A BILL TO AMEND THE COPYRIGHT ACT OF 1976 TO CLARIFY THE OPERATION OF THE DERIVATIVE WORKS EXCEPTION NOVEMBER 20, 1985 Serial No. J-99-74 Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 57-196 O WASHINGTON : 1986 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402 COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY STROM THURMOND, South Carolina, Chairman EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts ORRIN G. HATCH, Utah ROBERT C. BYRD, West Virginia ALAN K. SIMPSON, Wyoming HOWARD M. METZENBAUM, Ohio JOHN P. EAST, North Carolina DENNIS DECONCINI, Arizona CHARLES E. GRASSLEY, Iowa PATRICK J. LEAHY, Vermont JEREMIAH DENTON, Alabama HOWELL HEFLIN, Alabama ARLEN SPECTER, Pennsylvania PAUL SIMON, Illinois MITCH MCCONNELL, Kentucky DENNIS W. SHEDD, Chief Counsel and Staff Director DIANA L. WATERMAN, General Counsel DEBORAH G. BERNSTEIN, Chief Clerk SUBCOMMITTEE ON PATENTS, COPYRIGHTS AND TRADEMARKS CHARLES McC. MATHIAS, JR., Maryland, Chairman PAUL LAXALT, Nevada PATRICK J. LEAHY, Vermont ORRIN G. HATCH, Utah HOWARD M. METZENBAUM, Ohio ALAN K. SIMPSON, Wyoming DENNIS DECONCINI, Arizona PAMELA S. BATSTONE, Chief Clerk KF 26 J 863 CONTENTS 1985d Page 1 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 CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF WITNESSES Berman, Hon. Howard L., a U.S. Representative from the State of California... Ringer, Barbara, former Register of Copyrights, Washington, DC Kay, Dean, executive vice president and general manager, Welk Music Group, Santa Monica, CA, accompanied by Michael S. Oberman, counsel, of Kramer, Levin, Nessen, Kamin & Frankel, New York, NY, Irwin Karp, counsel, the Authors League of America, Inc., New York, NY; and George David Weiss, president, Songwriters Guild of America, New York, NY........... Amended sections of title 17, U.S.C....... Letter to Hon. Arlen Specter, December 10, 1985.. Warner Bros. Music, December 3, 1985. Chappell/Intersong Music Group USA, December 2, 1985 Famous Music Publishing Companies, December 2, 1985.. The Lowery Group of Music Publishing Companies, December 2, Peer-Southern Organization, December 3, 1985. September Music Corp., December 5, 1985 Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Inc., December 2, 1985 Jobete Music Co., Inc., December 9, 1985.. CBS Songs, December 10, 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 Theodor Presser Co., December 10, 1985. TRO—The Richmond Organization, December 11, 1985.. Letters to Senator Arlen Specter, re: S. 1384: Enclosure: Respondents' petition for rehearing following the deci- sion in Mills Music December 11, 1985.. 132 142 my87 |