COPYRIGHT related term(s) Patents

Articles and editorials

Melville B. Nimmer, 62, Dies, 35378 [9DE]

Melville B. Nimmer Is King of Copyright-35280, 35378 [9DE]

Print Pirates Pillaging Book Trade, 37505 [17DE]

Bills and resolutions

Audio recording devices: copyrighted music (see S. 1739)

Authors: establish commission to study feasibility of compensation for not-for-profit lending of their works (see S. 658)

Authors and authorship: extend printing clause of Copyright Act (see S. 1822)

———permanent manufacturing clause relative to printing of literary works (see S. 1938)

Broadcasting: conveyance of television rights (see H.R. 3521)

———limitations on exclusive rights to secondary transmissions (see H.R. 3339, 3843)

Computers: international protection (see S. 339)

———modify personal holding company tax provisions relative to software royalties (see S. 1799)

Computers software: tax treatment of royalties relative to personal holding company provisions (see H.R. 3124, 3146)

Derivative works exception: clarify operation (see S. 1384)

———termination of a copyright grant (see H.R. 3163)

Foreign trade: enhance protection of intellectual property rights (see S. 1647, 1869)

———protect patent, trademark, and copyright owners from importation of goods made in violation of U.S. laws (see H.R. 3776)

Hall, Marianne M.: dismissal from Copyright Royalty Tribunal (see H. Res. 155)

Home audio recording devices: exempt certain from copyright liability (see H.R. 2911)

———royalty on blank auto tapes and equipment (see H.R. 2911)

Industrial designs: protection (see H.R. 1900)

Manufacturing clause: make requirements permanent (see H.R. 3465)

———permanent requirements (see H.R. 3890)

National Commission on the Lending of Authors' Works: establish (see S. 658)

Printing: extend manufacturing clause of Copyright Act (see S. 1822)

Television: clarify definition of local service area in case of low power station (see S. 1526; H.R. 3108)

———restrictions on conveyance of audiovisual work to nonnetwork stations (see S. 1980)

Video recorder copyrighted works: infringement exemption for noncommercial recording (see H.R. 384)

Explanations

Legislation protecting computer software copyrights (S. 339), 1534 [31JA]

Letters

Low-power television broadcasts: Dorothy Schrader, 21421 [30JY]

———Senator Mathias and Representative Kastenmeir, 21420 [30JY]

Protection of intellectual property rights: Donald W. Banner, 32811 [20NO]

Protection of U.S. intellectual property rights: several Senators, 20523 [25JY]

Support of legislation protecting computer software copyrights (S. 339): Association of Data Processing Service Organizations, 1535 [31JA]

Remarks in House

Cable Television Copyright Deregulation Act: enact (H.R. 3339), 25250 [26SE]

———make the manufacturing clause permanent (H.R. 3465), 27025 [9OC]

Derivative works: clarify exception to termination of a grant (H.R. 3163), 22801 [1AU]

Hall, Marianne M.: call for resignation from the Copyright Royalty Tribunal, 10384, 10402 [2MY]

Home Audio Recording Act: enact (H.R. 2911), 17969, 17978 [27JN]

Industrial design: copyright protection, 7541 [3AP]

Intellectual Property Rights Protection and Enforcement Act: enact (H.R. 3776), 32273 [18NO]

Low-power television: copyright law and FCC regulations, 22028 [31JY]

Music: conveyance of rebroadcast rights relative to syndicated television programs (H.R. 3521), 27159 [10OC]

Television: right to broadcast theme and background music in syndicated programs (H.R. 3521), 27159 [10OC]

U.S. books: overseas piracy, 37505 [17DE]

Remarks in Senate

Audio recording devices: establish royalty fee (S. 1739), 26366-26370 [7OC], 28210 [21OC]

Authors and authorship: permanent manufacturing clause relative to printing of literary works (S. 1938), 36420 [13DE]

Computers: copyright protection of software (S. 339), 1534 [31JA]

———exclude software royalties from personal holding company income (S. 1799), 29484-29486 [29OC]

———modify personal holding company tax provisions relative to software royalties (S. 1799), 36529 [16DE]

Foreign countries: protection of U.S. intellectual property rights, 15604 [13JN]

Foreign trade: enhance protection of intellectual property rights (S. 1647), 23772-23774 [13SE]

———enhance protection of intellectual property rights (S. 1869), 32809 [20NO]

Home Audio Recording Act: enact (S. 1739), 26366-26370 [7OC], 28210 [21OC]

Laws: commemorate anniversary of first enactment (S.J. Res. 169), 19973 [23JY]

Mexico: protection of U.S. intellectual property rights, 20522 [25JY]

National Commission on the Lending of Authors' Works: establish (S. 658), 5187 [14MR]

Nimmer, Melville B.: tribute, 35378 [9DE]

Printing: extend manufacturing clause of Copyright Act (S. 1822), 30308, 30309 [1NO]

Television: clarify definition of local service area in case of low power station (S. 1526), 29763 [30OC]

———clarify status of low-power transmissions (S. 1526), 21420 [30JY]

———restrictions on conveyance of audiovisual work to nonnetwork stations (S. 1980), 37655-37656 [18DE]

Reports

Protection of Computer Software Copyrights: Dept. of Commerce (excerpt), 1534 [31JA]

Statements

Cable Television Copyright Deregulation Act (H.R. 3339): Mark S. Fowler (excerpt), 25251 [26SE]

Derivative Works Exception to Termination of Copyright Grant (H.R. 3163): Byron R. White (excerpt), 22801 [1AU]

Protection of Copyright Holders: Barbara Ringer, 17649 [27JN]

Texts of

H.R. 2752, Copyright Royalty Tribunal Sunset Act, 15761 [13JN]

H.R. 3163, clarify derivative works exception to termination of grant, 22801 [1AU]

H.R. 3339, Cable Television Copyright Deregulation Act, 25251 [26SE]

H.R. 3521, right to broadcast theme and background music in syndicated television programs, 27160 [10OC]

S. 339, protection of computer software copyrights, 1534 [31JA]

S. 658, establish the National Commission on the Lending of Authors' Works, 5188 [14MR]

S. 1384, Copyright Holder Protection Act, 17649 [27JN]

S. 1526, clarify status of low-power television transmissions, 21420 [30JY]

S. 1647, protection of intellectual property rights, 23773 [13SE]

S. 1739, Home Audio Recording Act, 26367-26369 [7OC]

S. 1799, exclude software royalties from personal holding company income tax, 29485 [29OC]

S. 1822, Manufacture and Public Distribution of Certain Copyrighted Material Act, 30309 [1NO]

S. 1869, enhance protection of intellectual property rights, 32810 [20NO]

S. 1938, permanent manufacturing clause of copyright law relative to printing of literary works, 36420 [13DE]

S.J. Res. 169, commemorate anniversary of enactment of first laws, 19973 [23JY]