HI GUYS, I AM HERE TO URGE YOU NOT TO SUPPORT A BILL WORKING IT'S WAY THROUGH THE CONGRESSIONAL SYSTEM BETTER KNOWN AS CONGRESS. IT IS THE STOP ONLINE PIRACY ACT BETTER KNOWN AS SOPA, AS WELL AS ONE OTHER BILL CALLED PIPA WHICH I DO NOT HAVE A FCOPY THERE OF. I AM MORE SO WORRIED ABOUT SOPA THOUGH BECAUSE IF IT DOES PASS, IT COULD REALLY RUIN THE INTERNET AS WE KNOW IT, AND IT COULD BE THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT IN CYBERSPACE. PLEASE, I URGE YOU, DO NOT SUPPORT THIS BILL OR ANY PART THERE OF. IT'S ONLY OUT THERE, TO RUIN OUR FREEDOM ON THE INTERNET WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO FILE SHARING, AND VIDEO SHARING. REMEMBER BAFCK IN THE SIXTIES WHEN VCR;'S AND TAPE DECKS STARTED SELLING FOR HOME USE? HOW THE RIAA ATTEMPTED TO SUE TO GET THE SALES OF SUCH ITEMS BLOCKED? IT NEVER FLEW IN COURT, AND IF ENOUGH PEOPLE CAN HELP US FIGHT THIS BILL, IT WILL NOT FLY IN COURT EITHER. SO PLEASE, READ THE BILL'S TEXT BELOW, AND DECIDE FOR YOURSELF WEATHER U SHOULD BE IN SUPPORT OF SUCH A BILL.L I TRUELY PRAY TO GOD, THAT WE CAN GET ENOUGH PEOPLE THAT DO NOT SUPPORT THIS BILL, AND I PRAY TO GOD THAT THIS BILL CAN BE BLOCKED FOR GOOD. RIGHT NOW, IT IS ON HOLD UNTIL FEBRUARY 28TH WHEN THE NEXT SPRING CONGRESS SESSION GETS UNDERWAY. PLEASE! PEOPLE! WE! NEED! TO! FIGHT! THIS! NOW! BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THE SOPA BILL IS BELOW, PLEASE READ:
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112TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 3261
To promote prosperity, creativity, entrepreneurship, and innovation by
combating the theft of U.S. property, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 26, 2011
Mr. SMITH of Texas (for himself and Mr. CONYERS, Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr.
BERMAN, Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr.
CHABOT, Mr. ROSS of Florida, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mrs. BONO MACK, Mr.
TERRY, and Mr. SCHIFF) introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To promote prosperity, creativity, entrepreneurship, and innovation
by combating the theft of U.S. property, and
for other purposes.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
5 ‘‘Stop Online Piracy Act’’.
6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of
7 this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Savings and severability clauses.
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TITLE I—COMBATING ONLINE PIRACY
Sec. 101. Definitions.
Sec. 102. Action by Attorney General to protect U.S. customers and prevent
U.S. support of foreign infringing sites.
Sec. 103. Market-based system to protect U.S. customers and prevent U.S.
funding of sites dedicated to theft of U.S. property.
Sec. 104. Immunity for taking voluntary action against sites dedicated to theft
of U.S. property.
Sec. 105. Immunity for taking voluntary action against sites that endanger
public health.
Sec. 106. Guidelines and study.
Sec. 107. Denying U.S. capital to notorious foreign infringers.
TITLE II—ADDITIONAL ENHANCEMENTS TO COMBAT
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY THEFT
Sec. 201. Streaming of copyrighted works in violation of criminal law.
Sec. 202. Trafficking in inherently dangerous goods or services.
Sec. 203. Protecting U.S. businesses from foreign and economic espionage.
Sec. 204. Amendments to sentencing guidelines.
Sec. 205. Defending intellectual property rights abroad.
1 SEC. 2. SAVINGS AND SEVERABILITY CLAUSES.
2 (a) SAVINGS CLAUSES.—
3 (1) FIRST AMENDMENT.—Nothing in this Act
4 shall be construed to impose a prior restraint on free
5 speech or the press protected under the 1st Amend6
ment to the Constitution.
7 (2) TITLE 17 LIABILITY.—Nothing in title I
8 shall be construed to enlarge or diminish liability, in9
cluding vicarious or contributory liability, for any
10 cause of action available under title 17, United
11 States Code, including any limitations on liability
12 under such title.
13 (b) SEVERABILITY.—If any provision of this Act, or
14 the application of the provision to any person or cir15
cumstance, is held to be unconstitutional, the other provi-
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1 sions or the application of the provision to other persons
2 or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
3 TITLE I—COMBATING ONLINE
4 PIRACY
5 SEC. 101. DEFINITIONS.
6 In this title:
7 (1) DOMAIN NAME.—The term ‘‘domain name’’
8 has the meaning given that term in section 45 of the
9 Lanham Act (15 U.S.C. 1127) and includes any
10 subdomain designation using such domain name as
11 part of an electronic address on the Internet to iden12
tify a unique online location.
13 (2) DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM SERVER.—The term
14 ‘‘domain name system server’’ means a server or
15 other mechanism used to provide the Internet pro16
tocol address associated with a domain name.
17 (3) DOMESTIC DOMAIN NAME.—The term ‘‘do18
mestic domain name’’ means a domain name that is
19 registered or assigned by a domain name registrar,
20 domain name registry, or other domain name reg21
istration authority, that is located within a judicial
22 district of the United States.
23 (4) DOMESTIC INTERNET PROTOCOL AD24
DRESS.—The term ‘‘domestic Internet Protocol ad25
dress’’ means an Internet Protocol address for which
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1 the corresponding Internet Protocol allocation entity
2 is located within a judicial district of the United
3 States.
4 (5) DOMESTIC INTERNET SITE.—The term ‘‘do5
mestic Internet site’’ means an Internet site for
6 which the corresponding domain name or, if there is
7 no domain name, the corresponding Internet Pro8
tocol address, is a domestic domain name or domes9
tic Internet Protocol address.
10 (6) FOREIGN DOMAIN NAME.—The term ‘‘for11
eign domain name’’ means a domain name that is
12 not a domestic domain name.
13 (7) FOREIGN INTERNET PROTOCOL ADDRESS.—
14 The term ‘‘foreign Internet Protocol address’’ means
15 an Internet Protocol address that is not a domestic
16 Internet protocol address.
17 (8) FOREIGN INTERNET SITE.—The term ‘‘for18
eign Internet site’’ means an Internet site that is
19 not a domestic Internet site.
20 (9) INCLUDING.—The term ‘‘including’’ means
21 including, but not limited to.
22 (10) INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ENFORCEMENT
23 COORDINATOR.—The term ‘‘Intellectual Property
24 Enforcement Coordinator’’ means the Intellectual
25 Property Enforcement Coordinator appointed under
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1 section 301 of the Prioritizing Resources and Orga2
nization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008 (15
3 U.S.C. 8111).
4 (11) INTERNET.—The term ‘‘Internet’’ has the
5 meaning given that term in section 5362(5) of title
6 31, United States Code.
7 (12) INTERNET ADVERTISING SERVICE.—The
8 term ‘‘Internet advertising service’’ means a service
9 that for compensation sells, purchases, brokers,
10 serves, inserts, verifies, clears, or otherwise facili11
tates the placement of an advertisement, including a
12 paid or sponsored search result, link, or placement,
13 that is rendered in viewable form for any period of
14 time on an Internet site.
15 (13) INTERNET PROTOCOL.—The term ‘‘Inter16
net Protocol’’ means a protocol used for commu17
nicating data across a packet-switched internetwork
18 using the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet
19 Protocol, and includes any predecessor or successor
20 protocol to such protocol.
21 (14) INTERNET PROTOCOL ADDRESS.—The
22 term ‘‘Internet Protocol address’’ means a numerical
23 label that is assigned to each device that participates
24 in a computer network that uses the Internet Pro25
tocol for communication.
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(15) INTERNET PROTOCOL 1 ALLOCATION ENTI2
TY.—The term ‘‘Internet Protocol allocation entity’’
3 means, with respect to a particular Internet Protocol
4 address, the entity, local internet registry, or re5
gional internet registry to which the smallest appli6
cable block of Internet Protocol addresses containing
7 that address is allocated or assigned by a local inter8
net registry, regional internet registry, or other
9 Internet Protocol address allocation authority, ac10
cording to the applicable publicly available database
11 of allocations and assignments, if any.
12 (16) INTERNET SEARCH ENGINE.—The term
13 ‘‘Internet search engine’’ means a service made
14 available via the Internet that searches, crawls, cat15
egorizes, or indexes information or Web sites avail16
able elsewhere on the Internet and on the basis of
17 a user query or selection that consists of terms, con18
cepts, categories, questions, or other data returns to
19 the user a means, such as a hyperlinked list of Uni20
form Resource Locators, of locating, viewing, or
21 downloading such information or data available on
22 the Internet relating to such query or selection.
23 (17) INTERNET SITE.—The term ‘‘Internet
24 site’’ means the collection of digital assets, including
25 links, indexes, or pointers to digital assets, accessible
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1 through the Internet that are addressed relative to
2 a common domain name or, if there is no domain
3 name, a common Internet Protocol address.
4 (18) LANHAM ACT.—The term ‘‘Lanham Act’’
5 means the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for the
6 registration and protection of trademarks used in
7 commerce, to carry out the provisions of certain
8 international conventions, and for other purposes’’,
9 approved July 5, 1946 (commonly referred to as the
10 ‘‘Trademark Act of 1946’’ or the ‘‘Lanham Act’’).
11 (19) NONAUTHORITATIVE DOMAIN NAME SERV12
ER.—The term ‘‘nonauthoritative domain name serv13
er’’ means a server that does not contain complete
14 copies of domains but uses a cache file that is com15
prised of previous domain name server lookups, for
16 which the server has received an authoritative re17
sponse in the past.
