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 #:
000357
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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349 34 contract. The Copyright Office, which had drafted the section in question, passionately argued that the Supreme Court was wrong and had cheated songwriters out of an important part of the 1976 Act deal. A bill was introduced by Mr. Berman to overturn this erroneous decision, but it was not passed. H.R. 989, which is being pushed by music publishers, should correct Mills Music by requiring that the author receive 100% of the royalties. Music publishers should not reap the unfair advantage of Mills Music for yet another 20 year term extension. Failure to reverse Mills Music will compound the injustice by depriving authors of the derivative royalties Congress intended them to have during the new 20 years. Reciprocity H.R. 989 is not reciprocal; that is, it grants a term of life of the author plus 70 years to works of foreign authors without requiring the foreign country to grant U.S. authors the same term. Thus, Japanese authors would enjoy a term of life of the author plus 70 years in the United States, while U.S. authors would only get life of the author plus 50 years in Japan. If the motivating force behind H.R. 989 is the reciprocal provisions of the EU term directive, it is perplexing that H.R. 989 is not reciprocal too. Reciprocal protection beyond life plus 50 is, moreover, consistent with — even required by — Article 7(8) of the Berne Convention. Thank you for the opportunity to testify, Mr. Chairman. 9.^-9R7 QR _ 1 9