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S.1284: NII Copyright Protection Act of 1995
About This Bill
- This bill was introduced in the 104th Congress
- This bill is primarily about law
- Introduced Sept. 28, 1995
- Latest Major Action May 7, 1996
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Bill Summary
NII Copyright Protection Act of 1995 - Amends Federal copyright law to grant exclusive rights to the owner of a copyrighted work to provide public distribution of copies or phonorecords of such work by transmission. Revises the definition of: (1) "publication" to include transmission as a means by which copies and phonorecords of a work may be distributed to the public; and (2) "transmit" to include distribution by any device or process...
(Source: Library of Congress)
Bill Actions
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Sponsor introductory remarks on measure.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
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Committee on Judiciary. Hearings held with the House Committee on the Judiciary's Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property.
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Committee on Judiciary. Hearings held.
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| Sept. 28, 1995 |
Introduced in the Senate by Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah) |