18 (20) OWNER; OPERATOR.—The terms ‘‘owner’’
19 or ‘‘operator’’, when used in connection with an
20 Internet site, includes, respectively, any owner of a
21 majority interest in, or any person with authority to
22 operate, such Internet site.
23 (21) PAYMENT NETWORK PROVIDER.—
24 (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘payment
25 network provider’’ means an entity that directly
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1 or indirectly provides the proprietary services,
2 infrastructure, and software to effect or facili3
tate a debit, credit, or other payment trans4
action.
5 (B) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—For pur6
poses of this paragraph, a depository institution
7 (as such term is defined under section 3 of the
8 Federal Deposit Insurance Act) or credit union
9 that initiates a payment transaction shall not
10 be construed to be a payment network provider
11 based solely on the offering or provision of such
12 service.
13 (22) SERVICE PROVIDER.—The term ‘‘service
14 provider’’ means a service provider as defined in sec15
tion 512(k)(1) of title 17, United States Code, that
16 operates a nonauthoritative domain name system
17 server.
18 (23) U.S.-DIRECTED SITE.—The term ‘‘U.S.-di19
rected site’’ means an Internet site or portion there20
of that is used to conduct business directed to resi21
dents of the United States, or that otherwise dem22
onstrates the existence of minimum contacts suffi23
cient for the exercise of personal jurisdiction over
24 the owner or operator of the Internet site consistent
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1 with the Constitution of the United States, based on
2 relevant evidence that may include whether—
3 (A) the Internet site is used to provide
4 goods or services to users located in the United
5 States;
6 (B) there is evidence that the Internet site
7 or portion thereof is intended to offer or pro8
vide—
9 (i) such goods and services,
10 (ii) access to such goods and services,
11 or
12 (iii) delivery of such goods and serv13
ices,
14 to users located in the United States;
15 (C) the Internet site or portion thereof
16 does not contain reasonable measures to pre17
vent such goods and services from being ob18
tained in or delivered to the United States; and
19 (D) any prices for goods and services are
20 indicated or billed in the currency of the United
21 States.
22 (24) UNITED STATES.—The term ‘‘United
23 States’’ includes any commonwealth, possession, or
24 territory of the United States.
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1 SEC. 102. ACTION BY ATTORNEY GENERAL TO PROTECT
2 U.S. CUSTOMERS AND PREVENT U.S. SUP3
PORT OF FOREIGN INFRINGING SITES.
4 (a) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, a for5
eign Internet site or portion thereof is a ‘‘foreign infring6
ing site’’ if—
7 (1) the Internet site or portion thereof is a
8 U.S.-directed site and is used by users in the United
9 States;
10 (2) the owner or operator of such Internet site
11 is committing or facilitating the commission of
12 criminal violations punishable under section 2318,
13 2319, 2319A, 2319B, or 2320, or chapter 90, of
14 title 18, United States Code; and
15 (3) the Internet site would, by reason of acts
16 described in paragraph (1), be subject to seizure in
17 the United States in an action brought by the Attor18
ney General if such site were a domestic Internet
19 site.
20 (b) ACTION BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.—
21 (1) IN PERSONAM.—The Attorney General may
22 commence an in personam action against—
23 (A) a registrant of a domain name used by
24 a foreign infringing site; or
25 (B) an owner or operator of a foreign in26
fringing site.
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(2) IN 1 REM.—If through due diligence the At2
torney General is unable to find a person described
3 in subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1), or no
4 such person found has an address within a judicial
5 district of the United States, the Attorney General
6 may commence an in rem action against a foreign
7 infringing site or the foreign domain name used by
8 such site.
9 (3) NOTICE.—Upon commencing an action
10 under this subsection, the Attorney General shall
11 send a notice of the alleged violation and intent to
12 proceed under this section—
13 (A) to the registrant of the domain name
14 of the Internet site—
15 (i) at the postal and electronic mail
16 addresses appearing in the applicable pub17
licly accessible database of registrations, if
18 any, and to the extent such addresses are
19 reasonably available; and
20 (ii) via the postal and electronic mail
21 addresses of the registrar, registry, or
22 other domain name registration authority
23 that registered or assigned the domain
24 name of the Internet site, to the extent
25 such addresses are reasonably available; or
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1 (B) to the owner or operator of the Inter2
net site—
3 (i) at the primary postal and elec4
tronic mail addresses for such owner or op5
erator that is provided on the Internet site,
6 if any, and to the extent such addresses
7 are reasonably available; or
8 (ii) if there is no domain name of the
9 Internet site, via the postal and electronic
10 mail addresses of the Internet Protocol al11
location entity appearing in the applicable
12 publicly accessible database of allocations
13 and assignments, if any, and to the extent
14 such addresses are reasonably available; or
15 (C) in any other such form as the court
16 may provide, including as may be required by
17 rule 4(f) of the Federal Rules of Civil Proce18
dure.
19 (4) SERVICE OF PROCESS.—For purposes of
20 this section, the actions described in this subsection
21 shall constitute service of process.
22 (5) RELIEF.—On application of the Attorney
23 General following the commencement of an action
24 under this section, the court may issue a temporary
25 restraining order, a preliminary injunction, or an in-
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1 junction, in accordance with rule 65 of the Federal
2 Rules of Civil Procedure, against a registrant of a
3 domain name used by the foreign infringing site or
4 an owner or operator of the foreign infringing site
5 or, in an action brought in rem under paragraph
6 (2), against the foreign infringing site or a portion
7 of such site, or the domain name used by such site,
8 to cease and desist from undertaking any further ac9
tivity as a foreign infringing site.
10 (c) ACTIONS BASED ON COURT ORDERS.—
11 (1) SERVICE.—A process server on behalf of
12 the Attorney General, with prior approval of the
13 court, may serve a copy of a court order issued pur14
suant to this section on similarly situated entities
15 within each class described in paragraph (2). Proof
16 of service shall be filed with the court.
17 (2) REASONABLE MEASURES.—After being
18 served with a copy of an order pursuant to this sub19
section, the following shall apply:
20 (A) SERVICE PROVIDERS.—
21 (i) IN GENERAL.—A service provider
22 shall take technically feasible and reason23
able measures designed to prevent access
24 by its subscribers located within the
25 United States to the foreign infringing site
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1 (or portion thereof) that is subject to the
2 order, including measures designed to pre3
vent the domain name of the foreign in4
fringing site (or portion thereof) from re5
solving to that domain name’s Internet
6 Protocol address. Such actions shall be
7 taken as expeditiously as possible, but in
8 any case within 5 days after being served
9 with a copy of the order, or within such
10 time as the court may order.
11 (ii) LIMITATIONS.—A service provider
12 shall not be required—
13 (I) other than as directed under
14 this subparagraph, to modify its net15
work, software, systems, or facilities;
16 (II) to take any measures with
17 respect to domain name resolutions
18 not performed by its own domain
19 name server; or
20 (III) to continue to prevent ac21
cess to a domain name to which ac22
cess has been effectively disabled by
23 other means.
24 (iii) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this
25 subparagraph shall affect the limitation on
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1 the liability of a service provider under sec2
tion 512 of title 17, United States Code.
3 (iv) TEXT OF NOTICE.—The Attorney
4 General shall prescribe the text of any no5
tice displayed to users or customers of a
6 service provider taking actions pursuant to
7 this subparagraph. Such text shall state
8 that an action is being taken pursuant to
9 a court order obtained by the Attorney
10 General.
11 (B) INTERNET SEARCH ENGINES.—A pro12
vider of an Internet search engine shall take
13 technically feasible and reasonable measures, as
14 expeditiously as possible, but in any case within
15 5 days after being served with a copy of the
16 order, or within such time as the court may
17 order, designed to prevent the foreign infringing
18 site that is subject to the order, or a portion of
19 such site specified in the order, from being
20 served as a direct hypertext link.
21 (C) PAYMENT NETWORK PROVIDERS.—
22 (i) PREVENTING AFFILIATION.—A
23 payment network provider shall take tech24
nically feasible and reasonable measures,
25 as expeditiously as possible, but in any
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1 case within 5 days after being served with
2 a copy of the order, or within such time as
3 the court may order, designed to prevent,
4 prohibit, or suspend its service from com5
pleting payment transactions involving cus6
tomers located within the United States or
7 subject to the jurisdiction of the United
8 States and the payment account—
9 (I) which is used by the foreign
10 infringing site, or portion thereof, that
11 is subject to the order; and
12 (II) through which the payment
13 network provider would complete such
14 payment transactions.
15 (ii) NO DUTY TO MONITOR.—A pay16
ment network provider shall be considered
17 to be in compliance with clause (i) if it
18 takes action described in that clause with
19 respect to accounts it has as of the date on
20 which a copy of the order is served, or as
21 of the date on which the order is amended
22 under subsection (e).
23 (D) INTERNET ADVERTISING SERVICES.—
24 (i) REQUIRED ACTIONS.—An Internet
25 advertising service that contracts to pro-
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1 vide advertising to or for the foreign in2
fringing site, or portion thereof, that is
3 subject to the order, or that knowingly
4 serves advertising to or for such site or
5 such portion thereof, shall take technically
6 feasible and reasonable measures, as expe7
ditiously as possible, but in any case within
8 5 days after being served with a copy of
9 the order, or within such time as the court
10 may order, designed to—
11 (I) prevent its service from pro12
viding advertisements to or relating to
13 the foreign infringing site that is sub14
ject to the order or a portion of such
15 site specified in the order;
16 (II) cease making available ad17
vertisements for the foreign infringing
18 site or such portion thereof, or paid or
19 sponsored search results, links, or
20 other placements that provide access
21 to such foreign infringing site or such
22 portion thereof; and
23 (III) cease providing or receiving
24 any compensation for advertising or
25 related services to, from, or in connec-
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1 tion with such foreign infringing site
2 or such portion thereof.
3 (ii) NO DUTY TO MONITOR.—An inter4
net advertising service shall be considered
5 to be in compliance with clause (i) if it
6 takes action described in that clause with
7 respect to accounts it has as of the date on
8 which a copy of the order is served, or as
9 of the date on which the order is amended
10 under subsection (e).
