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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605 for a duration equal to the life of the author plus 70 years. Discussions of a possible protocol to the Berne Convention have also considered the adoption of a lifeplus-7 0-year term as a Berne-mandated minimum. In light of these international developments, the Copyright Office undertook to study the possibility of copyright term extension in the United States. In September 1993, the Office solicited public comment and testimony. That effort crystallized the arguments for the extension of copyright term. Early this year. Chairman Moorhead introduced H.R. 989, to extend the United States copyright term for all copyrighted works by 20 years. III. UNITED STATES COPYRIGHT TERM SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO KEEP PACE WITH INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS There are many compelling reasons for extending copyright term under United States law. We start with the international developments leading to a harmonized life plus-70-years term in the EU. A. The EU Life-Plus-70-Years Directive One of the most significant economic developments of recent years has been the establishment of a single market in the European Union. The combined EU gross national product is about 28% of the world's gross national -3