A bill to amend title 17 of the United States Code to exempt the private noncommercial recording of copyrighted works on video recorders from copyright infringement.

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Introduced

3 January 1985

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Referred to Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice.

Summary

Amends the copyright law to exclude from liability for infringement of copyright any individual who records copyrighted works on a video recorder if the recording is made for a private use and is not used in a commercial nature.

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summary · EN · 3 January 1985
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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/house-bill/384
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