S. 3229101st CongressSenate Bill

Amends Federal copyright law to provide that the fair use of a copyrighted work for purposes of monitoring news reporting programming is…

Official title: 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.

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Amends Federal copyright law to provide that the fair use of a copyrighted work for purposes of monitoring news reporting programming is not an infringement of copyright.

Introduced Oct 22, 1990
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Who introduced this

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Orrin Hatch

Republican

U.S. Senator · UT

Introduced solo — no cosponsors joined.

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