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 #:
000255
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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247 [The prepared statement of Ms. Donaldson follows:] Prepared Statement of Ellen Donaldson, Donaldson Publishing Co., Vice President, AmSong I welcome the opportunity to express my strong support for H.R 989, The Copyright Term Extension Act of 1995, and to submit a statement for the record. On behalf of my family I wish to thank Chairman Carlos Moorhead for introducing H R 989 I also thank the many co-sponsors of this legislation from the Subcommittee, Representatives Becerra, Berman, Bono, Clement, Coble, Conyer, Gallegly, Gekas, Goodlatte, Nadler and Schroeder. On March 10, 1994 I wrote a letter to the Acting Register of Copyrights Barbara Ringer, expressing my deep concerns and strong support for copyright term extension, explaining in detail the devastating consequences we and others face if Congress fails to enact such legislation. That letter is attached hereto as part of my statement We are just one of many music publishing families, writers and owners of pre1978 copyrights with a fixed term of copyright of 75 years from date of registration, who face the imminent loss of our works (our livelihoods) to public domain while they still have a viable commercial life. The extent of such works varies widely among copyright owners: from those who have enormous song catalogues to those with catalogues of two or three income producing songs who live quite literally from check to check in order simply to pay the rent or put a child though school. There are many writers and their families who do not share in publishing income at all and rely solely on the