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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339 24 (c) derivative works prepared under a transfer or licensee executed prior to termination may continue to be utilized under the terms of the transfer, but with no right to make new derivative rights (S304(c)(6)(A))" (d) rights that arise under any other federal statute or under any state or foreign law are not affected (S304(c) (6) (E)). (7) further grants of terminated rights (a) each owner is regarded as a tenant in common except that a further grant by owners of a particular deceased author's terminated rights must be in the same number and proportion of his or her beneficiaries as required to terminate, but then binds them all, including nonsigners, as to such rights (b) must be made after termination, except that, as to original grantee or successor in title, it may be after notice of termination. While there is no form for termination notices. Copyright Office regulations specify that the notice must contain a "complete and unambiguous statement of facts . . . without incorporation by reference of information in other documents or records,"^" and include the following: (1) the name of each grantee whose rights are being terminated and each address at which service is made; (2) the title and the name of at least one author of, and the date copyright was "" In Mills Music, Inc. v. Snyder, 469 U.S. 153 (1985), the Supreme Court reversed a lower court opinion construing this provision as granting the author all of the royalties from the exploitation of the sublicensed derivative works after termination of the original grant. Under Mills Music, middlemen (transferees who have granted sublicenses) are entitled to share in the royalties from the derivative work's continued exploitation according to the terms of the original contract. See former Register of Copyrights Barbara Ringer's criticism of Mills Music in Civil and Criminal Enforcement of the Copvright Laws; hearing Before the Subcomm. on Patents. Copyrights, and Trademarks of the Senate Judiciary Comm. . 99th Cong., 1st Sess. 79-95 (1985); and generally The Copyright Holder Protection Act; Hearings on S. 1634 Before the Subcomm. on Patents. Copyrights, and Trademarks of the Senate Judiciary Comm. . 99th Cong., 1st Sess. (1985). '^ 37 CFR S201.10(b) (2) .