S.28: Fairness in Musical Licensing Act of 1997

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This bill was introduced in the 105th Congress
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Introduced Jan. 21, 1997
Latest Major Action Jan. 21, 1997

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Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.)

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24 (1 Democrat, 24 Republicans)

Jesse Helms (R-N.C.)
Sam Brownback (R-Kan.)
Pat Roberts (R-Kan.)
Judd Gregg (R-N.H.)
Wayne A. Allard (R-Colo.)
Richard J. Santorum (R-Pa.)
James M. Inhofe (R-Okla.)
Bob Smith (R-N.H.)
Lauch Faircloth (R-N.C.)
Michael B. Enzi (R-Wyo.)
Pete V. Domenici (R-N.M.)
Tim Hutchinson (R-Ark.)
Larry E. Craig (R-Idaho)
Conrad Burns (R-Mont.)
Dirk Kempthorne (R-Idaho)
Chuck T. Hagel (R-Neb.)
Daniel Coats (R-Ind.)
Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-Colo.)
Gordon Harold Smith (R-Ore.)
Rod Grams (R-Minn.)
Christopher S. Bond (R-Mo.)
Ernest F. Hollings (D-S.C.)
John H. Chafee (R-R.I.)
Craig Thomas (R-Wyo.)

Bill Summary

Fairness in Musical Licensing Act of 1997 - Revises Federal copyright law to provide that communication by electronic device of a transmission embodying a performance or display of a nondramatic musical work by the reception of a broadcast, cable, satellite, or other transmission shall not be a copyright infringement unless an admission fee is charged to see or hear the transmission or the transmission is not properly licensed. Applies the...

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Date	Description
	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Jan. 21, 1997	Introduced in the Senate by Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.)

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Introduced in the Senate by Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.)