To amend title 10, United States Code, to allow faculty members at Department of Defense service academies and schools of professional military education to secure copyrights for certain scholarly works that they produce as part of their official duties in order to submit such works for publication, and for other purposes.

Bill: 108-hr-3559
Sponsor: Rep. Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19]
Introduced: 2003-11-20 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Air force
Army
Arts, Culture, Religion
Authors and authorship
Coast guard
College teachers
Copyright
Department of Defense
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Transportation
Education
Federal employees
Government Operations and Politics
Higher education
Intellectual property
Journalism
Law
Marines
Merchant marine
Military personnel
Navy
Periodicals
School personnel
Service academies
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2003-11-20
text: 
Authorizes a faculty member of a military service academy (including the Coast Guard Academy and Merchant Marine Academy) or Department of Defense professional school (including the National Defense University) to secure Federal copyright protection for a scholarly work prepared as part of that person's official duties, but only for purposes of submitting such work for publication in a scholarly journal, publication, or other edited work for which such a copyright is required. Requires the faculty member to transfer such copyright to the owner or publisher of the medium for which the work will be published. Prohibits the acceptance of royalties or other compensation by reason of such copyright protection.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-12-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Total Force.
action_date: 2003-12-12
text: Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
action_date: 2003-12-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2003-11-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2003-11-20
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-11-20
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-11-20
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-11-20
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2003-11-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2003-11-20
text: Introduced in House