...'perform' in section 101." 1976 House Report 87. '" A work is performed "publicly" if it takes place "at a place open to the public or at any place where...normal circle of a family and its social acquaintances is gathered." § 101. 19 One purpose of the exemption for private performances was to permit the home...

...public performance or display of a work does not of itself constitute publication. To perform or display a work "publicly" means — (1) to perform or display...normal circle of a family and its social acquaintances is gathered; or (2) to transmit or otherwise communicate a performance or display of the work to a...

...broadcast, transmit, or retransmit a work); the term "public" shall include: (A) communicating a work in a place open to the public or at any place where a...normal circle of a family and its social acquaintances is gathered; or (B) communicating or transmitting a work, a performance, or a display of a work, in...

...auditoriums, and similar rooms in the establishment which are open to the general public or which represent a "place where a substantial number of persons outside of a normal circle of family and social acquaintances is gathered" (section 106 (b) (3) (A) ). It should also be made clear...

...other device or process. (3) To perform or exhibit a work "publicly" means: (A) to perform or exhibit it at a place open to the public or at any place where...substantial number of persons outside of a normal circle of family and social acquaintances Is gathered; (B) to transmit or otherwise communicate a performance...

...(3) (A) provides that "To perform or exhibit a work 'publicly'" refers to performance or exhibition "at a place open to the public or at any place where...substantial number of persons outside of a normal circle of family and social acquaintances is gathered". The latter part of this definition, whio-li refers to...

...88' ' agest °r any other device or process. 89 (8) To perform or exhibit a work "publicly" means: 7 or at any place where a substantial number of persons outside of a normal circle of family and social acquaintances is gathered; (B) to transmit or otherwise communicate a performance...

...public by sale or other transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or lending. To perform or display a work "publicly" means: (1) to perform or display...normal circle of a family and its social acquaintances is gathered; "Sound recordings" are wqrks that result from the fixation of a series of musical, spoken,...

...or exhibit a work "publicly" means: 40 (A) to perform or exhibit it at a place open to the public 7 or at any place where a substantial number of persons outside of a normal circle of family and social acquaintances is gathered; (B) to transmit or otherwise communicate a performance...

...or public display, constitutes 33 publication. ** To perform or display a work "publicly" means : 35 (1) to perform or display it at a place open to the...place where a substantial number of persons outside 3" of a normal circle of a family and its social acquaintances is 3fi gathered ; 3fl (2) to transmit...