S. 2349: Playwrights Licensing Antitrust Initiative Act of 2004
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S. 2349: Playwrights Licensing Antitrust Initiative Act of 2004
108th Congress · introduced 2004-04-26 · Commerce · Latest: Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 108-548.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2004-04-26 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 108-548. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Playwrights Licensing Antitrust Initiative Act of 2004
Plain summary
Playwrights Licensing Antitrust Initiative Act of 2004 - Provides that the antitrust laws shall not apply to: (1) any joint discussion, consideration, review, action, or agreement between or among playwrights for the express purpose of developing a standard form contract containing minimum terms of artistic protection and levels of compensation for playwrights or any joint or collective voluntary actions for the limited purposes of developing a standard form contract by playwrights or their representatives; and (2) any joint discussion, consideration, review, or action for the express purpose of reaching a collective agreement among playwrights adopting a standard form contract as the sole and exclusive means by which participating playwrights shall license their plays to producers. Makes a standard form of contract developed and implemented under this Act subject to amendment by individual playwrights and producers consistent with its terms.
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Playwrights Licensing Antitrust Initiative Act of 2004
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] · 1 cosponsors
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Words on this page, explained (1)
- Ballot initiative
- A proposed law or constitutional amendment that citizens place on the ballot by gathering enough voter signatures, so voters decide it directly. About half the states allow some form of it.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-108s2349.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/108/s>
Record fed-us-cong108-s2349 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong108 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong108