H.R. 3521 — A bill to amend title 17, United States Code, to prohibit the conveyance of the right to perform publicly syndicated television programs without conveying the right to perform accompanying music.

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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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1985-10-08
Introduced in House
1985-10-08
Introduced in House
1985-10-08
Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.
1985-10-11
Referred to Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice.
1986-01-23
Executive Comment Requested from US Copyright Off.
1986-03-19
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
1986-07-23
Subcommittee Hearings Held.

A bill to amend title 17, United States Code, to prohibit the conveyance of the right to perform publicly syndicated television programs without conveying the right to perform accompanying music.

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