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Athdavits and letters concerning licensing of copyrighted products to
television stations and the sale of advertising time to advertisers .......
Allen, Joseph P., Assistant Administrator for Legislative Affairs,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, letter dated
September 5, 1975, to Hon Peter W. Rodino, Jr., chairman, House
Committee on the Judiciary

American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., prepared statement..
American Business Press, Inc., prepared statement

American Guild of Authors and Composers and the National Muse
Publishers Association, joint statement ....
American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers, prepared

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Biener, Andrew, director, Legislative Department, AFL CIO, letter
dated July 22, 1975, to Họn. Robert W. Kastenmeier
Bresnan, William J, president, Cable Division, Teieprompter Corp
Broadcast Music, Inc, prepared statement....
Bara, Aaron, president, International Typeface Corp., letter dated
Juis 28, 1975, to Hon Robert W. Kastenmeier

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"Cable Television Under the 1972 Rules and the Impact of Alternative Copyright Fee Proposals," by Bridger M. Mitchell ...

Cartis, Robert W., American Chemical Society, letter dated June 25, 1975, to Hon. Robert W. Kastenmeier.

"Copyrightability of Typeface and Type Font Design," statement of pom.tict, Casteraft Industries, Inc.

Coyle, Maurice J, M D., Department of Radiology, Providence Hos-
tal, Anchorage, Alaska, letter dated July 9, 1975, to Hon Peter W.
Rowing Jr

Davis Hal C, president, American Federation of Musicians, letter
dated July 8, 1975, to Hon. Robert W Kastenmeier
Ebenste., Damel, Amster and Rothstein, counselors at law, letter
dated July 18, 1975, to Hon Robert W. Kastermeier
Evans, i bært ĺ Vice president, CBS, letter dated July 3, 1975, to
HnRbert W Kastenmeier, chairman, Subcommittee on Courts,
C.v.l.bert.es, and the Administration of Justice

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pared statement

Harris Jares A, prendent, National Education Association, pre

General irense agreement, restaurants, taverns, nightel itm, and simisar estatust me.ta

Feast, Les tard. National Mse P.blishers' Association, Ine, letter
dated October 3 1975, to Hon Robert W Kastenmeer.
Finn, James B, Ph. D., senior vice president, research and develope
ment the CV Mosby Co., letter dated August 8, 1975, to Dr.
Ray Alan Woodruff.

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Hạ tower, John B chairman, Advocate for the Arts Association
Coresis for the Arts, prepared statement.

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Ivy. Enma 6, RN, Wrangel General Histital Wrangell, Alaska, artter dated July 22, 1975, to Hồn Don Young

Krates, Kevin J. general counsel, Federal Lalitarians Association,

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Bert and general counsel American Society of Composers
A1, and Pitilishers, letter dated August 6, 1975, tổ H-n

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Marshall, Nancy H., director, Wisconsin Interlibrary Loan Service,

Madison, Wis., letter dated May 6, 1975, to Hon. Robert W. Page
Kastenmeier...

Mathews, Hon. David, Secretary, Department of Health, Education,

and Welfare, prepared statement...

Mercer, Johnny, composer, prepared statement.
Mergenthaler Linotype Co., prepared statement.

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Nathan, Robert R., president, Robert R. Nathan Associates, Inc.,
letter dated October 24, 1975, to Hon. Robert W. Kastenmeier............. 1640
National Broadcasting Co., Inc., prepared statement..

825, 1383

National Music Publishers Association and American Guild of Authors
& Composers, prepared statement.....

Nimmer, Prof. Melville B., professor of law, UCLA School of Law,
prepared statement...

Norwood, Frank W., executive secretary, Joint Council on Educational
Telecommunications, letter dated July 10, 1975, to Hon. Robert W.
Kastenmeier....

Parker, Michael, director, Typographical Development Mergenthaler
Linotype Co., letter dated July 28, 1975, to Hon. Robert W.
Kastenmeier..

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Passano, William M., chairman of the board, Williams & Wilkins Co.,
prepared statement..

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Rayin, Mona (R.N.), instructor coordinator of R.N. Programs and
Õutreach, letter dated August 12, 1975, to Hon. Don Young....
"Registration of Original Typeface Designs: Extension of Comment
Period," vol., No. 223, Federal Register, November 18, 1975........
"Registration of Original Typeface Designs," vol. 39, No. 176, Federal
Register, September 10, 1974-

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Ringer, Barbara, Register of Copyrights, letter dated June 6, 1975, to
Hon. Robert W. Kastenmeier...

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Ruck, Don V., vice president, National Hockey League, prepared

statement.

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Schrader, Dorothy M., General Counsel, Copyright Office, prepared

statement..

"The Great American Rip-Off," by Mike Terranova, a pamphlet
published by the Independent Record and Tape Association of
America...

Stevens, Hon. Ted, a U.S. Senator From the State of Alaska, letter
dated October 8, 1975, to Hon. Robert W. Kastenmeier...
Steuermann, Clara, president, Music Library Association, prepared
statement. __

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Times Mirror, prepared statement..

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"Typeface Design Protection," statement of position of the American
Institute of Graphic Arts..