11 (3) COMMUNICATION WITH USERS.—Except as
12 provided under paragraph (2)(A)(iv), an entity tak13
ing an action described in this subsection shall de14
termine the means to communicate such action to
15 the entity’s users or customers.
16 (4) ENFORCEMENT OF ORDERS.—
17 (A) IN GENERAL.—To ensure compliance
18 with orders issued pursuant to this section, the
19 Attorney General may bring an action for in20
junctive relief—
21 (i) against any entity served under
22 paragraph (1) that knowingly and willfully
23 fails to comply with the requirements of
24 this subsection to compel such entity to
25 comply with such requirements; or
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1 (ii) against any entity that knowingly
2 and willfully provides or offers to provide
3 a product or service designed or marketed
4 for the circumvention or bypassing of
5 measures described in paragraph (2) and
6 taken in response to a court order issued
7 pursuant to this subsection, to enjoin such
8 entity from interfering with the order by
9 continuing to provide or offer to provide
10 such product or service.
11 (B) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—The au12
thority granted the Attorney General under
13 subparagraph (A)(i) shall be the sole legal rem14
edy to enforce the obligations under this section
15 of any entity described in paragraph (2).
16 (C) DEFENSE.—A defendant in an action
17 under subparagraph (A)(i) may establish an af18
firmative defense by showing that the defendant
19 does not have the technical means to comply
20 with this subsection without incurring an un21
reasonable economic burden, or that the order
22 is not authorized by this subsection. Such show23
ing shall not be presumed to be a complete de24
fense but shall serve as a defense only for those
25 measures for which a technical limitation on
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1 compliance is demonstrated or for such portions
2 of the order as are demonstrated to be unau3
thorized by this subsection.
4 (D) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this
5 paragraph, a product or service designed or
6 marketed for the circumvention or bypassing of
7 measures described in paragraph (2) and taken
8 in response to a court order issued pursuant to
9 this subsection includes a product or service
10 that is designed or marketed to enable a do11
main name described in such an order—
12 (i) to resolve to that domain name’s
13 Internet protocol address notwithstanding
14 the measures taken by a service provider
15 under paragraph (2) to prevent such reso16
lution; or
17 (ii) to resolve to a different domain
18 name or Internet Protocol address that the
19 provider of the product or service knows,
20 reasonably should know, or reasonably be21
lieves is used by an Internet site offering
22 substantially similar infringing activities as
23 those with which the infringing foreign
24 site, or portion thereof, subject to a court
25 order under this section was associated.
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1 (5) IMMUNITY.—
2 (A) IMMUNITY FROM SUIT.—Other than in
3 an action pursuant to paragraph (4), no cause
4 of action shall lie in any Federal or State court
5 or administrative agency against any entity
6 served with a copy of a court order issued
7 under this subsection, or against any director,
8 officer, employee, or agent thereof, for any act
9 reasonably designed to comply with this sub10
section or reasonably arising from such order.
11 (B) IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY.—Other
12 than in an action pursuant to paragraph (4)—
13 (i) any entity served with a copy of an
14 order under this subsection, and any direc15
tor, officer, employee, or agent thereof,
16 shall not be liable for any act reasonably
17 designed to comply with this subsection or
18 reasonably arising from such order; and
19 (ii) any—
20 (I) actions taken by customers of
21 such entity to circumvent any restric22
tion on access to the foreign infring23
ing site, or portion thereof, that is
24 subject to such order, that is insti25
tuted pursuant to this subsection, or
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1 (II) act, failure, or inability to re2
strict access to a foreign infringing
3 site, or portion thereof, that is subject
4 to such order, in spite of good faith
5 efforts to comply with such order by
6 such entity,
7 shall not be used by any person in any
8 claim or cause of action against such enti9
ty.
10 (d) MODIFICATION OR VACATION OF ORDERS.—
11 (1) IN GENERAL.—At any time after the
12 issuance of an order under subsection (b), a motion
13 to modify, suspend, or vacate the order may be filed
14 by—
15 (A) any person, or owner or operator of
16 property, that is subject to the order;
17 (B) any registrant of the domain name, or
18 the owner or operator, of the Internet site that
19 is subject to the order;
20 (C) any domain name registrar, registry,
21 or other domain name registration authority
22 that has registered or assigned the domain
23 name of the Internet site that is subject to the
24 order; or
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1 (D) any entity that has been served with
2 a copy of an order pursuant to subsection (c)
3 that requires such entity to take action pre4
scribed in that subsection.
5 (2) RELIEF.—Relief under this subsection shall
6 be proper if the court finds that—
7 (A) the foreign Internet site subject to the
8 order is no longer, or never was, a foreign in9
fringing site; or
10 (B) the interests of justice otherwise re11
quire that the order be modified, suspended, or
12 vacated.
13 (3) CONSIDERATION.—In making a relief deter14
mination under paragraph (2), a court may consider
15 whether the domain name of the foreign Internet
16 site has expired or has been re-registered by an enti17
ty other than the entity that is subject to the order
18 with respect to which the motion under paragraph
19 (1) is brought.
20 (4) INTERVENTION.—An entity required to take
21 action pursuant to subsection (c) if an order issues
22 under subsection (b) may intervene at any time in
23 any action commenced under subsection (b) that
24 may result in such order, or in any action to modify,
25 suspend, or vacate such order under this subsection.
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(e) AMENDED 1 ORDERS.—The Attorney General, if al2
leging that a foreign Internet site previously adjudicated
3 in an action under this section to be a foreign infringing
4 site is accessible or has been reconstituted at a different
5 domain name or Internet Protocol address, may petition
6 the court to amend the order issued under this section
7 accordingly.
8 (f) LAW ENFORCEMENT COORDINATION.—
9 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall
10 inform the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coor11
dinator and the heads of appropriate law enforce12
ment agencies of all court orders issued under sub13
section (b), and all amended orders issued under
14 subsection (e), regarding foreign infringing sites.
15 (2) ALTERATIONS.—The Attorney General
16 shall, and the defendant may, inform the Intellectual
17 Property Enforcement Coordinator of the modifica18
tion, suspension, expiration, or vacation of a court
19 order issued under subsection (b) or an amended
20 order issued under subsection (e).
21 SEC. 103. MARKET-BASED SYSTEM TO PROTECT U.S. CUS22
TOMERS AND PREVENT U.S. FUNDING OF
23 SITES DEDICATED TO THEFT OF U.S. PROP24
ERTY.
25 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
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(1) DEDICATED TO THEFT OF U.S. 1 . PROP2
ERTY.—An ‘‘Internet site is dedicated to theft of
3 U.S. property’’ if—
4 (A) it is an Internet site, or a portion
5 thereof, that is a U.S.-directed site and is used
6 by users within the United States; and
7 (B) either—
8 (i) the U.S.-directed site is primarily
9 designed or operated for the purpose of,
10 has only limited purpose or use other than,
11 or is marketed by its operator or another
12 acting in concert with that operator for use
13 in, offering goods or services in a manner
14 that engages in, enables, or facilitates—
15 (I) a violation of section 501 of
16 title 17, United States Code;
17 (II) a violation of section 1201 of
18 title 17, United States Code; or
19 (III) the sale, distribution, or
20 promotion of goods, services, or mate21
rials bearing a counterfeit mark, as
22 that term is defined in section 34(d)
23 of the Lanham Act or section 2320 of
24 title 18, United States Code; or
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1 (ii) the operator of the U.S.-directed
2 site—
3 (I) is taking, or has taken, delib4
erate actions to avoid confirming a
5 high probability of the use of the
6 U.S.-directed site to carry out acts
7 that constitute a violation of section
8 501 or 1201 of title 17, United States
9 Code; or
10 (II) operates the U.S.-directed
11 site with the object of promoting, or
12 has promoted, its use to carry out
13 acts that constitute a violation of sec14
tion 501 or 1201 of title 17, United
15 States Code, as shown by clear ex16
pression or other affirmative steps
17 taken to foster infringement.
18 (2) QUALIFYING PLAINTIFF.—The term ‘‘quali19
fying plaintiff’’ means, with respect to a particular
20 Internet site or portion thereof, a holder of an intel21
lectual property right harmed by the activities de22
scribed in paragraph (1) occurring on that Internet
23 site or portion thereof.
24 (b) DENYING U.S. FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF SITES
25 DEDICATED TO THEFT OF U.S. PROPERTY.—
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(1) PAYMENT 1 NETWORK PROVIDERS.—Except
2 in the case of an effective counter notification pursu3
ant to paragraph (5), a payment network provider
4 shall take technically feasible and reasonable meas5
ures, as expeditiously as possible, but in any case
6 within 5 days after delivery of a notification under
7 paragraph (4), that are designed to prevent, pro8
hibit, or suspend its service from completing pay9
ment transactions involving customers located within
10 the United States and the Internet site, or portion
11 thereof, that is specified in the notification under
12 paragraph (4).
13 (2) INTERNET ADVERTISING SERVICES.—Ex14
cept in the case of an effective counter notification
15 pursuant to paragraph (5), an Internet advertising
16 service that contracts with the operator of an Inter17
net site, or portion thereof, that is specified in a no18
tification delivered under paragraph (4), to provide
19 advertising to or for such site or portion thereof, or
20 that knowingly serves advertising to or for such site
21 or portion thereof, shall take technically feasible and
22 reasonable measures, as expeditiously as possible,
23 but in any case within 5 days after delivery the noti24
fication under paragraph (4), that are designed to—
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1 (A) prevent its service from providing ad2
vertisements to or relating to the Internet site,
3 or portion thereof, that is specified in the notifi4
cation;
5 (B) cease making available advertisements
6 for such Internet site, or portion thereof, that
7 is specified in the notification, or paid or spon8
sored search results, links, or other placements
9 that provide access to such Internet site, or
10 portion thereof, that is specified in the notifica11
tion; and
12 (C) cease providing or receiving any com13
pensation for advertising or related services to,
14 from, or in connection with such Internet site,
15 or portion thereof, that is specified in the notifi16
cation.
