S 1361 · 93th Congress · Commerce
Design Protection Act
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Senate Vote4
House5
EnactedLatest: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.(1974-09-12)
Recorded Votes
PassedSenate · 1974-09-09
Yea 70Nay 1
PassedSenate · 1974-09-09
Yea 70Nay 1
Plain Language Summary
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Title I: General Revision of Copyright Law - Revises in its entirety, Title 17 of the United States Code, entitled "Copyrights." Defines the terms used in such title, including "anonymous work," "copies," "derivative work," and "publication." Details the subject matter of copyright: (1) in general; (2) of compilations and derivative works; (3) of works with regard to national origin; and (4) of United States Government works. Enumerates the exclusive rights enjoyed by the owner of a copyright under this title, and the limitations on such exclusive rights, including: (1) fair use; (2) reproduction by libraries and archives; (3) transfer of a particular copy or phonorecord by an owner; (4) specified performances and displays by learning institutions, governmental bodies and churches; (5) secondary transmissions of a primary transmission (including transmission to a controlled group, transmission by cable systems, compulsory licensing for secondary transmission by cable systems, and premption of other laws and regulations); and (6) ephemeral recordings. States that when a pictorial, graphic, or sculptural work in which copyright subsists under this title is utilized in an original orn…
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