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Valenti, Jack, president, Motion Picture Association of America, Inc.,
letters to Hồn. Robert W. Kastenmeier—

September 10, 1975........

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Vanantwerpen, F. J., president, Council of Engineering and Scientific
Society Executives, prepared statement.

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Wally, Alan I., president, Record and Tape Association of America,
letter dated July 22, 1975, to Hon. Robert W. Kastenmeier..........
Warren, Aibert, chairman, Copyright Committee, Independent News.
letter Association, prepared statement

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Wigron, Harold E., National Education Associations

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Young, Hồn. Don, a Representative in Congress From the State of
Alaska, letter dated October 2, 1975, to Hon. Robert W.
Kastenmeier ... ... ... ....

Woodriff, Dr. Rav, Department of Chemistry, Montana State Univer-
sity, prepared statement..

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Appendixes

Appendix 1 - Teleprompter Corp memorandum on Constitutionality
of Proposed Copyright Legislation H R. 2223).......
Appendix 2 - 18 briefing papers submitted by the Copyright Office
Appendix 3 Report of Working Group of Conference on Resolution
of Copyright Issues dealing with library photocopying).
Appendix 4.--Miscellaneous communications...

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COPYRIGHT LAW REVISION

WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 1975

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

SUBCOMMITTEE on Courts, Civil Liberties,

AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
Washington, D.C.

The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:10 a.m., in room 222, Rayburn House Othice Building, Hon. Robert W. Kastenmeier chairman of the subcommittee) presiding.

Present. Representatives Kastenmeier, Danielson, Drinan, Pattison, Ka..k, and Wiggins.

A present: Herbert Fuchs and Bruce A. Lehman, counsels; and Thomas E Mooney, asociate counsel.

Mr. KASTENMEER. The committee will come to order. We have met ths morning to begin subcommittee hearings on H.R. 2223, introduced by the Chair, for the general revision of the copyright law.

Ten years ago this month in this room the subcommittee began what turned out to be 22 days of public hearings on a bill having the same parpo, namely, the total revision of title 17, United States Code, the copyright law.

The 13 hearings, followed by many subcommittee meetings, re, fed in a revis.on bill being reported to and passed by the House of Kentatives on April 11, 1967. The Senate, however, fa:led to act on at bl, and the House passed bill expired.

In September 1974, when the Senate at last did pass a copyright law revision b.il, the involvement of the House Judiciary Committee in

from nation of Nelson Rockefeller to be Vice President prevented He consideration of the measure during what was left of 1974. However, the Cot gress did enact legislation creating a National Com

non New Tehnological Uses of Copyrighted Works, of which

te Pros dent is to appoint the me tuber

With the coming of 1975, Senator M-Clellan reintroduced the 1974 erate passwdi bod as > 22, and the Chur introduced an vient; al bill • House under the number H R. 2225 Title II of the bids S 22 and HR 2.3, go beyond providing copyright law revision, and provide pardest on, of ortamental designs of useful articles,

I. a 11.tion, the subcommittee has before it two measures directly tested to the proposed revision. One of them, HR 545, introduced Jy our subcommittee col'cague, Mr. Danielson, would create a per for et a royalty as part of the bundle of rights known as copyright Leather, HR495, introduced by Mr. Won Pat, won,' laittor re tg of video tapes for transtu sion on hot,cott gruous cabe forvalot, systems, that is, in plays other than the 458 main, and Staten

H.R. 2223, H.R. 5345, and H.R. 4965 will be placed in the record of the hearings at the conclusion of this statement.

Article I, section 8 of the Federal Constitution empowers Congress "to promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing to authors *** the exclusive right to their *** writings***." At the very least, therefore, Congress has the constitutional obligation to determine whether and to what extent the progress of the useful arts will be promoted by congressional grants of exclusivity for the writings of authors.

The purpose of the pending legislation is, in short, to bring up to date the copyright law which has not been substantially revised since 1909. It should be our commitment to correct this neglect, for the great and growing acceleration of technology and the resultant new uses of copyrighted works have rendered much of the existing law inadequate and obsolete.

The subcommittee is pleased, this morning, to open the hearings by welcoming witnesses from the Library of Congress. We have the Honorable John G. Lorenz, Acting Librarian of Congress; Abraham L. Kaminstein, former Register of Copyrights who went through the 1965-67 hearings with us, and Barbara Ringer, also an old friend, the present Register of Copyrights. Mr. Lorenz, will you begin?

[H.R. 2223, H.R. 5345, and H.R. 4965 are as follows:]

947 CONGRESS

1ST SESSION

H. R. 2223

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JANUARY 28, 1975

M: KASTEN METER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com mittee on the Judi-iary

A BILL

For the general revision, of the Copyright Law t the 17 of the United States Code, and for other purposes.

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He it enacted by the Senate and House of Represent tives of the 21 nited States of America in Congress issembled,

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TITLE I GENERAL REVISION OF COPYRIGHT LAW Sg 101 T-tle 17 of th- United States Code, entitled “Copyrights”, sa hereby amser, fed in its entirety to read as follows

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7 Chapter 1—SUBJECT MATTER AND SCOPE OF COPYRIGHT

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