Cable television royalty schedule: Jack Valenti, Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. and Chester Migden, on behalf of film unions and guilds; accom- panied by: Gerald Meyer, Lionel Fray, Robert W. Crandall, Vincent T. Wasilewski, National Association of Broadcasters and Association of Maximum Service Telecasters, Inc.; accompa- nied by Ernest W. Jennes and John B. Summers Herman Finkelstein, ASCAP; accompanied by Edward M. Cramer, BMI, Inc. and Albert F. Ciancimino, SESAC, Inc. David Foster, National Cable Television Association; accompa- nied by George J. Barco, Dr. Bridger Mitchell and Stuart Religious broadcasting exemption Albert F. Ciancimino, SESAC, Inc.- Rev. Dr. Wilbur E. Nelson, National Religious Broadcasters; accompanied by John H. Midlen and Dr. Ben Armstrong--- Carriage of sporting events by cable television: Amos B. Hostetter, Jr., National Television Association, Inc.; accompanied by Rex Bradley, Stuart Feldstein and Gary James B. Higgins, National Collegiate Athletic Association; ac- companied by Ritchie T. Thomas.. Bowie Kuhn, Baseball Leagues; accompanied by Don V. Ruck, National Hockey League; John Vanderstar; National Foot- Edward R. Roybal, U.S. Congressman. 648 Hugh Scott, U.S. Senator-State Library of Pennsylvania; Free ! ! ! ! 648 649 663 665 667 667 669 670 670 COPYRIGHT LAW REVISION TUESDAY, JULY 31, 1973 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE ON PATENTS, TRADEMARKS AND COPYRIGHTS Washington, D.C. The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:05 a.m., in room 1114, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Senator John L. McClellan presiding. Present: Senator McClellan [presiding], Burdick, Fong. Also present: Thomas C. Brennan, chief counsel. Senator MCCLELLAN. The committee will come to order. I understand other members of the committee may be present later but we will not wait on them. We will begin. We are so occupied with our duties today, they are so voluminous and so burdensome, Senators just can't be everywhere they should be and all places they should be. Time just does not permit it. I am supposed to be in an appropriation conference this morning over in the House; I could not do that; I had to leave my proxy. So we will just have to proceed and take up the time we have allotted to this today and tomorrow whether others can attend or not. The Chair would like to make this brief, opening statement. The subcommittee today is reopening the hearings on legislation for general revision of the copyright law, S. 1361. Some commentators in recent years have expressed concern that the Congress has too frequently yielded the initiative in legislative matters to the executive branch of the Government. The legislation that is before us today is exclusively the work product of the legislative branch of the Government and despite the many other pressing demands upon the time of the Members of Congress, I think it is appropriate that we now undertake to process the pending bill which incorporates a copyright revision program. The subcommittee has previously held 17 days of hearings on copyright revision, during which time we received testimony from approximately 150 witnesses. A number of public and staff conferences were held subsequent to the earlier hearings. So now without objection, the Chair directs that the previous hearings on S. 1006 of the 89th Congress and S. 597 of the 90th Congress be incorporated by reference as part of the proceedings on S. 1361. Action on copyright legislation has been necessarily delayed awaiting a resolution of several issues, most notably the formulation by the Federal Communications Commission of a new cable television regulatory scheme. This has now been accomplished through the able leadership of Chairman Dean Burch. Now today and tomorrow we will hear testimony of witnesses on Mr. Counsel, do you have any statement before we proceed? Mr. BRENNAN. Yes, I do, Mr. Chairman. I request at this time that Senator MCCLELLAN. The notice of the hearing and a copy of S. 1361, [Congressional Record-Senate, July 10, 1973] NOTICE OF HEARINGS ON S. 1361 Mr. MCCLELLAN. Mr. President, as chairman of the Subcommittee on Patents, The dates and issues of the hearings are as follows: July 31, morning-library The hearings will commence each day at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. in room 1114 of the The subcommittee will allocate time to the principal representatives of the Those who desire additional information should contact the staff of the sub- |