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.

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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Timeline

1. 21 January 1993

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 21 January 1993

   Introduced

   Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S422-423)

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 21 January 1993

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 4 February 1993

   Referred

   Referred to Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks.

   Source: Committee

Votes

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 21 January 1993 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 21 January 1993

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 21 January 1993

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 21 January 1993

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Sponsors

• Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] · R · Sponsor
• · ssju00 · Standing

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