United States, Congress. House. Committee on the
Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, an.
COPYRIGHT OFFICE, THE U.S. PATENT AND

TRADEMARK OFFICE, AND THE COPYRIGHT

ROYALTY TRIBUNAL

the Administration o

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Justice.

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

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OVERSIGHT HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

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

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NINETY-SEVENTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

COPYRIGHT OFFICE, THE U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK
OFFICE, AND THE COPYRIGHT ROYALTY TRIBUNAL

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

Campbell, Wilbur D., Deputy Director, Accounting and Financial Manage-

ment Division, U.S. General Accounting Office....

Prepared statement

James, Clarence L., Jr., Chairman, Copyright Royalty Tribunal.

Prepared statement

Ladd, David, Register of Copyrights and Associate Librarian for Copyright

Services ...

Prepared statement

Laurence, Margaret M., Assistant Commissioner for Trademarks, Department

of Commerce...

Leibowitz, David E., Senior Attorney-Adviser, General Counsel's Office, Copy-

right Office

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Lemonias, Peter J., Project Manager, Accounting and Financial Management

Division, U.S. General Accounting Office

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Oler, Harriet, Senior Attorney-Adviser, General Counsel's Office, Copyright

Office

2

Raaum, Ronell B., Group Director, Accounting and Financial Management

Division, U.S. General Accounting Office

Schrader, Dorothy, General Counsel, Copyright Office..

Tegtmeyer, Rene D., Acting Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, U.S.

Department of Commerce..

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Prepared statement

Usilaner, Brian L., Associate Director, Accounting and Financial Manage-

ment Division, U.S. General Accounting Office....

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Yost, William, Assistant Commissioner for Finance and Planning, Depart-

ment of Commerce.

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APPENDIXES

A. Report of the Copyright Royalty Tribunal on "Use of Certain Copyrighted

Works in Connection with Noncommercial Broadcasting" as required by 37

CFR 304.14...

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B. Annual Report of the Copyright Royalty Tribunal for the Fiscal Year

Ending September 30, 1980.

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C. Copyright Owners Proposal for a System-By-System Rate for Cable

D. Letter from Robert D. O'Brien, President, UŠTA, to Honorable Robert W.

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Kastenmeier..

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(III)