[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
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[H.R. 1967 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1967

To amend title 17, United States Code, to provide that the distribution 
  before January 1, 1978, of a phonorecord shall not for any purpose 
     constitute a publication of the musical work embodied therein.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 19, 1997

  Mr. Coble introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 17, United States Code, to provide that the distribution 
  before January 1, 1978, of a phonorecord shall not for any purpose 
     constitute a publication of the musical work embodied therein.

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

SECTION. 1. TREATMENT OF PRE-1978 PUBLICATION OF SOUND RECORDINGS.

    Section 303 of title 17, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Copyright'' and inserting ``(a) 
        Copyright''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) The distribution before January 1, 1978, of a phonorecord 
shall not for any purpose constitute a publication of the musical work 
embodied therein.''.

SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendment made by section 1 takes effect on the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
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