...'perform' in section 101." 1976 House Report 87. '" A work is performed "publicly" if it takes place "at a place open to the public or at any place where a...family and its social acquaintances is gathered." § 101. 19 One purpose of the exemption for private performances was to permit the home viewing of...

...parties, and does not include dining rooms, meeting halls, theatres, ballrooms, or similar places that are outside of a normal circle of a family and its social acquaintances. No special exception is needed to make clear that the mere placing of an ordinary radio or television...

...broadcast, transmit, or retransmit a work); the term "public" shall include: (A) communicating a work in a place open to the public or at any place where...a family and its social acquaintances is gathered; or (B) communicating or transmitting a work, a performance, or a display of a work, in any form, or...

...those constituting a family or social circle. As it appeared in the 1964 bill the phrase read: "* * * any place where a substantial number of persons outside...a, family and its social acquaintances is gathered; * * *." It was pointed out, however, that at least technically this language would not include the...

...satisfactory and appropriate definition of "publicly," as follows: "(A) to perform or exhibit it at a place open to the public or at any place where a...family and its social acquaintances is gathered;" [sec 5(b) (3) (A), lines 17-21, page 5] It was clear that gatherings of multiple families, and their...

...fainity and social acquaintance* is gathered." [Italics supplied.] In the prior bill, the provision read "outside of a normal circle of a family and its social acquaintances." [Italics supplied.] We believe that by this provision tbe Register was seeking to avoid what be considered...

...rental, lease, or lending. To perform or display a work "publicly" means: (1) to perform or display it at a place open to the public or at any place where a...a family and its social acquaintances is gathered; "Sound recordings" are wqrks that result from the fixation of a series of musical, spoken, or other...

...rental, lease, or lending. To perform or display a work "publicly" means: (1) to perform or display it at a "place open to the public or at any place where...a family and its social acquaintances is gathered; "Sound recordings" are works that result from the fixation of a series of musical, spoken, or other...

...it at a place open to the public or 3* at any place where a substantial number of persons outside 37 of a normal circle of a family and its social acquaintances is 3« gathered; " (2) to transmit or otherwise communicate a performance 40 or display of the work to...

...publication. 88 To perform or display a work "publinly" means i 84 (1) to perform or display it at a place open to the public or at any place where a...circle of a family and its social acquaintances is 8T gathered; I members of the public capable of receiving the performance 9 or display receive it in...