Copyright Remedy Clarification Act
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The Copyright Remedy Clarification Act (CRCA) is a United States copyright law that attempted to abrogate sovereign immunity of states for copyright infringement. The CRCA amended 17 USC 511(a):
In general. Any State, any instrumentality of a State, and any officer or employee of a State or instrumentality of a State acting in his or her official capacity, shall not be immune, under the Eleventh Amendment of the Constitution of the United States or under any other doctrine of sovereign immunity, from suit in Federal Court by any person, including any governmental or nongovernmental entity, for a violation of any of the exclusive rights of a copyright owner provided by sections 106 through 122, for importing copies of phonorecords in violation of section 602, or for any other violation under this title.
Long title | To amend chapters 5 and 9 of title 17, United States Code, to clarify that States, instrumentalities of States, and officers and employees of States acting in their official capacity, are subject to suit in Federal court by any person for infringement of copyright and infringement of exclusive rights in mask works, and that all the remedies can be obtained in such suit that can be obtained in a suit against a private person or against other public entities. |
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Acronyms (colloquial) | CRCA |
Enacted by | the 101st United States Congress |
Citations | |
Public law | Pub. L. 101-553 |
Statutes at Large | 104 Stat. 2749 (1990) |
Codification | |
Acts amended | Copyright Act of 1976 |
Titles amended | 17 (Copyrights) |
U.S.C. sections amended | 17 USC 511(a) |
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