| 94th Congress | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | Report | ||
| 2d Session | No. 94-1476 |
COPYRIGHT LAW REVISION
September 3, 1976.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. Kastenmeier, from the Committee on the Judiciary,
submitted the following
REPORT
together with
ADDITIONAL VIEWS
[To accompany S. 22]
The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill (S. 22) for the general revision of the copright law, title 17 of the United States Code, and for other purposes, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and recommend that the bill as amended do pass.
The amendments are as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the following:
Sec. 101. Title 17 of the United States Code, entitled “Copyrights”, is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:
TITLE 17—COPYRIGHTS
| Chapter | Sec. |
| 1. Subject Matter and Scope of Copyright | 101 |
| 2. Copyright Ownership and Transfer | 201 |
| 3. Duration of Copyright | 301 |
| 4. Copyright Notice, Deposit, and Registration | 401 |
| 5. Copyright Infringement and Remedies | 501 |
| 6. Manufacturing Requirement and Importation | 601 |
| 7. Copyright Office | 701 |
| 8. Copyright Royalty Commission | 801 |
Chapter 1.—SUBJECT MATTER AND SCOPE OF COPYRIGHT
Sec.
101. Definitions.
102. Subject matter of copyright: In general.
103. Subject matter of copyright: Compilations and derivative works.
104. Subject matter of copyright: National origin.
105. Subject matter of copyright: United States Government works.
106. Exclusive rights in copyrighted works.
107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use.
108. Limitations on exclusive rights: Reproduction by libraries and archives.
109. Limitations on exclusive rights: Effect of transfer of particular copy or phonorecord.
110. Limitations on exclusive rights: Exemption of certain performances and displays.
111. Limitations on exclusive rights: Secondary transmissions.
