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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18 11 1 media preparation of a motion picture for for 2 eign distribution to the extent that subtitling 3 and editing are Umited to those alterations 4 made under foreign standards which are no 5 more stringent than existing FCC standards, or 6 activities the purpose of which is the restoration 7 of the motion picture to its original version; 8 "(J) the term 'network' means any person who 9 distributes motion pictures to broadcasting stations 10 or cable systems on a regional or national basis for 1 1 public performance on an interconnected basis; 12 "(K) the term 'panning and scanning' means 13 the process by which a motion picture, composed for 14 viewing on theater screens, is adapted for viewing on 15 television screens by modification of the ratio of 16 width to height of the motion picture and the selec 17 tion, by a person other than the principal director of 18 the motion picture, of some portion of the entire pic 19 ture for viewing; 20 "(L) the term 'professional guild' means — 21 "(i) in the case of directors, the Directors 22 Guild of America (DGA); 23 "(ii) in the case of screenwriters, the Writ 24 ers Guild of America-West (WGA-W) and the 25 Writers Guild of America-East (WGA-E); and •HR 1248 IH