House IP Subcommittee Chair Lamar Smith has drafted a Copyright Modernization Act of 2006 that rolls several pending bills into one big ball of wax (or one tarbaby, if that image seems more apropos).

The Table of Contents:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

TITLE I—MUSIC LICENSING
Sec. 101. Short title.
Sec. 102. Statutory Licenses for digital delivery of musical works.
Sec. 103. Performance right preserved.
Sec. 104. Interim rate process.
Sec. 105. Technical amendments.
Sec. 106. Effective date.
Sec. 107. Savings clauses.
Sec. 108. Staying of infringement actions.

TITLE II—ORPHAN WORKS
Sec. 201. Short title.
Sec. 202. Limitation on remedies in cases involving orphan works.
Sec. 203. Report to Congress on amendments.
Sec. 204. Inquiry on remedies for small copyright claims.

TITLE III—COPYRIGHT PROTECTION RESOURCES
Sec. 301. Short title.
Sec. 302. Registration in civil infringement actions.
Sec. 303. Statutory damages.
Sec. 304. Improved investigative and forensic resources for enforcement of laws
related to intellectual property crimes.

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