Family Entertainment and Copyright Act of 2005

The Family Entertainment and Copyright Act of 2005 consists of two subparts: the Artist's Rights and Theft Prevention Act of 2005, which increases penalties for copyright infringement, and the Family Home Movie Act of 2005, which permits the development of technology to "sanitize" potentially offensive DVD content.

The Act:

movies in movie theaters; works that have not yet been released for commercial distribution; objectionable portions of a movie are lawful under U.S. copyright and trademark law (this portion of the legislation is titled the “Family Home Movie Act of 2005”); intellectual property crimes, and in particular whether higher sentences may be warranted for infringements involving pre-release works; Foundation; and
 * Create new criminal penalties for using “camcorders” or similar devices to copy
 * Create new criminal and civil penalties for copyright infringement involving
 * Specify that devices or services that a consumer can use at home to skip over
 * Require the U.S. Sentencing Commission to review sentencing guidelines for
 * Reauthorize the National Film Preservation Board and National Film Preservation
 * Correct an error from previously enacted legislation that had inadvertently limited access by libraries and archives to certain orphan works.