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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 483

To amend the provisions of title 17, United States Code, with respect to

the duration of copyright, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MARCH 2 (legislative day, FEBRUARY 22), 1995

Mr. HATCH (for himself, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, and Mr. THOMPSON) introduced

the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee

on the Judiciary

A BILL

To amend the provisions of title 17, United States Code,

with respect to the duration of copyright, and for other

purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Copyright Term Ex5 tension Act of 1995’’.

6 SEC. 2. DURATION OF COPYRIGHT PROVISIONS.

7 (a) PREEMPTION WITH RESPECT TO OTHER

8 LAWS.—Section 301(c) of title 17, United States Code,

9 is amended by striking out ‘‘February 15, 2047’’ in each
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1 place it appears and inserting ‘‘February 15, 2067’’ in

2 each such place.

3 (b) DURATION OF COPYRIGHT: WORKS CREATED ON

4 OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 1978.—Section 302 of title 17,

5 United States Code, is amended—

6 (1) in subsection (a) by striking out ‘‘fifty’’ and

7 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘seventy’’;

8 (2) in subsection (b) by striking out ‘‘fifty’’ and

9 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘seventy’’;

10 (3) in subsection (c) in the first sentence—

11 (A) by striking out ‘‘seventy-five’’ and in12 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘ninety-five’’; and

13 (B) by striking out ‘‘one hundred’’ and in14 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘one hundred and twen15 ty’’; and

16 (4) in subsection (e) in the first sentence—

17 (A) by striking out ‘‘seventy-five’’ and in18 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘ninety-five’’;

19 (B) by striking out ‘‘one hundred’’ and in20 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘one hundred and twen21 ty’’; and

22 (C) by striking out ‘‘fifty’’ in each place it

23 appears and inserting ‘‘seventy’’ in each such

24 place.
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1 (c) DURATION OF COPYRIGHT: WORKS CREATED

2 BUT NOT PUBLISHED OR COPYRIGHTED BEFORE JANU3 ARY 1, 1978.—Section 303 of title 17, United States

4 Code, is amended in the second sentence—

5 (1) by striking out ‘‘December 31, 2002’’ in

6 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘December 31,

7 2012’’ in each such place; and

8 (2) by striking out ‘‘December 31, 2027’’ and

9 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘December 31, 2047’’.

10 (d) DURATION OF COPYRIGHT: SUBSISTING COPY11 RIGHTS.—

12 (1) Section 304 of title 17, United States Code,

13 is amended—

14 (A) in subsection (a)—

15 (i) in paragraph (1)—

16 (I) in subparagraph (B) by strik17 ing out ‘‘47’’ and inserting in lieu

18 thereof ‘‘67’’; and

19 (II) in subparagraph (C) by

20 striking out ‘‘47’’ and inserting in lieu

21 thereof ‘‘67’’;

22 (ii) in paragraph (2)—

23 (I) in subparagraph (A) by strik24 ing out ‘‘47’’ and inserting in lieu

25 thereof ‘‘67’’; and
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1 (II) in subparagraph (B) by

2 striking out ‘‘47 and inserting in lieu

3 thereof ‘‘67’’; and

4 (iii) in paragraph (3)—

5 (I) in subparagraph (A)(i) by

6 striking out ‘‘47’’ and inserting in lieu

7 thereof ‘‘67’’; and

8 (II) in subparagraph (B) by

9 striking out ‘‘47’’ and inserting in lieu

10 thereof ‘‘67’’; and

11 (B) in subsection (b) by striking out ‘‘sev12 enty-five’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘ninety13 five’’.

14 (2) Section 102 of the Copyright Renewal Act

15 of 1992 (Public Law 102–307; 106 Stat. 266; 17

16 U.S.C. 304 note) is amended—

17 (A) in subsection (c)—

18 (i) by striking out ‘‘47’’ and inserting

19 in lieu thereof ‘‘67’’;

20 (ii) by striking out ‘‘(as amended by

21 subsection (a) of this section)’’; and

22 (iii) by striking out ‘‘effective date of

23 this section’’ each place it appears and in24 serting in each such place ‘‘effective date
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1 of the Copyright Term Extension Act of

2 1995’’; and

3 (B) in subsection (g)(2) in the second sen4 tence by inserting before the period the follow5 ing: ‘‘, except each reference to forty-seven

6 years in such provisions shall be deemed to be

7 sixty-seven years’’.

8 SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

9 This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall

10 take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.

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