Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Bolstering Intellectual Rights against Digital Infringement Enhancement Act” or the “BIRDIE Act”.
Bolstering Intellectual Rights against Digital Infringement Enhancement Act
A BILL
To amend title 17, United States Code, to expand the copyright protection provided to architectural works to golf courses, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Expansion of copyright protection provided to architectural works to golf courses
Design of golf courses— Section 101 of title 17, United States Code, is amended in the matter related to the definition of “architectural work”—
by striking “drawings.” and inserting “drawings, and the design of a course on which golf is played (except for any course on which mini golf, or other similar game, is played) as embodied in any tangible medium of expression, including an architectural plan or drawing”; and
by striking “features.” and inserting
“(1) Landscaping.
“(2) An irrigation system.
“(3) A path.
“(4) A golf green.
“(5) A tee.
“(6) A facility in which golf is practiced.
“(7) A bunker.
“(8) A lake.
“(9) A topographic feature.”
Application— This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, shall apply to—
a work created on or after December 1, 1990; and
a work that was unconstructed and embodied in unpublished plans or drawings on December 1, 1990.