17 (3) DESIGNATED AGENT.—
18 (A) IN GENERAL.—Each payment network
19 provider and each Internet advertising service
20 shall designate an agent to receive notifications
21 described in paragraph (4), by making available
22 through its service, including on its Web site in
23 a location accessible to the public, and by pro24
viding to the Copyright Office, substantially the
25 following:
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1 (i) The name, address, phone number,
2 and electronic mail address of the agent.
3 (ii) Other contact information that the
4 Register of Copyrights considers appro5
priate.
6 (B) DIRECTORY OF AGENTS.—The Reg7
ister of Copyrights shall maintain and make
8 available to the public for inspection, including
9 through the Internet, in electronic format, a
10 current directory of agents designated under
11 subparagraph (A).
12 (4) NOTIFICATION REGARDING INTERNET SITES
13 DEDICATED TO THEFT OF U.S. PROPERTY.—
14 (A) REQUIREMENTS.—Subject to subpara15
graph (B), a notification under this paragraph
16 is effective only if it is a written communication
17 that is provided to the designated agent of a
18 payment network provider or an Internet adver19
tising service and includes substantially the fol20
lowing:
21 (i) A physical or electronic signature
22 of a person authorized to act on behalf of
23 the holder of an intellectual property right
24 harmed by the activities described in sub25
section (a)(1).
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1 (ii) Identification of the Internet site,
2 or portion thereof, dedicated to theft of
3 U.S. property, including either the domain
4 name or Internet Protocol address of such
5 site, or both.
6 (iii) Identification of the specific facts
7 to support the claim that the Internet site,
8 or portion thereof, is dedicated to theft of
9 U.S. property and to clearly show that im10
mediate and irreparable injury, loss, or
11 damage will result to the holder of the in12
tellectual property right harmed by the ac13
tivities described in subsection (a)(1) in
14 the absence of timely action by the pay15
ment network provider or Internet adver16
tising service.
17 (iv) Information reasonably sufficient
18 to establish that the payment network pro19
vider or Internet advertising service is pro20
viding payment processing or Internet ad21
vertising services for such site.
22 (v) Information reasonably sufficient
23 to permit the payment network provider or
24 Internet advertising service to contact the
25 holder of the intellectual property right
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1 harmed by the activities described in sub2
section (a)(1).
3 (vi) A statement that the holder of the
4 intellectual property right has a good faith
5 belief that the use of the owner’s works or
6 goods in which the right exists, in the
7 manner described in the notification, is not
8 authorized by the holder, its agent, or law.
9 (vii) A statement that the information
10 in the notification is accurate, and, under
11 penalty of perjury, that the signatory is
12 authorized to act on behalf of the holder of
13 the intellectual property right harmed by
14 the activities described in subsection
15 (a)(1).
16 (viii) Identification of the evidence in17
dicating that the site (or portion thereof)
18 is a U.S.-directed site.
19 (B) SERVICE IF NO AGENT DESIGNATED.—
20 If a payment network provider or Internet ad21
vertising service has not designated an agent
22 under paragraph (3), the notification under
23 subparagraph (A) may be provided to any offi24
cer or legal representative of such provider or
25 service.
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(C) NOTICE TO INTERNET 1 SITE IDENTI2
FIED IN NOTIFICATION.—Upon receipt of an ef3
fective notification under this paragraph, a pay4
ment network provider or Internet advertising
5 service shall take appropriate steps to ensure
6 timely delivery of the notification to the Inter7
net site identified in the notification.
8 (5) COUNTER NOTIFICATION.—
9 (A) REQUIREMENTS.—Subject to subpara10
graph (B), a counter notification is effective
11 under this paragraph only if it is a written com12
munication that is provided to the designated
13 agent of a payment network provider or an
14 Internet advertising service and includes sub15
stantially the following:
16 (i) A physical or electronic signature
17 of the owner or operator of the Internet
18 site, or portion thereof, specified in a noti19
fication under paragraph (4) subject to
20 which action is to be taken by the payment
21 network provider or Internet advertising
22 service under paragraph (1) or (2), or of
23 the registrant of the domain name used by
24 such site or portion thereof.
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1 (ii) In the case of an Internet site
2 specified in the notification under para3
graph (4) that is a foreign Internet site, a
4 statement that the owner or operator, or
5 registrant, consents to the jurisdiction of
6 the courts of the United States, and will
7 accept service of process from the person
8 who provided notification under paragraph
9 (4), or an agent of such person, for pur10
poses of adjudicating whether the site is an
11 Internet site dedicated to theft of U.S.
12 property under this section.
13 (iii) A statement under penalty of per14
jury that the owner or operator, or reg15
istrant, has a good faith belief that it does
16 not meet the criteria of an Internet site
17 dedicated to theft of U.S. property as set
18 forth under this section.
19 (iv) The name, address, email ad20
dress, and telephone number of the owner,
21 operator, or registrant.
22 (B) SERVICE IF NO AGENT DESIGNATED.—
23 If a payment network provider or Internet ad24
vertising service has not designated an agent
25 under paragraph (3), the counter notification
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1 under subparagraph (A) may be provided to
2 any officer or legal representative of such pro3
vider or service.
4 (6) MISREPRESENTATIONS.—Any provider of a
5 notification or counter notification who knowingly
6 materially misrepresents under this section—
7 (A) that a site is an Internet site dedicated
8 to the theft of U.S. property, or
9 (B) that such site does not meet the cri10
teria of an Internet site dedicated to the theft
11 of U.S. property,
12 shall be liable for damages, including costs and at13
torneys’ fees, incurred by the person injured by such
14 misrepresentation as a result of the misrepresenta15
tion.
16 (c) LIMITED INJUNCTIVE RELIEF IN CASES OF
17 COUNTER NOTIFICATION.—
18 (1) IN PERSONAM.—If an effective counter noti19
fication is made under subsection (b)(5), or if a pay20
ment network provider fails to comply with sub21
section (b)(1), or an Internet advertising service fails
22 to comply with subsection (b)(2), pursuant to a noti23
fication under subsection (b)(4) in the absence of
24 such a counter notification, a qualifying plaintiff
25 may commence an in personam action against—
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1 (A) a registrant of a domain name used by
2 the Internet site, or portion thereof, that is sub3
ject to the notification under subsection (b)(4);
4 or
5 (B) an owner or operator of the Internet
6 site or portion thereof.
7 (2) IN REM.—If through due diligence a quali8
fying plaintiff who is authorized to bring an in per9
sonam action under paragraph (1) with respect to
10 an Internet site dedicated to theft of U.S. property
11 is unable to find a person described in subpara12
graphs (A) or (B) of paragraph (1), or no such per13
son found has an address within a judicial district
14 of the United States, the qualifying plaintiff may
15 commence an in rem action against that Internet
16 site or the domain name used by such site.
17 (3) NOTICE.—Upon commencing an action
18 under this subsection, the qualifying plaintiff shall
19 send a notice of the alleged activity described in sub20
section (a)(1) and intent to proceed under this sub21
section—
22 (A) to the registrant of the domain name
23 of the Internet site, or portion thereof, that is
24 the subject to the notification under subsection
25 (b)(4)—
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1 (i) at the postal and electronic mail
2 addresses appearing in the applicable pub3
licly accessible database of registrations, if
4 any, and to the extent such addresses are
5 reasonably available; and
6 (ii) via the postal and electronic mail
7 addresses of the registrar, registry, or
8 other domain name registration authority
9 that registered or assigned the domain
10 name of the Internet site, or portion there11
of, to the extent such addresses are reason12
ably available;
13 (B) to the owner or operator of the Inter14
net site, or portion thereof—
15 (i) at the primary postal and elec16
tronic mail addresses for such owner or op17
erator that are provided on the Internet
18 site, or portion thereof, if any, and to the
19 extent such addresses are reasonably avail20
able; or
21 (ii) if there is no domain name of the
22 Internet site or portion thereof, via the
23 postal and electronic mail addresses of the
24 Internet Protocol allocation entity appear25
ing in the applicable publicly accessible
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1 database of allocations and assignments, if
2 any, and to the extent such addresses are
3 reasonably available; or
4 (C) in any other such form as the court
5 may prescribe, including as may be required by
6 rule 4(f) of the Federal Rules of Civil Proce7
dure.
8 (4) SERVICE OF PROCESS.—For purposes of
9 this section, the actions described in this subsection
10 shall constitute service of process.
11 (5) RELIEF.—On application of a qualifying
12 plaintiff following the commencement of an action
13 under this section with respect to an Internet site
14 dedicated to theft of U.S. property, the court may
15 issue a temporary restraining order, a preliminary
16 injunction, or an injunction, in accordance with rule
17 65 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, against
18 a registrant of a domain name used by the Internet
19 site, or against an owner or operator of the Internet
20 site, or, in an action brought in rem under para21
graph (2), against the Internet site, or against the
22 domain name used by the Internet site, to cease and
23 desist from undertaking any further activity as an
24 Internet site dedicated to theft of U.S. property.
25 (d) ACTIONS BASED ON COURT ORDERS.—
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(1) SERVICE 1 AND RESPONSE.—
2 (A) SERVICE BY QUALIFYING PLAIN3
TIFF.—A qualifying plaintiff, with the prior ap4
proval of the court, may serve a copy of a court
5 order issued under subsection (c) on similarly
6 situated entities described in paragraph (2).
7 Proof of service shall be filed with the court.
8 (B) RESPONSE.—An entity served under
9 subparagraph (A) shall, not later than 7 days
10 after the date of such service, file with the
11 court a certification acknowledging receipt of a
12 copy of the order and stating that such entity
13 has complied or will comply with the obligations
14 imposed under paragraph (2), or explaining
15 why the entity will not so comply.
16 (C) VENUE FOR SERVICE.—A copy of the
17 court order may be served in any judicial dis18
trict where an entity resides or may be found.
