United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 4794 (97th)
A bill to amend the copyright law to provide that the use of home video recorders are not infringements on the exclusive rights of copyright owners.
Introduced
20 October 1981
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Subcommittee Hearings Held.
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Summary
Amends the copyright law to include within fair use the home recording of copyrighted works on home video recorders for private home, noncommercial use.
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summary · EN · 20 October 1981
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/97th-congress/house-bill/4794
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/97/hr/4794