,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #bicc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #bc1 #bjah
 ,mr4 ,wyden introduced the following   
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a 
,,bill  ,to amend title #ag1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to clarify ownership with
 respect to certain copyrights1 and for 
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title  ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,accessibility
 for ,curators1 ,creators1 ,educators1  
,scholars1 and ,society to ,recordings  
,act or the ,,access to ,recordings     
,act4  #b4 ,copyright provisions  ,title
 #ag1 ,united ,states ,code1 is         
amended-- 7#a7 in section #bja1 by      
adding at the end the following3  7f7   
,sound recording fixed before ,february 
#ae1 #aigb ,notwithstanding any other   
provision of this section1 with respect 
to a sound recording fixed before       
,february #ae1 #aigb1 the initial owner 
of the copyright with respect to the    
work for the purposes of this title     

shall be the person that owned the      
copyright1 or equivalent right under    
,state law1 under ,state law on the     
effective date of the ,,access to       
,recordings ,act4  2  7#b7 in section   
#cja-- 7,a7 by striking subsection 7c72 
and  7,b7 by redesignating subsections  
7d71 7e71 and 7f7 as subsections 7c71   
7d71 and 7e71 respectively2  7#c7 in    
section #cjc1 by adding at the end the  
following3  7c7 ,notwithstanding        
subsection 7a7 and section #cjd1 the    
copyright in a sound recording-- 7#a7   
fixed before ,february #ae1 #aigb1      
subject to paragraph 7#b71 subsists from
 the effective date of the ,,access to  
,recordings ,act and endures for a term 
of #ie years from its first publication1
 or a term of #abj years from the year  
of its creation1 whichever expires      
first2 and  7#b7 published during the   
period beginning on ,january #a1 #aibc1 
and ending on ,december #ca1 #aicj1     
endures until ,december #ca1 #bjbe1 if--
  7,a7 the copyright owner engages in   

normal commercial exploitation of the   
work through ,december #ca1 #bjbe2 and  
7,b7 before the date on which protection
 with respect to the work expires under 
paragraph 7#a71 the owner of the        
copyright submits to the ,register of   
,copyrights a notice that--  7i7        
complies with such regulations as the   
,register of ,copyrights may issue2 and 
7ii7 states that the work is subject to 
the normal commercial exploitation      
described in subparagraph 7,a74  2 and  
7#d7 in section #dab-- 7,a7 in paragraph
 7#a71 by striking or at the end2  7,b7 
in paragraph 7#b71 by striking the      
period at the end and inserting 2 or2   
and  7,c7 by adding at the end the      
following3  7#c7 notwithstanding any    
other provision of this section1 any    
infringement of copyright in a sound    
recording fixed before ,february #ae1   
#aigb1 unless the sound recording has an
 effective date of registration that is 
not later than #a year after the        
effective date of the ,,access to       

,recordings ,act4  4  #c4 ,temporary    
limitation on infringement actions      
,during the #c-year period beginning on 
the effective date of this ,act1 an     
award of statutory damages or of        
attorney's fees may be made with respect
 to an infringement of copyright in a   
sound recording fixed before ,february  
#ae1 #aigb1 only if--  7#a7 not later   
than #ahj days before the date on which 
the copyright owner brings the action1  
the copyright owner provides notice to  
the alleged infringer regarding--  7,a7 
the registration of the work under title
 #ag1 ,united ,states ,code2 and  7,b7  
the alleged infringement of copyright2  
and  7#b7 as of the date on which the   
copyright owner brings the action1 the  
alleged infringement has not ceased4    
#d4 ,regulations  ,not later than #a    
year after the date of enactment of this
 ,act1 the ,register of ,copyrights may 
promulgate regulations to modify the    
notice1 deposit1 and registration       
requirements under sections #dja through

 #daj of title #ag1 ,united ,states     
,code1 with respect to a sound recording
 fixed before ,february #ae1 #aigb4  #e4
 ,effective date  ,except with respect  
to any regulations that the ,register of
 ,copyrights promulgates under section  
#d1 this ,act1 and the amendments made  
by this ,act1 shall take effect on the  
date that is #a year after the date of  
enactment of this ,act4