19 (2) REASONABLE MEASURES.—After being
20 served with a copy of an order pursuant to this sub21
section, the following shall apply:
22 (A) PAYMENT NETWORK PROVIDERS.—
23 (i) PREVENTING AFFILIATION.—A
24 payment network provider shall take tech25
nically feasible and reasonable measures,
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1 as expeditiously as possible, but in any
2 case within 5 days after being served with
3 a copy of the court order, or within such
4 time as the court may order, that are de5
signed to prevent, prohibit, or suspend its
6 service from completing payment trans7
actions involving customers located within
8 the United States or subject to the juris9
diction of the United States and any ac10
count—
11 (I) which is used by the Internet
12 site dedicated to theft of U.S. prop13
erty that is subject to the order; and
14 (II) through which the payment
15 network provider would complete such
16 payment transactions.
17 (ii) NO DUTY TO MONITOR.—A pay18
ment network provider is in compliance
19 with clause (i) if it takes action described
20 in that clause with respect to accounts it
21 has as of the date of service of the order,
22 or as of the date of any subsequent notice
23 that its service is being used to complete
24 payment transactions described in clause
25 (i).
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(B) INTERNET 1 ADVERTISING SERVICES.—
2 (i) REQUIRED ACTIONS.—An Internet
3 advertising service that contracts with the
4 Internet site dedicated to theft of U.S.
5 property that is subject to the order to
6 provide advertising to or for such Internet
7 site, or that knowingly serves advertising
8 to or for such internet site, shall take tech9
nically feasible and reasonable measures,
10 as expeditiously as possible, but in any
11 case within 5 days after being served with
12 a copy of the order, or within such time as
13 the court may order, that are designed
14 to—
15 (I) prevent its service from pro16
viding advertisements to or relating to
17 the Internet site;
18 (II) cease making available ad19
vertisements for the Internet site, or
20 paid or sponsored search results,
21 links, or other placements that pro22
vide access to the Internet site; and
23 (III) cease providing or receiving
24 any compensation for advertising or
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1 related services to, from, or in connec2
tion with the Internet site.
3 (ii) NO DUTY TO MONITOR.—An inter4
net advertising service is in compliance
5 with clause (i) if it takes action described
6 in that clause with respect to accounts it
7 has as of the date on which a copy of the
8 order is served, or as of the date of any
9 subsequent notice that its service is being
10 used for activities described in clause (i).
11 (3) COMMUNICATION WITH USERS.—An entity
12 taking an action described in this subsection shall
13 determine the means to communicate such action to
14 the entity’s users or customers.
15 (4) ENFORCEMENT OF ORDERS.—
16 (A) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—The au17
thority under this subsection shall be the sole
18 legal remedy to enforce the obligations of any
19 entity under this subsection.
20 (B) PROCEDURES AND RELIEF.—
21 (i) SHOW CAUSE ORDER.—On a show22
ing by the qualifying plaintiff of probable
23 cause to believe that an entity served with
24 a copy of a court order issued under sub25
section (c) has not complied with its obli-
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1 gations under this subsection by reason of
2 such court order, the court shall require
3 the entity to show cause why an order
4 should not issue—
5 (I) to require compliance with the
6 obligations of this subsection; and
7 (II) to impose an appropriate
8 monetary sanction, consistent with the
9 court’s exercise of its equitable au10
thority, to enforce compliance with its
11 lawful orders, if the entity—
12 (aa) has knowingly and will13
fully failed to file a certification
14 required by paragraph (1)(B);
15 (bb) has filed such a certifi16
cation agreeing to comply but
17 has knowingly and willfully failed
18 to do so; or
19 (cc) has knowingly and will20
fully certified falsely that compli21
ance with the requirements of
22 paragraph (2) is not required by
23 law.
24 (ii) SERVICE OF PROCESS.—The order
25 to show cause, and any other process, may
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1 be served in any judicial district where the
2 entity resides or may be found.
3 (C) DEFENSE.—An entity against whom
4 relief is sought under subparagraph (B) may
5 establish an affirmative defense by showing that
6 the entity does not have the technical means to
7 comply with this subsection without incurring
8 an unreasonable economic burden, or that the
9 order is not authorized by this subsection. Such
10 showing shall not be presumed to be a complete
11 defense but shall serve as a defense only for
12 those measures for which a technical limitation
13 on compliance is demonstrated or for such por14
tions of the order as are demonstrated to be un15
authorized by this subsection.
16 (5) IMMUNITY.—
17 (A) IMMUNITY FROM SUIT.—Other than in
18 an action pursuant to paragraph (4), no cause
19 of action shall lie in any Federal or State court
20 or administrative agency against any entity
21 served with a copy of a court order issued
22 under subsection (c), or against any director,
23 officer, employee, or agent thereof, for any act
24 reasonably designed to comply with this sub25
section or reasonably arising from such order.
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(B) IMMUNITY 1 FROM LIABILITY.—Other
2 than in an action pursuant to paragraph (4)—
3 (i) any entity served with a copy of an
4 order under this subsection, and any direc5
tor, officer, employee, or agent thereof,
6 shall not be liable for any acts reasonably
7 designed to comply with this subsection or
8 reasonably arising from such order; and
9 (ii) any—
10 (I) actions taken by customers of
11 such entity to circumvent any restric12
tion on access to the Internet site, or
13 portion thereof that is subject to such
14 order, that is instituted pursuant to
15 this subsection, or
16 (II) act, failure, or inability to re17
strict access to an Internet site or
18 portion thereof that is subject to such
19 order, despite good faith efforts to
20 comply with such order by such enti21
ty,
22 shall not be used by any person in any
23 claim or cause of action against such enti24
ty.
25 (e) MODIFICATION OR VACATION OF ORDERS.—
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(1) IN 1 GENERAL.—At any time after the
2 issuance of an order under subsection (c), or an
3 amended order issued under subsection (f), with re4
spect to an Internet site dedicated to theft of U.S.
5 property, a motion to modify, suspend, or vacate the
6 order may be filed by—
7 (A) any person, or owner or operator of
8 property, that is subject to the order;
9 (B) any registrant of the domain name, or
10 the owner or operator, of such Internet site;
11 (C) any domain name registrar, registry,
12 or other domain name registration authority
13 that has registered or assigned the domain
14 name of such Internet site; or
15 (D) any entity that has been served with
16 a copy of an order under subsection (d), or an
17 amended order under subsection (f), that re18
quires such entity to take action prescribed in
19 that subsection.
20 (2) RELIEF.—Relief under this subsection shall
21 be proper if the court finds that—
22 (A) the Internet site subject to the order
23 is no longer, or never was, an Internet site
24 dedicated to theft of U.S. property; or
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1 (B) the interests of justice otherwise re2
quire that the order be modified, suspended, or
3 vacated.
4 (3) CONSIDERATION.—In making a relief deter5
mination under paragraph (2), a court may consider
6 whether the domain name of the Internet site has
7 expired or has been re-registered by an entity other
8 than the entity that is subject to the order with re9
spect to which the motion under paragraph (1) is
10 brought.
11 (4) INTERVENTION.—An entity required to take
12 action pursuant to subsection (d) if an order issues
13 under subsection (c) may intervene at any time in
14 any action commenced under subsection (c) that
15 may result in such order, or in any action to modify,
16 suspend, or vacate such order under this subsection.
17 (f) AMENDED ORDERS.—The qualifying plaintiff, if
18 alleging that an Internet site previously adjudicated in an
19 action under this section to be an Internet site dedicated
20 to theft of U.S. property is accessible or has been reconsti21
tuted at a different domain name or Internet Protocol ad22
dress, may petition the court to amend the order issued
23 under this section accordingly.
24 (g) REPORTING OF ORDERS.—
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(1) IN 1 GENERAL.—The qualifying plaintiff shall
2 inform the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coor3
dinator of any court order issued under subsection
4 (c) or amended order issued under subsection (f).
5 (2) ALTERATIONS.—Upon the modification,
6 suspension, expiration, or vacation of a court order
7 issued under subsection (c) or an amended order
8 issued under subsection (f), the qualifying plaintiff
9 shall, and the defendant may, so inform the Intellec10
tual Property Enforcement Coordinator.
11 SEC. 104. IMMUNITY FOR TAKING VOLUNTARY ACTION
12 AGAINST SITES DEDICATED TO THEFT OF U.S.
13 PROPERTY.
14 No cause of action shall lie in any Federal or State
15 court or administrative agency against, no person may rely
16 in any claim or cause of action against, and no liability
17 for damages to any person shall be granted against, a
18 service provider, payment network provider, Internet ad19
vertising service, advertiser, Internet search engine, do20
main name registry, or domain name registrar for taking
21 any action described in section 102(c)(2), section
22 103(d)(2), or section 103(b) with respect to an Internet
23 site, or otherwise voluntarily blocking access to or ending
24 financial affiliation with an Internet site, in the reasonable
25 belief that—
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1 (1) the Internet site is a foreign infringing site
2 or is an Internet site dedicated to theft of U.S. prop3
erty; and
4 (2) the action is consistent with the entity’s
5 terms of service or other contractual rights.
6 SEC. 105. IMMUNITY FOR TAKING VOLUNTARY ACTION
7 AGAINST SITES THAT ENDANGER PUBLIC
8 HEALTH.
9 (a) REFUSAL OF SERVICE.—A service provider, pay10
ment network provider, Internet advertising service, ad11
vertiser, Internet search engine, domain name registry, or
12 domain name registrar, acting in good faith and based on
13 credible evidence, may stop providing or refuse to provide
14 services to an Internet site that endangers the public
15 health.
16 (b) IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY.—An entity de17
scribed in subsection (a), including its directors, officers,
18 employees, or agents, that ceases or refuses to provide
19 services under subsection (a) shall not be liable to any per20
son under any Federal or State law for such action.
