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

26 January 1983

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Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 98-597.

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 · 26 January 1983
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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/senate-bill/175
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