I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2752
To encourage the development and distribution of creative works by enhancing 
domestic and international enforcement of the copyright laws, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 16, 2003
Mr. CONYERS (for himself, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. 
WEINER, and Mr. SCHIFF) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To encourage the development and distribution of creative 
works by enhancing domestic and international enforce-
ment of the copyright laws, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Author, Consumer, and 
Computer Owner Protection and Security (ACCOPS) Act 
of 2003’’.
TITLE I—INCREASED DOMESTIC 
ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS 
SEC. 101. AUTHORIZED APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 
year 2004, to the Department of Justice for investigation 
and prosecution of violations of title 17, United States 
Code, not less than $15,000,000. 
SEC. 102. NATIONAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW EN-
FORCEMENT COORDINATION COUNCIL. 
Section 653(b) of title VI of Public Law 106–58 (15 
U.S.C. 1128(b)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: ‘‘The Council shall develop guidelines to ensure 
that its component members share amongst themselves 
law enforcement information related to infringement of 
United States copyrighted works.’’
SEC. 103. ENHANCED CRIMINAL COPYRIGHT REPORTING. 
Section 2320(f) of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘Beginning with the first year after 
the date of enactment of this subsection, the Attorney 
General shall include in the report of the Attorney General 
to Congress on the business of the Department of Justice 
prepared pursuant to section 522 of title 28,’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Beginning with the first year after the date of enact-
ment of this subsection, the Attorney General shall submit
to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees on a bian-
nual basis,’’
TITLE II—INCREASED INTER-
NATIONAL 
ENFORCEMENT 
EFFORTS 
SEC. 201. INFORMATION SHARING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the limitations in sec-
tion 202, the Attorney General of the United States shall 
provide to a foreign authority evidence to assist such au-
thority—
(1) in determining whether a person has vio-
lated any of the copyright laws administered or en-
forced by the foreign authority; or 
(2) in enforcing any of such foreign copyright 
laws. 
(b) EXAMPLES OF TYPE OF EVIDENCE.—Such evi-
dence includes evidence obtained pursuant to criminal 
complaints or to investigations of violations of sections 
2318, 2319, 2319A, and 2320 of title 17, United States 
Code that explains, analyzes, or describes—
(1) the nature of the violation; 
(2) the technological means through which vio-
lations of the copyright law has occurred; 
(3) the identity and location of the person who 
has committed such violation; or
(4) the estimated financial loss caused by the 
violation. 
SEC. 202. LIMITATIONS. 
The Attorney General shall not provide evidence 
under section 201—
(1) that is a matter occurring before a grand 
jury with respect to which disclosure is prohibited by 
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure; 
(2) that is classified; or 
(3) that should not be disclosed for national se-
curity reasons. 
TITLE III—ANTI-PIRACY TOOLS
SEC. 301. CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR PLACING WORKS ON 
COMPUTER NETWORKS. 
Section 506(a) of title 17, United States Code, is 
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘, United States Code’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘For 
purposes of section 2319(b) of title 18, the placing 
of a copyrighted work, without the authorization of 
the copyright owner, on a computer network acces-
sible to members of the public who are able to copy 
the work through such access shall be considered to 
be the distribution, during a 180-day period, of at
least 10 copies of that work with a retail value of 
more than $2,500.’’. 
SEC. 302. NOTICE AND CONSENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 89 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 1822. Notice and consent relating to certain soft-
ware 
‘‘(a) Whoever knowingly offers enabling software for 
download over the Internet and does not—
‘‘(1) clearly and conspicuously warn any person 
downloading that software, before it is downloaded, 
that it is enabling software and could create a secu-
rity and privacy risk for the user’s computer; and 
‘‘(2) obtain that person’s prior consent to the 
download after that warning; 
shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 
6 months, or both. 
‘‘(b) As used in this section, the term ‘enabling soft-
ware’ means software that, when installed on the user’s 
computer, enables 3rd parties to store data on that com-
puter, or use that computer to search other computers’ 
contents over the Internet.’’. 
(b) AMENDMENT
TO TABLE
OF SECTIONS.—The 
table of sections at the beginning of chapter 89 of title
18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
the following new item:
‘‘1822. Notice and consent relating to certain software.’’.
SEC. 303. CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR FALSE INFORMATION 
IN REGISTRATION OF DOMAIN NAMES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 47 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘§ 1037. Fraudulent information in registering do-
main name 
‘‘(a) OFFENSE.—Whoever knowingly and with intent 
to defraud provides material and misleading false contact 
information to a domain name registrar, domain name 
registry, or other domain name registration authority in 
registering a domain name shall be fined under this title 
or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section—
‘‘(1) the term ‘domain name’ means any alpha-
numeric designation which is registered with or as-
signed by a domain name registrar, domain name 
registry, or other domain name registration author-
ity as part of an electronic address on the Internet; 
and
‘‘(2) the term ‘Internet’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 230(f)(1) of the Communica-
tions Act of 1034 (47 U.S.C. 230(f)(1)).’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions for chapter 47 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new item:
‘‘1037. Fraudulent information in registering domain name.’’.
SEC. 304. PREVENTION OF SURREPTITIOUS RECORDING IN 
THEATERS. 
Section 506(a) of title 17, United States Code, is 
amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘or’’ after the 
comma; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘or’’ after 
‘‘$1,000,’’; and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3) by the unauthorized reproduction or re-
cording of a motion picture as it is being performed 
or displayed in a motion picture theater,’’. 
SEC. 305. EVIDENTIARY STANDARDS FOR CRIMINAL WILL-
FULNESS. 
(a) OFFENSE.—Section 506(a) of title 17, United 
States Code, as amended by section 301 of this Act, is 
further amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘The