Copyright and Marriage Equality Act
Bill journey · stage 2 of 5
Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in senate (Nov 12, 2014)
Copyright and Marriage Equality Act - Amends federal copyright law to revise the definition of "widow" or "widower" for purposes of provisions concerning the transfer of a copyright to an author's spouse or other next of kin following the author's death. Declares that an individual is the widow or widower of an author if the courts of the state in which the individual and the author were married (or, if the individual and the author were not married in any state but were validly married in another jurisdiction, the courts of any state) would find that the individual and the author were validly married at the time of the author's death. (Currently, only the author's surviving spouse under the law of the author's domicile at the time of death is considered a widow.)
What just happenedNov 12, 2014
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5921)
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in SenateNov 12, 2014
- Nov 12, 2014IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5921)
- Nov 12, 2014IntroReferralB00100
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5920-5921)
- Nov 12, 2014IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate