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COPYRIGHT LAW REVISION

WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 1975

House of ReprÈSENTATIVES,
SUBCOMMITTEE on Couris, 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., în room 22 Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Robert W. Kastenmeier Chairman of the subcommittee) presiding.

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

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

Mr KASTEN MEER. The committee will come to order. We have met th.. 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 tarted out to be 22 days of public hearings on a bill having the same prpo, namely, the total revision of title 17, United States Code, the copyrig' t law.

The hearings, followed by many subcommittee meetings, re5. fed in a revision bill being reported to and passed by the House of Representatives on April 11, 1967. The Senate, however, failed to act or at hand the House passed bill expired.

In September 1974, when the Senate at last did pass a copyright law revs on b.l, the involvement of the House Judiciary Committee in the non, nation of Nelson Rockefeller to be Vice President prevented Home consideration of the mea-ure during what was left of 1974. However, the Congress did enact leg: lation creating a National Com

non New Technological Uses of Copyrighted Works, of whach

te Pros dentato appoint the members,

With the cot, ng of 1975, Senator McClellan reintrod and the 1974 erate paved bul as 2-22, and the C), air introduced an ident: al bill e House under the number HR 2223. Title II of the bis 22 and HR 23, go beyond providing copyright law revision, and provide Indection of or aneral designs of useful articles.

In addition, the subcommittee has before it two measures dirvet'y reated to the proposed revision. One of thee, HR 54, introdu ed by our subcommittee col'cague, Mr. Ditzelson, world create a per formers rovaty as part of the burelle of 1 guts known as copyright Ieder, HR-4965, introduced by Mr. Won Pat, won' laat opre te maxig of video tapes for transtersson on notcont grous cabe television sydemis, that is, in places other than the 458 mad vted States,

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COPYRIGHT LAW REVISION

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON COURTS, CIVIL LIBERTIES, AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NINETY FOURTH CONGRESS

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COPYRIGHT LAW REVISION

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON COURTS, CIVIL LIBERTIES, AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NINETY-FOURTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

H.R. 2223

COPYRIGHT LAW REVISION

MAY 7, 8, 14, 15; JUNE 3, 5, 11, 12; JULY 10, 17, 23; SEPTEMBER 11, 18; OCTOBER 9, 30; NOVEMBER 6, 20; AND DECEMBER 4, 1975

57-786 O

Serial No. 36

Part 1

Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary

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