A bill to amend title 17, United States Code, to prohibit the conveyance of the right to perform publicly syndicated television programs without conveying the right to perform accompanying music.

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Introduced

8 October 1985

Last action

23 July 1986 · Committee

Status

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Sponsors

Rep. Boucher, Rick [D-VA-9], Rep. Hyde, Henry J. [R-IL-6], Rep. Leath, Marvin [D-TX-11], Rep. Wortley, George C. [R-NY-27], Rep. Bedell, Berkley W. [D-IA-6], Rep. St Germain, Fernand J. [D-RI-1], Rep. Barton, Joe [R-TX-6], Rep. Nielson, Howard C. [R-UT-3], Rep. Moore, W. Henson [R-LA-6], Rep. Hartnett, Thomas F. [R-SC-1], Sen. Breaux, John B. [D-LA], Rep. Volkmer, Harold L. [D-MO-9], Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9], Rep. Nowak, Henry [D-NY-33], Rep. Franklin, William W. [R-MS-2], Rep. Kindness, Thomas N. [R-OH-8], Rep. Roemer, Buddy [D-LA-4], Rep. Hall, Tony P. [D-OH-3], Rep. Neal, Stephen L. [D-NC-5], Rep. Kasich, John R. [R-OH-12], Rep. Livingston, Bob [R-LA-1], Rep. Latta, Delbert L. [R-OH-5], Rep. Miller, Clarence E. [R-OH-10], Rep. Long, Cathy (Mrs. Gillis) [D-LA-8], Rep. Traficant, James A., Jr. [D-OH-17], Rep. Loeffler, Tom [R-TX-21], Rep. Hubbard, Carroll, Jr. [D-KY-1], Rep. Bentley, Helen Delich [R-MD-2], Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4], Rep. Lundine, Stanley N. [D-NY-34], Rep. Stenholm, Charles W. [D-TX-17], Rep. Montgomery, G. V. (Sonny) [D-MS-3], Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID], Rep. Clinger, William F., Jr. [R-PA-5], Rep. Vander Jagt, Guy [R-MI-9], Rep. Lloyd, Marilyn [D-TN-3], Rep. Evans, Lane [D-IL-17], Rep. Hall, Ralph M. [R-TX-4], Rep. Murtha, John P. [D-PA-12], Rep. Huckaby, Thomas J. (Jerry) [D-LA-5], Rep. Rowland, J. Roy [D-GA-8], Rep. Young, Robert A. [D-MO-2], Rep. Hefner, W. G. (Bill) [D-NC-8], Rep. Gekas, George W. [R-PA-17], Rep. Donnelly, Brian J. [D-MA-11], Rep. Rogers, Harold [R-KY-5], Rep. Daniel, W. C. (Dan) [D-VA-5], Rep. Chandler, Rod D. [R-WA-8]

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Summary

Amends the copyright law to prohibit a copyright holder from conveying the right to publicly perform an audiovisual work on non-network commercial television without simultaneously conveying the right to perform in synchronization any copyrighted music which accompanies such work.

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Timeline

8 October 1985
Introduced
Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.
Source: IntroReferral
8 October 1985
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
8 October 1985
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
11 October 1985
Referred
Referred to Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice.
Source: Committee
23 January 1986
Committee
Executive Comment Requested from US Copyright Off.
Source: Committee
19 March 1986
Committee
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Source: Committee
23 July 1986
Committee
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Source: Committee

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/house-bill/3521
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us · 99-hr-3521 · source updated 16 January 2025