[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
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[S. 483 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 483

 To amend the provisions of title 17, United States Code, with respect 
         to the duration of copyright, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

              March 2 (legislative day, February 22), 1995

 Mr. Hatch (for himself, Mrs. Feinstein, and Mr. Thompson) introduced 
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 
                            on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the provisions of title 17, United States Code, with respect 
         to the duration of copyright, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Copyright Term Extension Act of 
1995''.

SEC. 2. DURATION OF COPYRIGHT PROVISIONS.

    (a) Preemption With Respect to Other Laws.--Section 301(c) of title 
17, United States Code, is amended by striking out ``February 15, 
2047'' in each place it appears and inserting ``February 15, 2067'' in 
each such place.
    (b) Duration of Copyright: Works Created On or After January 1, 
1978.--Section 302 of title 17, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a) by striking out ``fifty'' and 
        inserting in lieu thereof ``seventy'';
            (2) in subsection (b) by striking out ``fifty'' and 
        inserting in lieu thereof ``seventy'';
            (3) in subsection (c) in the first sentence--
                    (A) by striking out ``seventy-five'' and inserting 
                in lieu thereof ``ninety-five''; and
                    (B) by striking out ``one hundred'' and inserting 
                in lieu thereof ``one hundred and twenty''; and
            (4) in subsection (e) in the first sentence--
                    (A) by striking out ``seventy-five'' and inserting 
                in lieu thereof ``ninety-five'';
                    (B) by striking out ``one hundred'' and inserting 
                in lieu thereof ``one hundred and twenty''; and
                    (C) by striking out ``fifty'' in each place it 
                appears and inserting ``seventy'' in each such place.
    (c) Duration of Copyright: Works Created But Not Published or 
Copyrighted Before January 1, 1978.--Section 303 of title 17, United 
States Code, is amended in the second sentence--
            (1) by striking out ``December 31, 2002'' in each place it 
        appears and inserting ``December 31, 2012'' in each such place; 
        and
            (2) by striking out ``December 31, 2027'' and inserting in 
        lieu thereof ``December 31, 2047''.
    (d) Duration of Copyright: Subsisting Copyrights.--
            (1) Section 304 of title 17, United States Code, is 
        amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a)--
                            (i) in paragraph (1)--
                                    (I) in subparagraph (B) by striking 
                                out ``47'' and inserting in lieu 
                                thereof ``67''; and
                                    (II) in subparagraph (C) by 
                                striking out ``47'' and inserting in 
                                lieu thereof ``67'';
                            (ii) in paragraph (2)--
                                    (I) in subparagraph (A) by striking 
                                out ``47'' and inserting in lieu 
                                thereof ``67''; and
                                    (II) in subparagraph (B) by 
                                striking out ``47 and inserting in lieu 
                                thereof ``67''; and
                            (iii) in paragraph (3)--
                                    (I) in subparagraph (A)(i) by 
                                striking out ``47'' and inserting in 
                                lieu thereof ``67''; and
                                    (II) in subparagraph (B) by 
                                striking out ``47'' and inserting in 
                                lieu thereof ``67''; and
                    (B) in subsection (b) by striking out ``seventy-
                five'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``ninety-five''.
            (2) Section 102 of the Copyright Renewal Act of 1992 
        (Public Law 102-307; 106 Stat. 266; 17 U.S.C. 304 note) is 
        amended--
                    (A) in subsection (c)--
                            (i) by striking out ``47'' and inserting in 
                        lieu thereof ``67'';
                            (ii) by striking out ``(as amended by 
                        subsection (a) of this section)''; and
                            (iii) by striking out ``effective date of 
                        this section'' each place it appears and 
                        inserting in each such place ``effective date 
                        of the Copyright Term Extension Act of 1995''; 
                        and
                    (B) in subsection (g)(2) in the second sentence by 
                inserting before the period the following: ``, except 
                each reference to forty-seven years in such provisions 
                shall be deemed to be sixty-seven years''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on 
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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