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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16 9 1 "(i) means any person, vendor, or syn 2 dicator who engages in the wholesale distribu 3 tion of motion pictures to any exhibitor, net 4 work, retail provider, or other person who pub 5 licly performs motion pictures by means of any 6 technology, and 7 "(ii) does not include laboratories or other 8 providers of technical services to the motion pic 9 ture, video, or television industry; 10 "(D) the term 'editing' means the purposeful or 11 accidental removal of existing material or insertion 12 of new material; 13 "(E) the term 'exhibitor' means any local 14 broadcast station, cable system, airline, motion pic 15 ture theater, or other person that publicly performs 16 a motion picture by means of any technology; 17 "(F) the term 'exploit' means to exhibit publicly 18 or offer to the public through sale or lease, and the 19 , term 'exploitation' means the act of exploiting; 20 "(G) the term 'film' or 'motion picture' 21 means — 22 "(i) a theatrical motion picture, after its 23 publication, of 60 minutes duration or greater, 24 intended for exhibition, public performance, 25 public sale or lease, and •HR 1248 IH