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S. 1805 (102nd)

A bill to amend title 17, United States Code, to clarify news reporting monitoring as a fair use exception to the exclusive rights of a copyright owner.

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Introduced

3 October 1991

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Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 102-1118.

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Summary

Amends Federal copyright law to deem monitoring news reporting programming to be a fair use of a copyrighted work which does not constitute copyright infringement.

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