A bill to amend the Copyright Law regarding work for hire.

Summary

Amends the copyright law to revise the definition of "work made for hire" to exclude work specially ordered or commissioned for use as a contribution to a collective work, as a part of a motion picture or other audiovisual work, or as an instructional text.

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Timeline

1. 2 February 1982

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 2 February 1982

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 1 October 1982

   Committee

   Committee on Judiciary. Hearings held.

   Source: Committee

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 2 February 1982

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Rep. Cochran, Thad [R-MS-4] · R · Sponsor
• · ssju00 · Standing

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