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NY A 395

in committee

Prohibits bad faith assertions of copyright infringement

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did NY A 395 pass?

Not yet. NY A 395 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

What is NY A 395 about?

Prohibits assertions of copyright infringement where the amount demanded by the person making the assertion was not made in good faith or the claim or assertion of copyright infringement is based on copyrighted material that is in the public domain or for which the asserter lacks the authority to enforce the copyright.

Who sponsors NY A 395?

Clyde Vanel is the primary sponsor of NY A 395.

Description

Prohibits assertions of copyright infringement where the amount demanded by the person making the assertion was not made in good faith or the claim or assertion of copyright infringement is based on copyrighted material that is in the public domain or for which the asserter lacks the authority to enforce the copyright.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Clyde Vanelprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-08

    REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

    referral-committee

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Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 10708not in this corpus

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A395?summary=&detail=

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