Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jun 30, 2010 |
referred to consumer affairs and protection delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.1384 committee discharged and committed to rules |
Jun 18, 2010 |
print number 6930a |
Jun 18, 2010 |
amend and recommit to codes |
May 25, 2010 |
reported and committed to codes |
Feb 25, 2010 |
referred to consumer protection |
Senate Bill S6930
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
Bill Amendments
2009-S6930 - Details
2009-S6930 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6930 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the general business law, in relation to file-sharing applications PURPOSE : To strengthen current regulations relating to file-sharing applications. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1. Amends the general business law by adding a new section 349-d which prohibits a person or entity that is not an owner or authorized user of a computer from installing, offering to install, or making available for installation, reinstallation or update a covered file-sharing program onto the computer without first providing clear notice to the owner or authorized user of the computer that the files on that computer will be made available to the public, obtaining consent of the owner or authorized user to installation of the program, and requiring affirmative steps by the owner or authorized user to activate any feature on the program that will make files on that computer available to the public. It also prohibits a person or entity that is not an owner or authorized user of a computer from preventing reasonable efforts to disable or remove, or to block the installation of execution of, a covered file-sharing program on the
2009-S6930 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6930 I N S E N A T E February 25, 2010 ___________ Introduced by Sen. C. JOHNSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to file-sharing applications THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 349-d to read as follows: S 349-D. FILE-SHARING APPLICATIONS. 1. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS SECTION "COVERED FILE-SHARING PROGRAM" MEANS A COMPUTER PROGRAM, APPLICATION, OR SOFTWARE THAT ENABLES THE COMPUTER ON WHICH SUCH PROGRAM, APPLICATION, OR SOFTWARE IS INSTALLED TO DESIGNATE FILES AS AVAILABLE FOR SEARCHING BY AND COPYING TO ONE OR MORE OTHER COMPUTERS, TO TRANSMIT SUCH DESIG- NATED FILES DIRECTLY TO ONE OR MORE OTHER COMPUTERS, AND TO REQUEST THE TRANSMISSION OF SUCH DESIGNATED FILES DIRECTLY FROM ONE OR MORE OTHER COMPUTERS. COVERED FILE-SHARING PROGRAM DOES NOT MEAN A PROGRAM, APPLI- CATION, OR SOFTWARE DESIGNED PRIMARILY TO OPERATE AS A SERVER THAT IS ACCESSIBLE OVER THE INTERNET USING THE INTERNET DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM, TO TRANSMIT OR RECEIVE EMAIL MESSAGES, INSTANT MESSAGING, REAL-TIME AUDIO OR VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS, OR REAL-TIME VOICE COMMUNICATIONS, OR TO PROVIDE NETWORK OR COMPUTER SECURITY, NETWORK MANAGEMENT, HOSTING AND BACKUP SERVICES, MAINTENANCE, DIAGNOSTICS, TECHNICAL SUPPORT OR REPAIR, OR TO DETECT OR PREVENT FRAUDULENT ACTIVITIES. 2. A PERSON OR ENTITY THAT IS NOT AN OWNER OR AUTHORIZED USER OF A COMPUTER MAY NOT: (A) INSTALL, OFFER TO INSTALL, OR MAKE AVAILABLE FOR INSTALLATION, REINSTALLATION OR UPDATE A COVERED FILE-SHARING PROGRAM ONTO THE COMPUT- ER WITHOUT FIRST PROVIDING CLEAR AND CONSPICUOUS NOTICE TO THE OWNER OR AUTHORIZED USER OF THE COMPUTER THAT THE FILES ON THAT COMPUTER WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC, OBTAINING CONSENT OF THE OWNER OR AUTHOR- IZED USER TO INSTALLATION OF THE PROGRAM, AND REQUIRING AFFIRMATIVE STEPS BY THE OWNER OR AUTHORIZED USER TO ACTIVATE ANY FEATURE ON THE PROGRAM THAT WILL MAKE FILES ON THAT COMPUTER AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC; OR EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
2009-S6930A (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-S6930A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S6930A TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the general business law, in relation to file-sharing applications PURPOSE: This legislation would strengthen current regulations relating to file-sharing applications. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: This legislation adds a new section to the general business law, strengthening regulations relating to covered file sharing programs, which are defined within. Under these new regulations, a person or entity that is not an owner or authorized user of a computer is prohibited from installing or causing a covered file-sharing program to be installed onto the computer without first providing clear notice to the owner or authorized user of the computer that their files may be made available to the public. Such non-owners/non-authorized users much also obtain consent from the owner or authorized user to install the program. Further, this bill requires affirmative steps to be taken by
2009-S6930A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6930--A I N S E N A T E February 25, 2010 ___________ Introduced by Sen. C. JOHNSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Consumer Protection -- reported favorably from said committee and committed to the Commit- tee on Codes -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the general business law, in relation to file-sharing applications THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The general business law is amended by adding a new section 349-d to read as follows: S 349-D. FILE-SHARING APPLICATIONS. 1. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS SECTION "COVERED FILE-SHARING PROGRAM" MEANS A COMPUTER PROGRAM, APPLICATION, OR SOFTWARE THAT ENABLES THE COMPUTER ON WHICH SUCH PROGRAM, APPLICATION, OR SOFTWARE IS INSTALLED TO DESIGNATE FILES AS AVAILABLE FOR SEARCHING BY AND COPYING TO ONE OR MORE OTHER COMPUTERS, TO TRANSMIT SUCH DESIG- NATED FILES DIRECTLY TO ONE OR MORE OTHER COMPUTERS, AND TO REQUEST THE TRANSMISSION OF SUCH DESIGNATED FILES DIRECTLY FROM ONE OR MORE OTHER COMPUTERS. COVERED FILE-SHARING PROGRAM DOES NOT MEAN A PROGRAM, APPLI- CATION, OR SOFTWARE DESIGNED PRIMARILY TO OPERATE AS A SERVER THAT IS ACCESSIBLE OVER THE INTERNET USING THE INTERNET DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM, TO TRANSMIT OR RECEIVE EMAIL MESSAGES, INSTANT MESSAGING, REAL-TIME AUDIO OR VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS, OR REAL-TIME VOICE COMMUNICATIONS, OR TO PROVIDE NETWORK OR COMPUTER SECURITY, NETWORK MANAGEMENT, HOSTING AND BACKUP SERVICES, MAINTENANCE, DIAGNOSTICS, TECHNICAL SUPPORT OR REPAIR, OR TO DETECT OR PREVENT FRAUDULENT ACTIVITIES. 2. A PERSON OR ENTITY THAT IS NOT AN OWNER OR AUTHORIZED USER OF A COMPUTER MAY NOT: (A) INSTALL, OFFER TO INSTALL, OR MAKE AVAILABLE FOR INSTALLATION, REINSTALLATION OR UPDATE A COVERED FILE-SHARING PROGRAM ONTO THE COMPUT- ER WITHOUT FIRST PROVIDING CLEAR AND CONSPICUOUS NOTICE TO THE OWNER OR AUTHORIZED USER OF THE COMPUTER THAT THE FILES ON THAT COMPUTER WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC, OBTAINING CONSENT OF THE OWNER OR AUTHOR- IZED USER TO INSTALL THE PROGRAM, AND REQUIRING AFFIRMATIVE STEPS BY THE EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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