Copyright Law of the United States of America: Contained in Title 17 of the United States CodeUnited States
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Copyright Law of the United States of America: Contained in Title 17 of the United States Code
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(d) On January 3, 1978, the Register of Copyrights, after consulting
with representatives of owners of copyrighted materials,
representatives of the broadcasting, recording, motion picture,
entertainment industries, and arts organizations, representatives of
organized labor and performers of copyrighted materials, shall submit
to the Congress a report setting forth recommendations as to whether
this section should be amended to provide for performers and copyright
owners of copyrighted material any performance rights in such material.
The report should describe the status of such rights in foreign
countries, the views of major interested parties, and specific
legislative or other recommendations, if any.
Section 115. Scope of exclusive rights in nondramatic musical works:
Compulsory license for making and distributing phonorecords.
In the case of nondramatic musical works, the exclusive rights provided
by clauses (1) and (3) of section 106, to make and to distribute
phonorecords of such works, are subject to compulsory licensing under
the conditions specified by this section.
(a) Availability and Scope of Compulsory License.--
(1) When phonorecords of a nondramatic musical work have been
distributed to the public in the United States under the authority of
the copyright owner, any other person may, by complying with the
provisions of this section, obtain a compulsory license only if his or
her primary purpose in making phonorecords is to distribute them to the
public for private use. A person may obtain a compulsory license for
use of the work in the making of phonorecords duplicating a sound
recording fixed by another, unless: (i) such sound recording was fixed
lawfully; and (ii) the making of the phonorecords was authorized by the
owner of copyright in the sound recording or, if the sound recording
was fixed before February 15, 1972, by any person who fixed the sound
recording pursuant to an express license from the owner of the
copyright in the musical work or pursuant to a valid compulsory license
for use of such work in a sound recording.
(2) A compulsory license includes the privilege of making a musical
arrangement of the work to the extent necessary to conform it to the
style or manner of interpretation of the performance involved, but the
arrangement shall not change the basic melody or fundamental character
of the work, and shall not be subject to protection as a derivative
work under this title, except with the express consent of the copyright
owner.
(b) Notice of Intention to Obtain Compulsory License.--
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