HR 1319 · 111th Congress · Commerce
Informed P2P User Act
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House Vote4
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EnactedLatest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.(2009-12-09)
Plain Language Summary
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Informed P2P User Act - Makes it unlawful for any person who is not an owner or authorized user of a protected computer to induce an owner or authorized user of the protected computer to make files from a protected computer available to another computer through a peer-to-peer file sharing program without: (1) immediately before program installation, providing conspicuous notice that the program allows files on the protected computer to be available for searching and copying by another computer and obtaining informed consent to the installation; and (2) immediately before initial activation of a file sharing function of the program, providing conspicuous notice of which files are to be made available to another computer and obtaining informed consent. Makes it unlawful for any person who is not an owner or authorized user of a protected computer to prevent the reasonable efforts of an owner or authorized user from blocking the installation or functioning of such a program or to fail to provide a reasonable and effective means to disable or remove the program or function from the protected computer. Treats a violation of this Act as a violation of a rule defining an unfair or decepti…
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CBO Cost Estimate
Congressional Budget OfficeH.R. 1319, Informed P2P User Act
Oct 19, 2009<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on September 30, 2009</p>
Full CBO report ↗H.R. 1319, Informed P2P User Act
Oct 19, 2009Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on September 30, 2009
Full CBO report ↗Official non-partisan budget analysis by the Congressional Budget Office
Cosponsors (20)
18 Democrats2 Republicans