...the Wind' "). SONY CORP. v. UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS, INC. 471 417 BLACKMUN, J., dissenting formances, where the home recording is for private use and with...recorded musical compositions over the past 20 years." HR Rep. No. 92-487, p. 7 (1971) (1971 House Report). Similar statements were made during House hearings...

...protection to sound recordings for the first time in 1971. made it clear in the legislative history that: "In approving the creation of a limited copyright...recorded musical compositions over the past 20 years." [Emphasis added.] US Code Cong. A AdmiiOfews 1971. 1566 at 1S72.1 pOMd by unauthorized reproduction*....

...performances, where the home recording is for private use and with no purpose of reproducing or itherwise capitalizing commercially on it. This practice is...recorded musical compositions over the past 20 years. H. Rep. No. 487. 92d Cong., 1st Sess. 7, reprinted in 1971 IS Code Cong. & Ad. News 1566, 1572. There...

...use and with no purpose of reproducing or otherwise capitalizing commercially on it. TAts practice a common and unrestrained today, and the record producers...recorded musical compositions over the past 20 years." [Emphasis added.] US Code Cong. & AdmiiiNews 1971. 1566 at 1572.* posed by unauthorized reproductions....

...orchestra, the singer, the record company, etc. See generally Nimmer on Copyright, § 2.10[A][2] (1981). "In approving the creation of a limited copyright...recorded musical compositions over the past 20 years. "** Does the above passage justify the conclusion of the Betamax district court that an audio home...

...understood, and relied upon, as creating an implied audio exemption was in this Committee Report: - 53 from broadcasts or from tapes or records, of recorded...recorded musical compositions over the past 20 years. ^J The hearings and floor debate on the Act indicate that issues of privacy, enforcement, and non-commercial...

...proprietors under the existing title 17." The succeeding sentence makes the point even more explicit i "the record producers and performers would be in no...recorded musical compositions over the past 20 years." This, then, directly contradicts the Betamax district court's assumption that the 1971 Amendment created...

...the basis for their claim that the Amendment exempts audio home recording from copyright liability: In approving the creation of a limited copyright in...recorded musical compositions over the past 20 years. u The Betamax district court interpreted this language as a clear expression of legislative intent...

...v. UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS, INC. 15 tion entitled "Home Recording," contains the following statement: "In approving the creation of a limited copyright...recorded musical compositions over the past 20 years." HR Rep. No. 92-487, p. 7 (1971) (1971 House Report). Similar statements were made during House hearings...

...Record, S 9374 (1983) (Statement of Senator Thurmond). "IT USC, sec. 109(b)(l) (1982 & Supp. V, 1987). and performers would be in no different position from...recorded musical compositions over the past 20 years. 87 While it appears that Congress intended to allow certain home audiotaping practices in 1971, the...