No Electronic Theft (NET) Act
Official title: “To amend the provisions of titles 17 and 18, United States Code, to provide greater copyright protection by amending criminal copyright infringement provisions, and for other purposes.”
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How it passed
The House passed it by voice vote on November 4, 1997. A voice vote records no individual votes.
The Senate passed it without objection on November 13, 1997. No individual votes are recorded.
It became law on December 16, 1997.
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