HOME RECORDING OF COPYRIGHTED WORKS

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

SECOND SESSION

ON

H.R. 4783, H.R. 4794, H.R. 4808, H.R. 5250,

H.R. 5488, and H.R. 5705

HOME RECORDING OF COPYRIGHTED WORKS

APRIL 12, 13, 14, JUNE 24, AUGUST 11, SEPTEMBER 22 AND 23, 1982

Serial No. 97

PART 1

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Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

PETER W. RODINO, JR., New Jersey, Chairman

JACK BROOKS, Texas

ROBERT W. KASTENMEIER, Wisconsin

DON EDWARDS, California

JOHN CONYERS, JR., Michigan

JOHN F. SEIBERLING, Ohio

ROMANO L. MAZZOLI, Kentucky

WILLIAM J. HUGHES, New Jersey

SAM B. HALL, JR., Texas

MIKE SYNAR, Oklahoma

PATRICIA SCHROEDER, Colorado

BILLY LEE EVANS, Georgia

DAN GLICKMAN, Kansas

HAROLD WASHINGTON, Illinois

BARNEY FRANK, Massachusetts

ROBERT MCCLORY, Illinois

TOM RAILSBACK, Illinois

HAMILTON FISH, JR., New York

M. CALDWELL BUTLER, Virginia

CARLOS J. MOORHEAD, California

JOHN M. ASHBROOK, Ohio

HENRY J. HYDE, Illinois

THOMAS N. KINDNESS, Ohio

HAROLD S. SAWYER, Michigan

DAN LUNGREN, California

F. JAMES SENSENBRENNER, JR.,

Wisconsin

BILL MCCOLLUM, Florida

ALAN A. PARKER, General Counsel

GARNER J. CLINE, Staff Director

FRANKLIN G. POLK, Associate Counsel

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

ROBERT W. KASTENMEIER, Wisconsin, Chairman

JACK BROOKS, Texas

PATRICIA SCHROEDER, Colorado

BARNEY FRANK, Massachusetts

TOM RAILSBACK, Illinois

HAROLD S. SAWYER, Michigan

M. CALDWELL BUTLER, Virginia

BRUCE A. LEHMAN, Chief Counsel

TIMOTHY A. BOGGS, Professional Staff Member

GAIL HIGGINS FOGARTY, Counsel

DAVID W. BEIER, Assistant Counsel

THOMAS E. MOONEY, Associate Counsel

JOSEPH V. WOLFE, Associate Counsel

(II)

Allen, Gene, vice president, International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Em-

ployees & Moving Picture Operators of the United States and Canada

Prepared statement

Anderson, Dick, Sea Coast Appliance Distributors, Inc

Prepared statement

Atkinson, George, president, the Video Station, Inc.............................

Prepared statement

Barnako, Frank, Video Software Dealers Association..................

Prepared statement

Baumgarten, Jon A., National Music Publishers' Association

Prepared statement.

Berger, Ron, president, National Video, Inc..

Chiantia, Salvatore T., chairman, National Music Publishers' Association.

138

139

278

281

289

283

730

735

528

529

903

297

Prepared statement

300

Christensen, Bruce L., president, National Association of Public Television

Stations

1081

Prepared statement

1085

Copeland, Jack L., chairman, Copyright Committee, Training Media Distribu-

tors Association

Prepared statement

143

145

Prepared statements..

Eizenstat, Stuart E., attorney, Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy

Prepared statement.

Cornell, Nina W., president, Cornell, Pelcovits & Brenner Economists,

Inc.........

Day, J. Edward, attorney, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey

Drake, Ervin, past president, American Guild of Authors & Composers

Prepared statement.

Dunlap, Kent, senior attorney adviser, Copyright Office..

Eastwood, Clint, actor/producer/director.

Eliasberg, Jay, former vice president of research, CBS Broadcast Group

Prepared statement

Ferris, Charles D., attorney, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo.

Prepared statement.

228, 1049

229, 1052

763

552

555

611

115

730

752

122

126

156

158

Foreman, Carol Tucker, consultant, Home Recording Rights Coalition

270

Prepared statement.

274

Golodner, Jack, director, department of professional employees, AFL-CIO.

Prepared statement

1067

1073

Gortikov, Stanley M., president, Recording Industry Association of America....

Prepared statement.