectual property rights without having to file expensive and complicated federal lawsuits. The Authors Guild has been actively advocating for a small copyright claims court since 2006, when we testified before the House Judiciary Committee about the need for such a venue, citing an Authors Guild survey that revealed most authors do not have effective access to the courts for many of their copyright infringement claims. As the threats to authors copyright incentives have increased since that timedue to the growth of digital book piracy and courts reluctance to enforce digital rightsso have our efforts to establish a small claims court. The Guild has been working with Congressman Jeffries office on this proposal for several months. It deals with many of the difficult issues involved with creating an effective small copyright claims tribunal. |
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