The Section 115 Reform Act of 2006 ("SIRA" or "S1RA") was a bill introduced June 8, 2006 in the 109th United States Congress by Howard Berman (California-D) and Lamar Smith (Texas-R) as part of (H.R. 5553).
[1] It is one of several recent attempts to modify Section 115 of the United States Copyright Act to accommodate digital delivery of musical works.
[1] Section 115 of the United States Copyright Act outlines the scope of compulsory licenses for making and distributing phonorecords.
[5] As early as 2001, the Copyright Office initiated discussions to amend section 115 to resolve ambiguities and streamline licensing for digital music providers.
Copyright Office announced the implementation of an interim regulation which would clarify the scope of section 115 for digital music providers.