on ourts, Civil Liberties, and the Rdministration of Justice COPYRIGHT ISSUES: CABLE TELEVISION AND PERFORMANCE RIGHTS HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON COURTS, CIVIL LIBERTIES, AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY NINETY-SIXTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON COPYRIGHT ISSUES: CABLE TELEVISION AND THE COMPUL- RECORDINGS NOVEMBER 15, 26 AND 27, 1979 Serial No. 28 Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON : 1980 56-020 O J857 1979 COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY PETER W. RODINO, JR., New Jersey, Chairman JACK BROOKS, Texas ROBERT MCCLORY, Illinois ROBERT W. KASTENMEIER, Wisconsin TOM RAILSBACK, Illinois DON EDWARDS, California HAMILTON FISH, JR., New York JOHN CONYERS, JR., Michigan M. CALDWELL BUTLER, Virginia JOHN F. SEIBERLING, Ohio CARLOS J. MOORHEAD, California GEORGE E. DANIELSON, California JOHN M. ASHBROOK, Ohio ROBERT F. DRINAN, Massachusetts HENRY J. HYDE, Illinois ELIZABETH HOLTZMAN, New York THOMAS N. KINDNESS, Ohio ROMANO L. MAZZOLI, Kentucky HAROLD S. SAWYER, Michigan WILLIAM J. HUGHES, New Jersey DAN LUNGREN, California SAM B. HALL, JR., Texas F. JAMES SENSENBRENNER, JR., Wisconsin LAMAR GUDGER, North Carolina HAROLD L. VOLKMER, Missouri HERBERT E. HARRIS II, Virginia MIKE SYNAR, Oklahoma ROBERT T. MATSUI, California ABNER J. MIKVA, Illinois MICHAEL D. BARNES, Maryland RICHARD C. SHELBY, Alabama JOSEPH L. NELLIS, General Counsel GARNER J. CLINE, Staff Director SUBCOMMITTEE ON COURTS, Civil LIBERTIES, AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE ROBERT W. KASTENMEIER, Wisconsin, Chairman GEORGE E. DANIELSON, California TOM RAILSBACK, Illinois ROMANO L. MAZZOLI, Kentucky CARLOS J. MOORHEAD, California HAROLD S. SAWYER, Michigan BRUCE A. LEHMAN, Chief Counsel Gail Higgins Fogarty, Counsel MICHAEL J. REMINGTON, Counsel (II) 80-601866 CONTENTS Allen, Nick, counsel, Amusement and Music Operators Association Chapin, Edward, Broadcast Music, Inc Effros, Stephen, executive director, Community Antenna Television Associ- Fuentealba, Victor, president, American Federation of Musicians, AFL- Geller, Henry, Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information, Na- tional Telecommunications and Information Administration, U.S. Depart- Golodner, Jack, director, Department for Professional Employees, AFL- Gortikov, Stanley M., president, Recording Industry Association of America .... 233 Hesch, Wayne E., Amusement and Music Operators Association Hyde, Hon. Henry J., a Representative in Congress from the State of Minois... 232 Kaplan, Sis, president, National Radio Broadcasters Association Karp, Russell, president, Teleprompter Corp Kuhn, Bowie K., Commissioner of Baseball Land, Herman W., president, Association of Independent Television Stations, Nims, Bob, president, Amusement and Music Operators Association Peters, Kay, Screen Actors Guild . Popham, James J., National Association of Broadcasters Reel, Ruth, U.S. Department of Commerce Ringer, Barbara, Register of Copyrights and Assistant Librarian of Congress for Roper, Burns W., chairman, Roper Organization Simon, Barry P., vice president and counsel, Teleprompter Corp. Valenti, Jack, president, Motion Picture Association of America Wasilewski, Vincent, president, National Association of Broadcasters. Waxman, Hon. Henry A., a Representative in Congress from the State of Wheeler, Thomas E., president, National Cable Television Association.. Wolff, Sanford I., national executive secretary, American Federation of Televi- sion and Radio Artists, AFL-CIO Rock-Ola Manufacturing Corp., Rowe International, Inc., and Seeburg Corp 291 of hou |