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H.R. 8261 (95th)

Visual Artists Moral Rights Amendments

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Introduced

13 July 1977

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Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

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2 September 2025

Summary

Visual Artists Moral Rights Amendment - Gives the author of a pictorial, graphic, or sculptural work the right to claim authorship of such work and to object to any distortion or alteration thereof, and to enforce any other limitation recorded in the Copyright Office that would prevent prejudice to the author's honor or reputation during the life of such author and 50 years after death.

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