21 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
22 (1) ADULTERATED.—The term ‘‘adulterated’’
23 has the meaning given that term in section 501 of
24 the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21
25 U.S.C. 351).
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(2) INTERNET SITE THAT 1 ENDANGERS THE
2 PUBLIC HEALTH.—The term ‘‘Internet site that en3
dangers the public health’’ means an Internet site
4 that is primarily designed or operated for the pur5
pose of, has only limited purpose or use other than,
6 or is marketed by its operator or another acting in
7 concert with that operator for use in—
8 (A) offering, selling, dispensing, or distrib9
uting any prescription medication, and does so
10 regularly without a valid prescription; or
11 (B) offering, selling, dispensing, or distrib12
uting any prescription medication that is adul13
terated or misbranded.
14 (3) MISBRANDED.—the term ‘‘misbranded’’ has
15 the meaning given that term in section 502 of the
16 Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C.
17 352).
18 (4) PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION.—
19 (A) PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION.—The
20 term ‘‘prescription medication’’ means a drug
21 that is subject to section 503(b) of the Federal
22 Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C.
23 353(b)).
24 (B) DRUG.—The term ‘‘drug’’ has the
25 meaning given that term in section 201(g)(1) of
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1 the Federal Food Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21
2 U.S.C. 321(g)(1)).
3 (5) VALID PRESCRIPTION.—The term ‘‘valid
4 prescription’’ has the meaning given that term in
5 section 309(e)(2)(A) of the Controlled Substances
6 Act (21 U.S.C. 829(e)(2)(A)).
7 SEC. 106. GUIDELINES AND STUDY.
8 (a) GUIDELINES.—The Attorney General shall—
9 (1) provide appropriate resources and proce10
dures for case management and development to ef11
fect timely disposition of actions brought under this
12 title;
13 (2) develop a deconfliction process in consulta14
tion with appropriate law enforcement agencies, in15
cluding U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforce16
ment, to coordinate enforcement activities under this
17 title;
18 (3) publish procedures developed in consultation
19 with appropriate law enforcement agencies, including
20 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, to re21
ceive information from the public relevant to the en22
forcement of this title; and
23 (4) provide guidance to intellectual property
24 rights holders about what information such rights
25 holders should provide to assist in initiating an in-
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1 vestigation or to supplement an ongoing investiga2
tion pursuant to this title.
3 (b) STUDY.—
4 (1) NATURE OF STUDY.—The Register of Copy5
rights, in consultation with appropriate departments
6 and agencies of the United States and other stake7
holders, shall conduct a study on the enforcement
8 and effectiveness of this title and on any need to
9 amend the provisions of this title to adapt to emerg10
ing technologies.
11 (2) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 2
12 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
13 Register of Copyrights shall submit to the Commit14
tees on the Judiciary of the House of Representa15
tives and the Senate a report containing the results
16 of the study conducted under this subsection and
17 any recommendations that the Register may have as
18 a result of the study.
19 SEC. 107. DENYING U.S. CAPITAL TO NOTORIOUS FOREIGN
20 INFRINGERS.
21 (a) IDENTIFICATION AND RECOMMENDATIONS RE22
GARDING NOTORIOUS FOREIGN INFRINGERS.—
23 (1) IN GENERAL.—Using existing resources, the
24 Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator, in
25 consultation with the Secretaries of Treasury and
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1 Commerce, the United States Trade Representative,
2 the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Com3
mission, and the heads of other departments and ap4
propriate agencies, shall identify and conduct an
5 analysis of notorious foreign infringers whose activi6
ties cause significant harm to holders of intellectual
7 property rights in the United States.
8 (2) PUBLIC INPUT.—In carrying out paragraph
9 (1), the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordi10
nator shall solicit and give consideration to the views
11 and recommendations of members of the public, in12
cluding holders of intellectual property rights in the
13 United States.
14 (b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Intellectual Prop15
erty Enforcement Coordinator shall, not later than 6
16 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, submit
17 to the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Rep18
resentatives and the Senate a report that includes the fol19
lowing:
20 (1) An analysis of notorious foreign infringers
21 and a discussion of how these infringers violate in22
dustry norms regarding the protection of intellectual
23 property.
24 (2) An analysis of the significant harm inflicted
25 by notorious foreign infringers on consumers, busi-
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1 nesses, and intellectual property industries in the
2 United States and abroad.
3 (3) An examination of whether notorious for4
eign infringers have attempted to or succeeded in ac5
cessing capital markets in the United States for
6 funding or public offerings.
7 (4) An analysis of the adequacy of relying upon
8 foreign governments to pursue legal action against
9 notorious foreign infringers.
10 (5) A discussion of specific policy recommenda11
tions to deter the activities of notorious foreign in12
fringers and encourage foreign businesses to adopt
13 industry norms that promote the protection of intel14
lectual property globally, including addressing—
15 (A) whether notorious foreign infringers
16 that engage in significant infringing activity
17 should be prohibited by the laws of the United
18 States from seeking to raise capital in the
19 United States, including offering stock for sale
20 to the public; and
21 (B) whether the United States Government
22 should initiate a process to identify and des23
ignate foreign entities from a list of notorious
24 foreign infringers that would be prohibited from
25 raising capital in the United States.
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1 TITLE II—ADDITIONAL EN2
HANCEMENTS TO COMBAT IN3
TELLECTUAL PROPERTY
4 THEFT
5 SEC. 201. STREAMING OF COPYRIGHTED WORKS IN VIOLA6
TION OF CRIMINAL LAW.
7 (a) TITLE 17 AMENDMENTS.—Section 506(a) of title
8 17, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
9 ‘‘(a) CRIMINAL INFRINGEMENT.—
10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any person who willfully
11 infringes a copyright shall be punished as provided
12 under section 2319 of title 18, if the infringement
13 was committed—
14 ‘‘(A) for purposes of commercial advantage
15 or private financial gain;
16 ‘‘(B) by the reproduction or distribution,
17 including by electronic means, during any 180-
18 day period, of 1 or more copies or phonorecords
19 of 1 or more copyrighted works, or by the pub20
lic performance by means of digital trans21
mission, during any 180-day period, of 1 or
22 more copyrighted works, when the total retail
23 value of the copies or phonorecords, or of the
24 public performances, is more than $1,000; or
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1 ‘‘(C) by the distribution or public perform2
ance of a work being prepared for commercial
3 dissemination, by making it available on a com4
puter network accessible to members of the
5 public, if such person knew or should have
6 known that the work was intended for commer7
cial dissemination.
8 ‘‘(2) EVIDENCE.—For purposes of this sub9
section, evidence of reproduction, distribution, or
10 public performance of a copyrighted work, by itself,
11 shall not be sufficient to establish willful infringe12
ment of a copyright.
13 ‘‘(3) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term
14 ‘work being prepared for commercial dissemination’
15 means—
16 ‘‘(A) a computer program, a musical work,
17 a motion picture or other audiovisual work, or
18 a sound recording, if, at the time of unauthor19
ized distribution or public performance—
20 ‘‘(i)(I) the copyright owner has a rea21
sonable expectation of commercial distribu22
tion; and
23 ‘‘(II) the copies or phonorecords of
24 the work have not been commercially dis25
tributed in the United States by or with
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1 the authorization of the copyright owner;
2 or
3 ‘‘(ii)(I) the copyright owner does not
4 intend to offer copies of the work for com5
mercial distribution but has a reasonable
6 expectation of other forms of commercial
7 dissemination of the work; and
8 ‘‘(II) the work has not been commer9
cially disseminated to the public in the
10 United States by or with the authorization
11 of the copyright owner;
12 ‘‘(B) a motion picture, if, at the time of
13 unauthorized distribution or public perform14
ance, the motion picture—
15 ‘‘(i)(I) has been made available for
16 viewing in a motion picture exhibition facil17
ity; and
18 ‘‘(II) has not been made available in
19 copies for sale to the general public in the
20 United States by or with the authorization
21 of the copyright owner in a format in22
tended to permit viewing outside a motion
23 picture exhibition facility; or
24 ‘‘(ii) had not been commercially dis25
seminated to the public in the United
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1 States by or with the authorization of the
2 copyright owner more than 24 hours before
3 the unauthorized distribution or public per4
formance.’’.
5 (b) TITLE 18 AMENDMENTS.—Section 2319 of title
6 18, United States Code, is amended—
7 (1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘during
8 any 180-day period’’ and all that follows and insert
9 ‘‘of at least 10 copies or phonorecords, or of at least
10 10 public performances by means of digital trans11
mission, of 1 or more copyrighted works, during any
12 180-day period, which have a total retail value of
13 more than $2,500;’’;
14 (2) in subsection (c)—
15 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘of 10 or
16 more copies or phonorecords’’ and all that fol17
lows and inserting ‘‘including by electronic
18 means, of at least 10 copies or phonorecords, or
19 of at least 10 public performances by means of
20 digital transmission, of 1 or more copyrighted
21 works, during any 180-day period, which have
22 a total retail value of more than $2,500;’’; and
23 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘if the
24 offense’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘in
25 any other case;’’;
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1 (3) in subsection (d)(4), by striking ‘‘under
2 paragraph (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘committed for pur3
poses of commercial advantage or private financial
4 gain under subsection (a)’’;
5 (4) in subsection (f)—
6 (A) by amending paragraph (2) to read as
7 follows:
8 ‘‘(2) the terms ‘reproduction’, ‘distribution’,
9 and ‘public performance’ refer to the exclusive rights
10 of a copyright owner under paragraphs (1), (3), (4),
11 and (6), respectively, of section 106 (relating to ex12
clusive rights in copyrighted works), as limited by
13 sections 107 through 122, of title 17; and’’;
14 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘; and’’
15 and inserting a period; and
16 (C) by striking paragraph (4); and
17 (5) by adding at the end the following new sub18
section:
19 ‘‘(g) EVIDENCE OF TOTAL RETAIL VALUE.—For
20 purposes of this section and section 506(a) of title 17,
21 total retail value may be shown by evidence of—
22 ‘‘(1) the total retail price that persons receiving
23 the reproductions, distributions, or public perform24
ances constituting the offense would have paid to re-
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1 ceive such reproductions, distributions, or public per2
formances lawfully;
3 ‘‘(2) the total economic value of the reproduc4
tions, distributions, or public performances to the in5
fringer or to the copyright owner, as shown by evi6
dence of fee, advertising, or other revenue that was
7 received by the person who commits the offense, or
8 that the copyright owner would have been entitled to
9 receive had such reproductions, distributions, or
10 public performances been offered lawfully; or
11 ‘‘(3) the total fair market value of licenses to
12 offer the type of reproductions, distributions, or pub13
lic performances constituting the offense.’’.
