Copyright Infringements (audio and Video Recorders): Hearing Before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-seventh Congress, First and Second Sessions, on S. 1758 ... November 30, 1981 and April 21, 1982U.S. Government Printing Office, 1982 - 1384 pages |
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... PROGRAMS WITHOUT FIRST HAVING THE PERMISSION OF THE PROGRAM'S PRODUCERS . THEIR BY THE END OF THIS YEAR , THERE WILL BE OVER THREE MILLION VIDEO RECORDERS IN AMERICAN HOMES , WITH AN ADDITIONAL SALE OF TWO MILLION ESTIMATED FOR 1982 ...
... PROGRAMS WITHOUT FIRST HAVING THE PERMISSION OF THE PROGRAM'S PRODUCERS . THEIR BY THE END OF THIS YEAR , THERE WILL BE OVER THREE MILLION VIDEO RECORDERS IN AMERICAN HOMES , WITH AN ADDITIONAL SALE OF TWO MILLION ESTIMATED FOR 1982 ...
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... programs deem fit ? Why should those who work during the day or during prime time be denied the opportunity to tape a program for viewing at another time ? Surveys show that the majority of the people who own a Betamax use it primarily ...
... programs deem fit ? Why should those who work during the day or during prime time be denied the opportunity to tape a program for viewing at another time ? Surveys show that the majority of the people who own a Betamax use it primarily ...
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... program . Often it is now the case that some of those viewings are renegoti- ated based on the actual audience , because things can conflict with that audience or help out the audience , according to other compet- ing programs . This ...
... program . Often it is now the case that some of those viewings are renegoti- ated based on the actual audience , because things can conflict with that audience or help out the audience , according to other compet- ing programs . This ...
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... program diminishes the audience for programs then currently being broadcast , resulting in a reduction of advertiser revenues and ultimately compensation to the copyright owners of such programs . In a well financed and deceptive ...
... program diminishes the audience for programs then currently being broadcast , resulting in a reduction of advertiser revenues and ultimately compensation to the copyright owners of such programs . In a well financed and deceptive ...
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... programs - watch them without commercials . If in fact it were true that one could record these programs , the reporting were totally accurate , and the commercials could not be deleted , our complaint , I think , would be seriously ...
... programs - watch them without commercials . If in fact it were true that one could record these programs , the reporting were totally accurate , and the commercials could not be deleted , our complaint , I think , would be seriously ...
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Page 738 - ... the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes; 2*17U.SC§ 106(1998). (2) the nature of the copyrighted work...
Page 1226 - Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright.
Page 382 - ... the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and (4) the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.
Page 232 - ... literary, musical, dramatic, and choreographic works, pantomimes, and motion pictures and other audiovisual works, to perform the copyrighted work publicly; (5) in the case of literary, musical, dramatic, and choreographic works, pantomimes, and pictorial, graphic, or sculptural works, including the individual images of a motion picture or other audiovisual work, to display the copyrighted work publicly...
Page 121 - ... nothing in this Act contained shall in any way abridge or alter the remedies now existing at common law or by statute, but the provisions of this Act are in addition to such remedies...
Page 117 - It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is. Those who apply the rule to particular cases must of necessity expound and interpret that rule. If two laws conflict with each other, the courts must decide on the operation of each.
Page 421 - ... (1) to reproduce the copyrighted work in copies or phonorecords ; (2) to prepare derivative works based upon the copyrighted work ; (3) to distribute copies or phonorecords of the copyrighted work to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or lending; (4) in the case of literary, musical, dramatic, and choreographic works, pantomimes, and motion pictures and other audiovisual works, to perform the copyrighted work publicly...
Page 231 - The economic philosophy behind the clause empowering Congress to grant patents and copyrights is the conviction that encouragement of individual effort by personal gain is the best way to advance public welfare through the talents of authors and inventors in "Science and useful Arts.
Page 378 - Report of the Register of Copyrights on the General Revision of the US Copyright Law...
Page 502 - The utility of this power will scarcely be questioned. The copyright of authors has been solemnly adjudged, in Great Britain, to be a right at common law. The right to useful inventions seems with equal reason to belong to the inventors.