h 280 8 54682 1233637200 false 1237176000 2 801 5917 This bill seeks to amend copyright code and create a new category of copyrighted works to the effect of reversing the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Public Access Policy. This would prohibit the government from requiring scholarly journals to make federally funded studies accessible to the public. Proponents of the bill are largely limited to the American Association of Publishers and the bill’s sponsors, namely <a href="http://www.opencongress.org/people/show/400080_john_conyers">Rep. John Conyers</a>, who introduced it for the second time after its exact replica, H.R. 6845, died in the 110th Congress. 111 400080

2/3/2009--Introduced.Fair Copyright in Research Works Act - Prohibits any federal agency from imposing any condition, in connection with a funding agreement, that requires the transfer or license to or for a federal agency, or requires the absence or abandonment, of specified exclusive rights of a copyright owner in an extrinsic work. Prohibits any federal agency from: (1) imposing, as a condition of a funding agreement, the waiver of, or assent to, any such prohibition; or (2) asserting any rights in material developed under any funding agreement that restrain or limit the acquisition or exercise of copyright rights in an extrinsic work. Defines &quot;funding agreement&quot; as any contract, grant, or other agreement entered into between a federal agency and any person under which funds are provided by a federal agency for the performance of experimental, developmental, or research activities. Defines &quot;extrinsic work&quot; as any work, other than a work of the U.S. government, that is related to a funding agreement and is also funded in substantial part by, or results from a meaningful added value contributed by, one or more nonfederal entities that are not a party to the funding agreement.

1237176000 2009-03-16 Tue Jan 05 19:48:32 -0600 2010 introduced 54682 'in':3 'act':6 'fair':1 'works':5 'research':4 'copyright':2 68509 false short introduced 54682 'in':3 'act':6 'fair':1 'works':5 'research':4 'copyright':2 68005 true popular introduced 54682 '17':4 'code':7 'fund':15 'titl':3 'unit':5 'work':11 'amend':2 'state':6 'certain':14 'connect':12 'respect':9 'agreement':16 67762 false official action 54682 1237176000 Mon Mar 16 00:00:00 -0500 2009 191218 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy. C000714 1929-05-16 16819 2426 Rayburn House Office Building http://conyers.house.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.OnlineContactForm 14 202-225-0072 John 'd':4 'mi':5 '-14':6 'rep':1 'john':2,7,9 'conyer':3,8,10 M 400080 Conyers John_Jr.Conyers Rep. John Conyers [D, MI-14] 6536 N00004029 15013 Democrat 202-225-5126 Baptist MI John Conyers 3.16923076923077 http://conyers.house.gov/ action 54682 1237176000 Mon Mar 16 00:00:00 -0500 2009 191218 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy. action 54682 1233637200 Tue Feb 03 00:00:00 -0600 2009 182992 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. introduced 54682 1233637200 Tue Feb 03 00:00:00 -0600 2009 182991