United States. MUSIC LICENSING REFORM HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON COURTS, CIVIL LIBERTIES, OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY NINETY-NINTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON H.R. 3521 MUSIC LICENSING REFORM MARCH 19 AND JULY 23, 1986 Serial No. 111 Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary 68-364 O U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1987 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office ROBERT W. KASTENMEIER, Wisconsin BARNEY FRANK, Massachusetts HARLEY O. STAGGERS, JR., West Virginia HAMILTON FISH, JR., New York F. JAMES SENSENBRENNER, JR., BILL MCCOLLUM, Florida WILLIAM E. DANNEMEYER, California PATRICK L. SWINDALL, Georgia M. ELAINE MIELKE, General Counsel ALAN F. COFFEY, Jr., Associate Counsel SUBCOMMITTEE ON COURTS, CIVIL LIBERTIES, AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE CONTENTS Page 9 Bruce Lehman, Swidler & Berlin, Washington, DC; M.N. Bostick, All-Industry Television Music Licensing Committee; Thomas J. Valentino, Valentino, Hon. Bill Boner, a Representative in Congress from the State of Tennessee. Abiah Church, on behalf of Storer Communications, Inc., Miami, FL and Eugene H. Bohi, president, Guilford Telecasters, Inc., and general manager, Edward P. Murphy to Hon. Robert W. Kastenmeier, dated September 17, Hon. William L. Clay to Hon. Robert W. Kastenmeier, dated September Statement of Kent J. Klavens, chairman, National Academy of Songwriters .... Bernard Korman, general counsel of American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers, to Hon. Robert W. Kastenmeier, dated July Hon. Mel Levine to Hon. Robert W. Kastenmeier, dated July 24, 1986, with attached statement, dated July 23, 1986 Statement of Hon. Howard L. Berman dated July 23, 1986 Werner Wolff to Hon. Robert W. Kastenmeier, dated July 15, 1986...... Robert L. Meyer, president, R.L. Meyer Advertising, Inc., to Hon. Robert W. Kastenmeier, dated July 16, 1986 .... David A. Bell to Hon. Robert W. Kastenmeier, dated March 18, 1986..... Statement of Irwin Karp, counsel, The Authors League of America, dated (111) |