The Benefit Authors without Limiting Advancement or Net Consumer Expectations (BALANCE) Act of 2003 was a
bill
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Plac ...
that would've amended
Title 17 of the
United States Code
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, "to safeguard the rights and expectations of consumers who lawfully obtain digital entertainment." The bill was proposed in the
108th Congress as H.R. 1066 by
Congresswoman
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Zoe Lofgren
Susan Ellen "Zoe" Lofgren ( ; born December 21, 1947) is an American lawyer and politician serving as a U.S. representative from California. A member of the Democratic Party, Lofgren is in her 13th term in Congress, having been first elected in 1 ...
(
D-
CA). In the
109th Congress, the bill was reintroduced and is numbered H.R. 4536. It has not been introduced into the
110th Congress.
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United States proposed federal intellectual property legislation
United States federal copyright legislation
Proposed legislation of the 108th United States Congress
Proposed legislation of the 109th United States Congress
Digital media