United States · Bill · S
S. 1980 (99th)
A bill to amend title 17, United States Code, regarding the conveyance of audiovisual work, and for other purposes.
Introduced
18 December 1985
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Status
Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks. Hearings held.
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10 August 2026
Summary
Amends the copyright law to prohibit a copyright holder from conveying the right to publicly perform an audiovisual work on non-network commercial television without simultaneously conveying the right to perform in synchronization any copyrighted music which accompanies such work.
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1 official file
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 18 December 1985
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/senate-bill/1980
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/99/s/1980