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 #:
000388
Language:
English
Subjects:
Copyright -- United States, Copyright -- Motion pictures United States","Motion pictures -- Labeling United States","Motion pictures -- Conservation and restoration United States
Collection:
Books and Government & Law
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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382 review thea here.^ In the rest of this statement, I will selectively focus on those considerations that seem particularly relevant to an even-handed assessment of H.R. 989 on the merits. 1. The Unattainable Goal of Uniform Law Even the opponents of H.R. 989 concede that an overall reduction In transaction costs might bolster the case for conforming U.S. copyright law to the B.C. Directive," even though International Intellectual property law does not mandate this result.^ The foregoing analysis of the divergent conceptual approaches to authors' rights suggests, however, that uniformity with respect to the term of copyright protection remains ein unrealistic goal even as between the United States and the European Union, which otherwise share a common concern for high levels of protection for cultural goods. When the rest of the world is factored into the calculus, the goals of greater uniformity emd harmonization than that which occurred under the '" See, e.g.. Statement of Marybeth Peters, Register of Copyright and Associate Librarizm for Copyright Services before the House Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property, 104th Cong., 1st Sess., July 13, 1995. See also A. Strowel, suora note 38, at 595-627; Kanwal Purl, The Term of Copyright Is It Too Long in the Wake of Wew Technologies?. 1990 E.I.P.R. 12, 14-17 (summarizing arguments for emd against longer terms of protection; Seun Ricketson, The Copyright Term. 23 I.I.C. 753 (1992) . "" See, e.g.. Karjala et. al.. siuu:^ note 67, at 23. ^ See supra text accompanying notes 9-44.