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 #:
000179
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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173 II. ANALYSIS OF H.R. 989 Before one can compare the provisions of H.R. 989 with existing law and the EU Directive on Term, it is first necessary to review U.S. term provisions and those established by the EU Directive. A. EXISTING U.S. LAW One of the major underpiimings of the 1 976 Copyright Act was the adoption of a single copyright term for works that are created and fixed in a tangible medium of expression for the first time on and after January I, 1978. For most works, the basic copyright term is life of the author plus an additional SO years after the author's death. This protection attaches automatically from the momeiu of creatica In the case of a joint work by two or iix>re authon who did not work for hire, the term lasts for SO years after the last surviving author's death. For works made for hire, and for anonymous and pseudonymous works (unless the author's identity is revealed in Copyright Office records), the duration of copyright is 75 years from fint publication or 100 years from creation, whichever is shorter. " The United States has not considered extending copyright term siitce 1976. In the 1976 Act, with an eye to possible fumre adherence to the Berne Conventioa the United States adopted a basic term of life plus fifty years for works created after January 1, 1978. Consequently, when the United States joined the Berne Convention in 1989, its basic term was already consistent with BeriK. Before we joined Berne, there was some discussion about the term for anonymous and pseudonymous works, and the Ad Hoc Working Group on U.S. Adherence to the Berne Convention concluded that §302 (c) was 'incompatible with Berne because those such works published more than 50 " 17 U.S.C. §§302-305. dirr\<tunaoa.loc July 11, 1995 12