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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 989
To amend title 17, United States Code, with respect to the duration of
copyright, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 16, 1995
Mr. MOORHEAD (for himself, Mrs. SCHROEDER, Mr. COBLE, Mr. GOODLATTE,
Mr. BONO, Mr. GEKAS, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. NADLER, Mr. CLEMENT, and
Mr. GALLEGLY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title 17, United States Code, with respect to
the duration of copyright, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Copyright Term Ex-
tension Act of 1995’’.
SEC. 2. DURATION OF COPYRIGHT PROVISIONS.
(a) PREEMPTION
WITH
RESPECT
TO
OTHER
LAWS.—Section 301(c) of title 17, United States Code,
is amended by striking ‘‘February 15, 2047’’ each place
it appears and inserting ‘‘February 15, 2067’’.
(b) DURATION OF COPYRIGHT: WORKS CREATED ON
OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 1978.—Section 302 of title 17,
United States Code, is amended—
(1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘fifty’’ and in-
serting ‘‘70’’;
(2) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘fifty’’ and in-
serting ‘‘70’’;
(3) in subsection (c) in the first sentence—
(A) by striking ‘‘seventy-five’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘95’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘one hundred’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘120’’; and
(4) in subsection (e) in the first sentence—
(A) by striking ‘‘seventy-five’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘95’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘one hundred’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘120’’; and
(C) by striking ‘‘fifty’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘70’’.
(c) DURATION
OF COPYRIGHT: WORKS CREATED
BUT NOT PUBLISHED OR COPYRIGHTED BEFORE JANU-
ARY 1, 1978.—Section 303 of title 17, United States
Code, is amended in the second sentence—
(1) by striking ‘‘December 31, 2002’’ each
place it appears and inserting ‘‘December 31,
2012’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘December 31, 2027’’ and in-
serting ‘‘December 31, 2047’’.
(d) DURATION OF COPYRIGHT: SUBSISTING COPY-
RIGHTS.—
(1) Section 304 of title 17, United States Code,
is amended—
(A) in subsection (a)—
(i) in paragraph (1)—
(I) in subparagraph (B) by strik-
ing ‘‘47’’ and inserting ‘‘67’’; and
(II) in subparagraph (C) by
striking ‘‘47’’ and inserting ‘‘67’’;
(ii) in paragraph (2)—
(I) in subparagraph (A) by strik-
ing ‘‘47’’ and inserting ‘‘67’’; and
(II) in subparagraph (B) by
striking ‘‘47’’ and inserting ‘‘67’’; and
(iii) in paragraph (3)—
(I) in subparagraph (A)(i) by
striking ‘‘47’’ and inserting ‘‘67’’; and
(II) in subparagraph (B) by
striking ‘‘47’’ and inserting ‘‘67’’; and
(B) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘seventy-
five’’ and inserting ‘‘95’’.
(2) Section 102 of the Copyright Renewal Act
of 1992 (Public Law 102–307; 106 Stat. 266; 17
U.S.C. 304 note) is amended—
(A) in subsection (c)—
(i) by striking ‘‘47’’ and inserting
‘‘67’’;
(ii) by striking ‘‘(as amended by sub-
section (a) of this section)’’; and
(iii) by striking ‘‘effective date of this
section’’ each place it appears and insert-
ing ‘‘effective date of the Copyright Term
Extension Act of 1995’’; and
(B) in subsection (g)(2) in the second sen-
tence by inserting before the period the follow-
ing: ‘‘, except each reference to forty-seven
years in such provisions shall be deemed to be
67 years’’.
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall
take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
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