Copyright term, film labeling, and film preservation legislation : hearings before the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, first session, on H.R. 989, H.R. 1248, and H.R. 1734 ... June 1 and July 13, 1995 (1996)

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2 1 July 5, 1946, commonly known as the Lanham Act (15 2 U.S.C. 1125), is amended by adding at the end the 3 following: 4 "(c)(1)(A) Any distributor or network that proposes 5 to exploit a materially altered motion picture shall — 6 "(i) make a good faith effort to notify each ar 7 tistic author of the motion picture in writing and by 8 registered mail and in a reasonable amount of time 9 prior to such exploitation; 10 "(ii) determine the objections of any artistic au 1 1 thor so notified to any material alteration of the mo 12 tion picture; 13 "(iii) determine the objection of any artistic au 14 thor so notified by the questionnaire set forth in 15 paragraph (9) to any type of future material alter 16 ations which are in addition to those specifically pro 17 posed for the motion picture to be exploited; 18 "(iv) if any objections under clause (ii) or (iii) 19 are determined, include the applicable label under 20 paragraph (6) or (8) in, or affix such label to, all 21 copies of the motion picture before — 22 "(I) the pubhc performance of the materi 23 ally altered motion picture if it is already in dis 24 tribution, or •iHR 1248 ja