14 (c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Any person acting
15 with a good faith reasonable basis in law to believe that
16 the person’s conduct is lawful shall not be considered to
17 have acted willfully for purposes of the amendments made
18 by this section. Such person includes, but is not limited
19 to, a person engaged in conduct forming the basis of a
20 bona fide commercial dispute over the scope of existence
21 of a contract or license governing such conduct where such
22 person has a reasonable basis in law to believe that such
23 conduct is noninfringing. Nothing in this subsection shall
24 affect the application or interpretation of the willfulness
25 requirement in any other provision of civil or criminal law.
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1 SEC. 202. TRAFFICKING IN INHERENTLY DANGEROUS
2 GOODS OR SERVICES.
3 Section 2320 of title 18, United States Code, is
4 amended as follows:
5 (1) Subsection (a) is amended to read as fol6
lows:
7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—
8 ‘‘(A) OFFENSES.—Whoever—
9 ‘‘(i) intentionally traffics or attempts
10 to traffic in goods or services and know11
ingly uses a counterfeit mark on or in con12
nection with such goods or services,
13 ‘‘(ii) intentionally traffics or attempts
14 to traffic in labels, patches, stickers, wrap15
pers, badges, emblems, medallions, charms,
16 boxes, containers, cans, cases, hangtags,
17 documentation, or packaging of any type
18 or nature, knowing that a counterfeit mark
19 has been applied thereto, the use of which
20 is likely to cause confusion, to cause mis21
take, or to deceive, or
22 ‘‘(iii) intentionally imports, exports, or
23 traffics in counterfeit drugs or inten24
tionally participates in or knowingly aids
25 drug counterfeiting,
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1 shall, if an individual, be fined not more than
2 $2,000,000 or imprisoned not more than 10
3 years, or both, and, if a person other than an
4 individual, be fined not more than $5,000,000.
5 ‘‘(B) SUBSEQUENT OFFENSES.—In the
6 case of an offense by a person under this para7
graph that occurs after that person is convicted
8 of another offense under this paragraph, the
9 person convicted, if an individual, shall be fined
10 not more than $5,000,000 or imprisoned not
11 more than 20 years, or both, and if other than
12 an individual, shall be fined not more than
13 $15,000,000.
14 ‘‘(2) SERIOUS BODILY HARM OR DEATH.—
15 ‘‘(A) SERIOUS BODILY HARM.—If the of16
fender knowingly or recklessly causes or at17
tempts to cause serious bodily injury from con18
duct in violation of paragraph (1), the penalty
19 shall be, for an individual, a fine of not more
20 than $5,000,000 or imprisonment for any term
21 of years or for life, or both, and for other than
22 an individual, a fine of not more than
23 $15,000,000.
24 ‘‘(B) DEATH.—If the offender knowingly
25 or recklessly causes or attempts to cause death
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1 from conduct in violation of paragraph (1), the
2 penalty shall be, for an individual, a fine of not
3 more than $5,000,000 or imprisonment for any
4 term of years or for life, or both, and for other
5 than an individual, a fine of not more than
6 $15,000,000.
7 ‘‘(3) MILITARY GOODS OR SERVICES.—
8 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A person who com9
mits an offense under paragraph (1) shall be
10 punished in accordance with subparagraph (B)
11 if—
12 ‘‘(i) the offense involved a good or
13 service described in paragraph (1) that if
14 it malfunctioned, failed, or was com15
promised, could reasonably be foreseen to
16 cause—
17 ‘‘(I) serious bodily injury or
18 death;
19 ‘‘(II) disclosure of classified in20
formation;
21 ‘‘(III) impairment of combat op22
erations; or
23 ‘‘(IV) other significant harm—
24 ‘‘(aa) to a member—
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1 ‘‘(AA) of the Armed
2 Forces; or
3 ‘‘(BB) of a Federal,
4 State, or local law enforce5
ment agency; or
6 ‘‘(bb) to national security or
7 critical infrastructure; and
8 ‘‘(ii) the person had knowledge that
9 the good or service is falsely identified as
10 meeting military standards or is intended
11 for use in a military or national security
12 application, or a law enforcement or crit13
ical infrastructure application.
14 ‘‘(B) PENALTIES.—
15 ‘‘(i) INDIVIDUAL.—An individual who
16 commits an offense described in subpara17
graph (A) shall be fined not more than
18 $5,000,000, imprisoned for not more than
19 20 years, or both.
20 ‘‘(ii) PERSON OTHER THAN AN INDI21
VIDUAL.—A person other than an indi22
vidual that commits an offense described in
23 subparagraph (A) shall be fined not more
24 than $15,000,000.
25 ‘‘(C) SUBSEQUENT OFFENSES.—
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1 ‘‘(i) INDIVIDUAL.—An individual who
2 commits an offense described in subpara3
graph (A) after the individual is convicted
4 of an offense under subparagraph (A) shall
5 be fined not more than $15,000,000, im6
prisoned not more than 30 years, or both.
7 ‘‘(ii) PERSON OTHER THAN AN INDI8
VIDUAL.—A person other than an indi9
vidual that commits an offense described in
10 subparagraph (A) after the person is con11
victed of an offense under subparagraph
12 (A) shall be fined not more than
13 $30,000,000.’’.
14 (2) Subsection (e) is amended—
15 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking the pe16
riod at the end and inserting a semicolon;
17 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and’’ at
18 the end;
19 (C) in paragraph (4), by striking the pe20
riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; and
21 (D) by adding at the end the following:
22 ‘‘(5) the term ‘counterfeit drug’ has the mean23
ing given that term in section 201(g)(2) of the Fed24
eral Food Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C.
25 321(g)(2));
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1 ‘‘(6) the term ‘critical infrastructure’ has the
2 meaning given that term in section 2339D(c);
3 ‘‘(7) the term ‘drug counterfeiting’ means any
4 act prohibited by section 301(i) of the Federal Food
5 Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 331(i));
6 ‘‘(8) the term ‘final dosage form’ has the mean7
ing given that term in section 735(4) of the Federal
8 Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379g(4));
9 ‘‘(9) the term ‘falsely identified as meeting mili10
tary standards’ relating to a good or service means
11 there is a material misrepresentation that the good
12 or service meets a standard, requirement, or speci13
fication issued by the Department of Defense, an
14 Armed Force, or a reserve component;
15 ‘‘(10) the term ‘use in a military or national se16
curity application’ means the use of a good or serv17
ice, independently, in conjunction with, or as a com18
ponent of another good or service—
19 ‘‘(A) during the performance of the official
20 duties of the Armed Forces of the United
21 States or the reserve components of the Armed
22 Forces; or
23 ‘‘(B) by the United States to perform or
24 directly support—
25 ‘‘(i) combat operations; or
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1 ‘‘(ii) critical national defense or na2
tional security functions; and
3 ‘‘(11) the term ‘use in a law enforcement or
4 critical infrastructure application’ means the use of
5 a good or service, independently, in conjunction
6 with, or as a component of, another good or service
7 by a person who is directly engaged in—
8 ‘‘(A) Federal, State, or local law enforce9
ment; or
10 ‘‘(B) an official function pertaining to crit11
ical infrastructure.’’.
12 SEC. 203. PROTECTING U.S. BUSINESSES FROM FOREIGN
13 AND ECONOMIC ESPIONAGE.
14 (a) FOR OFFENSES COMMITTED BY INDIVIDUALS.—
15 Section 1831(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amend16
ed, in the matter after paragraph (5)—
17 (1) by striking ‘‘15 years’’ and inserting ‘‘20
18 years’’; and
19 (2) by striking ‘‘not more than $500,000’’ and
20 inserting ‘‘not less than $1,000,000 and not more
21 than $5,000,000’’.
22 (b) FOR OFFENSES COMMITTED BY ORGANIZA23
TIONS.—Section 1831(b) of such title is amended by strik24
ing ‘‘$10,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘not more than the
25 greater of $10,000,000 or 3 times the value of the stolen
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1 trade secret to the organization (including expenses for re2
search and design or other costs of reproducing the trade
3 secret that the organization has thereby avoided)’’.
