You Own Devices Act
Bill journey · stage 2 of 5
Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Feb 11, 2015)
You Own Devices Act
Amends federal copyright law to allow the owner of a machine or other product operated in any part by a computer program to transfer an authorized copy of the computer program, or the right to obtain such copy, when the owner sells, leases, or otherwise transfers the machine or product to another person. Prohibits such right to transfer the computer program from being waived by any agreement.
Requires any right to receive modifications to such a computer program relating to security or error correction that applied to the owner of the machine or product to apply to the person to whom the machine or product and the copy of the computer program are transferred.
Prohibits this Act from being construed to permit the owner to retain an unauthorized copy of the computer program after such a transfer.
What just happenedMar 16, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseFeb 11, 2015
- Mar 16, 2015Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee - Feb 11, 2015IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Judiciary Committee - Feb 11, 2015IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Feb 11, 2015IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House