Extending the Duration of Copyright Protection in Certain Cases: Hearing Before Subcommittee No. 3 of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Eightyseventh Congress Second Sesion, on H.J. Res. 627. May 3, 1962U.S. Government Printing Office, 1962 - 98 páginas Committee Serial No. 27. Considers H.J. Res. 627, to provide an interim five-year extension for all copyrights due to expire, pending general revision of the Copyright Act. |
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Página 20 - Trademarks from 1978 to 1979; chairman of the section of patent, trademark and copyright law of the American Bar Association; and President of Intellectual Property Owners, Inc.
Página 3 - ... superior to that of all other property, for it is original. It is tenure which does not exist in a doubtful title ; which does not spring from any adventitious circumstances ; it is not found — it is not purchased — it is not prescriptive — it is original ; so it is the most natural of all titles, because it is the most simple and least artificial. It is paramount and sovereign, because it is a tenure by creation.
Página 8 - ... so that he could not be deprived of that right. The present term of twenty-eight years, with the right of renewal for fourteen years, in many cases is insufficient. The terms, taken together, ought to be long enough to give the author the exclusive right to his work for such a period that there would be no probability of its being taken away from him in his old age, when, perhaps, he needs it the most.
Página 96 - In enacting a copyright law Congress must consider, as has been already stated, two questions: First, how much will the legislation stimulate the producer and so benefit the public; and, second, how much will the monopoly granted be detrimental to the public.
Página 76 - Report of the Register of Copyrights on the General Revision of the US Copyright Law...
Página 39 - The constitutional purpose is to promote the progress of science and the useful arts...
Página 21 - Section endorses the resolution relating to process patent legislation adopted by the Section of Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law of the American Bar Association at its 1983 Annual Meeting.
Página 88 - SEC. 104. In any case in which the renewal term of copyright subsisting in any work on the date of approval of this bill, or the term thereof as extended by Public Law 87-668, by Public Law 89-142, by Public Law 90-141, by Public Law 90-416, by Public Law 91-147, by Public Law 91-555...
Página 11 - ... substantial number of works — though they constitute a small percentage of all copyrighted works — continue to have commercial value beyond the present term of 56 years. In some of these cases the author is still living or there are still dependents of a deceased author when the term expires. We are sympathetic to the view that the author during his old age, or his dependents if he dies prematurely, should continue to have the benefits afforded by copyright. A max!
Página 88 - Constitution provides that Congress shall have the power "To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries.