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 #:
000399
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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391 It follows that the limits of cultural policy must be taken into account in any effort to expand the rewards and benefits flowing from the exclusive rights of copyright law.*^ Once proposals to extend the term of copyright protection are viewed through the lens of cultural policy, one can reach different conclusions depending on whether the beneficiaries are the authors and artists themselves or merely the publishers and corporate entities that invest in the exploitation and dissemination of cultural goods. *^ In this connection, the case for extending the protection of works made for hire appears particularly veaik, while the case for extending the basic term of authors' rights as such merits further consideration. a. Works Made for Hire Disregarding the rewards to authors and their heirs as the primary beneficiaries of cultural policy, the copyright monopoly also functions as an incentive to publishers, who must overcome 4, at 2448-2504. ** See, e.g.. Reichman, Realist's Approach, supra note 91, at 34 (stressing that this "need becomes imperative at a time when manufacturers of computer progreuns and other industrial products increasingly avoid competition by masquerading as providers of cultural goods entitled to copyright protection on a par with literary and artistic works." See also Reese, supra note 88, at 715-47. *^ See, e.g.. Statement of Prof. William Patry on H.R. 989 before the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property, 104th Cong., ist Sess., July 13, 1995.