COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY NINETY-NINTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON S. 1384 A BILL TO AMEND THE COPYRIGHT ACT OF 1976 TO CLARIFY THE NOVEMBER 20, 1985 Serial No. J-99-74 Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary 57-196 O U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON 1986 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office PAUL LAXALT, Nevada PATRICK J. LEAHY, Vermont HOWARD M. METZENBAUM, Ohio STEVEN J. METALITZ, Chief Counsel and Staff Director KF26 CONTENTS Specter, Hon. Arlen, a U.S. Senator from the State of Pennsylvania...... PROPOSED LEGISLATION S. 1384, a bill to amend the Copyright Act of 1976 to clarify the operation of the derivative works exception.......... CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES Berman, Hon. Howard L., a U.S. Representative from the State of California... Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Inc., December 2, 1985 Acuff-Rose-Opryland Music, December 10, 1985 Letter to Hon. Arlen Specter, December 23, 1985... Almo Irving, December 16, 1985 Al Gallico Music Corp., December 18, 1985. |