4 SEC. 204. AMENDMENTS TO SENTENCING GUIDELINES.
5 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact6
ment of this Act, pursuant to its authority under section
7 994(p) of title 28, United States Code, the United States
8 Sentencing Commission shall—
9 (1) review, and if appropriate, amend Federal
10 Sentencing Guidelines and policy statements applica11
ble to persons convicted of—
12 (A) intellectual property offenses;
13 (B) an offense under section 2320(a) of
14 title 18, United States Code; or
15 (C) an offense under section 1831 of title
16 18, United States Code;
17 (2) in carrying out such review, consider
18 amending such Guidelines and policy statements
19 to—
20 (A) apply an appropriate offense level en21
hancement for intellectual property offenses
22 committed in connection with an organized
23 criminal enterprise;
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1 (B) apply an appropriate offense level en2
hancement to the simple misappropriation of a
3 trade secret;
4 (C) apply an additional appropriate offense
5 level enhancement if the defendant transmits or
6 attempts to transmit the stolen trade secret
7 outside of the United States and an additional
8 appropriate enhancement if the defendant in9
stead commits economic espionage;
10 (D) provide that when a defendant trans11
mits trade secrets outside of the United States
12 or commits economic espionage, that the de13
fendant should face a minimum offense level;
14 (E) provide for an offense level enhance15
ment for Guidelines relating to the theft of
16 trade secrets and economic espionage, including
17 trade secrets transferred or attempted to be
18 transferred outside of the United States;
19 (F) apply an appropriate offense level en20
hancement and minimum offense level for of21
fenses under section 2320(a) of title 18, United
22 States Code, that involve a product intended for
23 use in a military or national security applica24
tion, or a law enforcement or critical infrastruc25
ture application;
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1 (G) ensure that the Guidelines and policy
2 statements (including section 2B5.3 of the Fed3
eral Sentencing Guidelines (and any successor
4 thereto)) reflect—
5 (i) the serious nature of the offenses
6 described in section 2320(a) of title 18,
7 United States Code;
8 (ii) the need for an effective deterrent
9 and appropriate punishment to prevent of10
fenses under section 2320(a) of title 18,
11 United States Code; and
12 (iii) the effectiveness of incarceration
13 in furthering the objectives described in
14 clauses (i) and (ii); and
15 (H) ensure reasonable consistency with
16 other relevant directives and Guidelines and
17 Federal statutes;
18 (3) submit to Congress a report detailing the
19 Commission’s actions with respect to each potential
20 amendment described in paragraph (2);
21 (4) make such conforming amendments to the
22 Federal Sentencing Guidelines as the Commission
23 determines necessary to achieve consistency with
24 other Guideline provisions and applicable law; and
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1 (5) promulgate the Guidelines, policy state2
ments, or amendments provided for in this section
3 as soon as practicable in accordance with the proce4
dure set forth in section 21(a) of the Sentencing Act
5 of 1987 (28 U.S.C. 994 note), as though the author6
ity under that Act had not expired.
7 SEC. 205. DEFENDING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
8 ABROAD.
9 (a) RESOURCES TO PROTECT INTELLECTUAL PROP10
ERTY RIGHTS.—
11 (1) POLICY.—The Secretary of State and the
12 Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the
13 Register of Copyrights, shall ensure that the protec14
tion in foreign countries of the intellectual property
15 rights of United States persons is a significant com16
ponent of United States foreign and commercial pol17
icy in general, and in relations with individual coun18
tries in particular.
19 (2) DEDICATION OF RESOURCES.—The Sec20
retary of State and the Secretary of Commerce, in
21 consultation with the Register of Copyrights, and
22 the heads of other appropriate departments and
23 agencies, shall ensure that adequate resources are
24 available at the United States embassy or diplomatic
25 mission (as the case may be) in any country that is
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1 identified under section 182(a)(1) of the Trade Act
2 of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2242(a)(1)) to ensure—
3 (A) aggressive support for enforcement ac4
tion against violations of the intellectual prop5
erty rights of United States persons in such
6 country;
7 (B) cooperation with and support for the
8 host government’s efforts to conform its appli9
cable laws, regulations, practices, and processes
10 to enable the host government to honor its
11 international and bilateral obligations with re12
spect to the protection of intellectual property
13 rights;
14 (C) consistency with the policy and coun15
try-specific priorities set forth in the most re16
cent report of USTR under such section
17 182(a)(1); and
18 (D) support for holders of United States
19 intellectual property rights and industries whose
20 access to foreign markets is improperly re21
stricted by intellectual property related issues.
22 (b) NEW APPOINTMENTS.—
23 (1) APPOINTMENTS AND ADMINISTRATION.—
24 The Secretary of State and the Secretary of Com25
merce, in consultation with the Register of Copy-
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1 rights, shall appoint at least one intellectual prop2
erty attach´e to be assigned to the United States em3
bassy or diplomatic mission (as the case may be) in
4 a country in each geographic region covered by a re5
gional bureau of the Department of State. The Di6
rector of the Patent and Trademark Office shall
7 maintain authority over hiring, personnel ratings,
8 and objectives for the attach´es, in consultation with
9 the Secretary of State. Depending on experience and
10 expertise, intellectual property attach´es shall be des11
ignated as the diplomatic rank in-mission of First
12 Secretary or Counselor.
13 (2) REGIONS DEFINED.—The geographic re14
gions referred to in paragraph (1) are the following:
15 (A) Africa.
16 (B) Europe and Eurasia.
17 (C) East Asia and the Pacific.
18 (D) The Near East.
19 (E) South and Central Asia and the Pa20
cific.
21 (F) The Western Hemisphere.
22 (3) DUTIES.—The intellectual property attach´es
23 appointed under this subsection shall focus primarily
24 on intellectual property matters, including the devel25
opment, protection, and enforcement of applicable
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1 law. Each intellectual property attach´e shall work, in
2 accordance with guidance from the Director, and in
3 coordination with appropriate staff at the Depart4
ments of Commerce and State and the Copyright
5 Office, to advance the policy goals and priorities of
6 the United States Government. Those policy goals
7 and priorities shall be consistent with USTR’s re8
ports under section 182(a)(1) of the Trade Act of
9 1974. The intellectual property attach´es shall work
10 with United States holders of intellectual property
11 rights and industry to address intellectual property
12 rights violations in the countries where the attach´es
13 are assigned.
14 (c) PRIORITY ASSIGNMENTS.—
15 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), in
16 designating the United States embassies or diplo17
matic missions where attach´es will be assigned under
18 subsection (b), the Secretary of State and the Sec19
retary of Commerce shall give priority to countries
20 where the activities of an attach´e are likely to
21 achieve the greatest potential benefit in reducing in22
tellectual property infringement in the United States
23 market, to advance the intellectual property rights of
24 United States persons and their licensees, and to ad25
vance the interests of United States persons who
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1 may otherwise be harmed by violations of intellectual
2 property rights in those countries.
3 (2) ASSIGNMENTS TO PRIORITY COUNTRIES.—
4 In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary of
5 State and the Secretary of Commerce shall consider
6 assigning intellectual property attach´es—
7 (A) to the countries that have been identi8
fied under section 182(a)(1) of the Trade Act
9 of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2242(a)(1)); and
10 (B) to countries of critical economic impor11
tance to the advancement of United States in12
tellectual property rights and interests.
13 (d) TRAINING.—The Secretary of State and the Sec14
retary of Commerce shall ensure that each intellectual
15 property attach´e appointed under subsection (b) is fully
16 trained for the responsibilities of the position before as17
suming duties at the United States embassy or diplomatic
18 mission to which the attach´e is assigned.
19 (e) COORDINATION.—The activities of intellectual
20 property attach´es under this section shall be determined
21 in consultation with the Intellectual Property Enforcement
22 Coordinator. The Director shall assist in coordinating the
23 policy priorities and activities of the intellectual property
24 attach´es and oversee administrative and personnel mat25
ters.
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(f) TRAINING AND TECHNICAL 1 ASSISTANCE.—
2 (1) CONSISTENCY.—Using existing resources,
3 all training and technical assistance provided by in4
tellectual property attach´es appointed under sub5
section (b), or under other authority, relating to in6
tellectual property enforcement and protection
7 abroad shall be designed to be consistent with the
8 policy and country-specific priorities set forth in the
9 most recent report of USTR under section 182(a) of
10 the Trade Act of 1974.
11 (2) ROLE OF IPEC.—Such training and tech12
nical assistance programs shall be carried out in
13 consultation with the Intellectual Property Enforce14
ment Coordinator. The Director shall assist in co15
ordinating the training and technical assistance pro16
grams conducted by intellectual property attach´es.
17 (g) ACTIVITIES IN OTHER COUNTRIES.—In the case
18 of countries that are not identified under section
19 182(a)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974, the activities of Fed20
eral departments and agencies with respect to intellectual
21 property rights in those countries, intellectual property
22 programs and outreach of the United States Government
23 in those countries, and training and technical assistance
24 programs of the United States Government relating to in25
tellectual property in those countries may be conducted
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1 to the extent they are consistent with compelling commer2
cial or foreign policy interests of the United States.
3 (h) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—The Intellectual Prop4
erty Enforcement Coordinator shall include in the annual
5 report submitted under section 314 of the Prioritizing Re6
sources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of
7 2008 (15 U.S.C. 8114) on the activities of the advisory
8 committee established under section 301 of that Act (15
9 U.S.C. 8111) information on the appointment, designation
10 for assignment, and activities of all intellectual property
11 attach´es of any Federal department or agency who are
12 serving abroad.
13 (i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
14 (1) DIRECTOR.—The terms ‘‘Director of the
15 Patent and Trademark Office’’ and ‘‘Director’’ mean
16 the Under Secretary for Intellectual Property and
17 Director of the Untied States Patent and Trade18
mark Office.
19 (2) INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ENFORCE20
MENT.—The term ‘‘intellectual property enforce21
ment’’ has the meaning given that term in section
22 302 of the Prioritizing Resources and Organization
23 for Intellectual Property Act of 2008 (15 U.S.C.
24 8112).
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(3) INTELLECTUAL 1 PROPERTY ENFORCEMENT
2 COORDINATOR.—The term ‘‘Intellectual Property
3 Enforcement Coordinator’’ means the Intellectual
4 Property Enforcement Coordinator appointed under
5 section 301 of the Prioritizing Resources and Orga6
nization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008 (15
7 U.S.C. 8111).
8 (4) INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS.—The
9 term ‘‘intellectual property rights’’ means the rights
10 of holders of copyrights, patents, trademarks, other
11 forms of intellectual property, and trade secrets.
12 (5) USTR.—The term ‘‘USTR’’ means the
13 United States Trade Representative.
14 (6) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term
15 ‘‘United States person’’ means—
16 (A) any United States resident or national;
17 (B) any corporation, partnership, other
18 business entity, or other organization, that is
19 organized under the laws of the United States;
20 and
21 (C) any foreign subsidiary or affiliate (in22
cluding any permanent foreign establishment)
23 of any corporation, partnership, business entity,
24 or organization described in subparagraph (B),
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1 that is controlled in fact by such corporation,
2 partnership, business entity, or organization.
3 (j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—The Sec4
retary of State and the Secretary of Commerce shall pro5
vide for the training and support of the intellectual prop6
erty attach´es appointed under subsection (b) using exist7
ing resources.
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