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 #:
000586
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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578 THE LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON. DC a»*)-10(» July 12, 1995 Dear Mr. Chairman: As the subcommittee considers legislation to extend the basic term of U.S. copyright protection by 20 years, I thank you for inviting Marybeth Peters, the Register of Copyrights, to testify. I thank you also for joining us last Tuesday to mark the 125th anniversary of the statute that centralized our national copyright registration and deposit functions in the Library of Congress ~ and has made it possible to amass unparalleled collections reflecting the astonishing range of America's creativity. Bringing copyright to the Library of Congress has enabled the Library to become the greatest repository of knowledge in the history of the world and has created a relationship between the Library and its Copyright Office that has been mutually beneficial. I am writing to stress that the American library and education communities have a deep interest in copyright term extension. These institutions face special problems in confronting technological opportunities and understanding their implications for copyright protection. While not caused by term extension, these concerns are heightened by the prospect of an extension. I want to express the willingness of the Library of Congress and the Copyright Office, in particular, to work with these communities and with the Congress in trying to craft solutions to these problems. Today the nation faces probably the greatest challenge ever in keeping our copyright laws and practices responsive to changing technologies. Our success in meeting these challenges will depend on whether we keep our focus on the broader social goal of copyright the promotion of the public interest through the furtherance of creativity and the dissemination of knowledge as well as on the need to protect intellectual property. Technology now offers our hard-pressed libraries and educational institutions unprecedented new opportunities to allow the American people access to a wealth of information and unique historical material previously unreachable. For example, the Library of Congress's National Digital Library program is using new technology in an educationcentered effort to bring the riches of our collection to users across the country and around the world. As we take advantage of the new opportunities technology offers, we are committed to protecting copyrighted works. We have joined in several efforts to test new ways to protect copyrighted material in this new environment. For example: