Copyright Royalty Tribunal Reform Act Of 1993

Author : United States Senate Committee Patents
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ISBN 13 : 9781331729273
Total Pages : 90 pages
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Download or read book The Copyright Royalty Tribunal Reform Act of 1993 written by United States Senate Committee Patents and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-18 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Copyright Royalty Tribunal Reform Act of 1993: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, First Session on S. 1346, to Amend Title 17, United States Code, to Establish Copyright Arbitration The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:08 a.m. in room 226, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Dennis DeConcini (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Also present: Senator Grassley. Opening Statement Of Hon. Charles E. Grassley, A U.S. Senator From The State Of Iowa Senator Grassley. I am not the chairman of the subcommittee, as you obviously know but Senator DeConcini has been momentarily delayed. Through his staff he said that any member who wanted to start the hearing may start and I am very happy to do that for my friend, the Senator from Arizona. I want to thank the chairman for holding this hearing on the very important issue before us. And of course, I want to thank the witnesses for taking time to meet with the subcommittee today on what is an extremely important issue for them. Today, Chairman DeConcini has convened the subcommittee to hear about proposed legislation to eliminate the Copyright Royalty Tribunal. It is unusual here in Washington for us to consider abolishing any Federal agency, whether it be this one or any other one, and particularly it might be strange for one as small as the CRT. So in this environment this is a significant matter. The CRT was established in 1976 to deal with the compulsory license provisions of the 1976 Copyright Act. It will also distribute royalties under last year's Digital-Audio Home Recording Act. The issue for us is whether the function of the CRT can be better handled by the Library of Congress and by private arbitration panels. I look forward to hearing from today's witnesses, the CRT Commissioners who can tell us about the current workload of the CRT, as well as the people from the Library of Congress who can tell us what the transfer of work to the Library will mean. I yield the floor. Opening Statement Of Hon. Dennis DeConcini, A U.S. Senator From The State Of Arizona Senator DeConcini. Thank you. Senator Grassley, for starting the hearing. I apologize for being late. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.