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)

Record Details:

Title:
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
Date:
1996
Publisher:
Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the U.S. G.P.O., Supt. of Docs., Congressional Sales Office
Volume:
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
Leaf #:
000414
Language:
English
Subjects:
Copyright -- United States, Copyright -- Motion pictures United States","Motion pictures -- Labeling United States","Motion pictures -- Conservation and restoration United States
Collection:
Government & Law and Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Boston Public Library
Sponsor:
Kahle/Austin Foundation and Omidyar Network
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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406 basic tern of life plus fifty years. Whether or not specific action is taken on the proposals contained in H.R. 989, Congress should enact an American version of the rule of the shorter term to limit some of the adverse effects of recent initiatives in the Etiropean Community. At the same time, Congress should monitor the evolution of the TRIPS Agreement, with a view to ensuring the overall compatibility of such a rule with the Most Favored Nation clause of that Agreement . If Congress decides to prolong the basic term of protection for true literary and artistic creations as a matter of cultural policy, it should take steps to strengthen the author's termination rights under existing law. This is needed to ensure that authors, rather than publishers, reap the benefits of such a policy. The merits and demerits of a "paying public domain" also deserve study. However, the term of protection currently afforded works made for hire should not be further extended, lest U.S. law become overly protective in comparison with the applicable foreign laws generally. Looking to the future, it seems clear that Congress will have to investigate the limits of cultural policy in at least two dimensions. Pressures for greater U.S. compliance with moral rights will certainly grow, and Congress may wish to consider measures to preserve the domestic cultural heritage as a possible counterweight to demands for exorbitant protection of such rights.