,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eehf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #ah1 #bjad
 ,mr4 ,farenthold introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a    
,,bill  ,to amend title #ag1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to provide that the first
 sale doctrine applies to any computer  
program that enables a machine or other 
product to operate4  #a4 ,short ,title  
,this ,act may be cited as the 8,you    
,own ,devices ,act04  #b4 ,first ,sale  
,doctrine and ,certain ,computer        
,programs  7a7 ,in ,general ,section    
#aji of title #ag1 ,united ,states      
,code1 is amended by adding at the end  
the following3  7f7 ,transfer of        
,certain ,computer ,programs  7#a7 ,in  
general ,notwithstanding section #ajf or
 section #aag1 if a computer program    
enables any part of a machine or other  
product to operate1 the owner of the    
machine or other product is entitled to 
transfer an authorized copy of the      

computer program1 or the right to obtain
 such copy1 when the owner sells1       
leases1 or otherwise transfers the      
machine or other product to another     
person4 ,the right to transfer provided 
under this subsection may not be waived 
by any agreement4  7#b7 ,security and   
error correction ,any right to receive  
modifications to the computer program   
described in paragraph 7#a7 relating in 
whole or in part to security or error   
correction that applied to the owner of 
the machine or other product described  
in paragraph 7#a7 shall apply to the    
person to whom the machine or product   
and the copy of the computer program are
 transferred4  7#c7 ,treatment of       
unauthorized copies ,nothing in this    
subsection should be construed as       
permitting the owner of a machine or    
other product to retain an unauthorized 
copy of the computer program described  
in paragraph 7#a7 after transferring the
 machine or other product and the copy  
of the computer program to another      

person4  4  7b7 ,effective ,date ,the   
amendment made by subsection 7a7 shall  
take effect on the date of the enactment
 of this ,act and shall apply to        
transfers of computer programs occurring
 on or after such date4