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HEARING-ID: HRG-1988-HJH-0071

TITLE: Film Integrity Act of 1987

DOC-TYPE: Hearings -- Digital Collection

DOCUMENT-DATE: June 21, 1988

COMMITTEE: Subcom on Courts, Civil Liberties, and Administration of Justice, Committee on Judiciary. House

HEARING-TYPE: Published

COMMITTEE-SERIAL-NUMBER: Committee on the Judiciary Serial No. 107

CONGRESS-SESSION: 100-2 (1988)

BILL-NUMBER: 100 H.R. 2400;  100 H.R. 3221

SUDOC: Y4.J89/1:100/107

LENGTH: 167 pp.

CIS-NO: 89-H521-90

DURABLE-URL: http://www.lexisnexis.com/congcomp/getdoc?HEARING-ID=HRG-1988-HJH-0071

GO TO LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 101 CIS Legis. Hist. P.L. 650 (101 PL 650)

SUMMARY:

Hearing before the Subcom on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice to consider issues and proposals related to alteration or colorization of motion pictures, focusing on H.R. 2400 (text, p. 3-5), the Film Integrity Act of 1987, to prohibit the alteration or colorization of a motion picture without the written consent of the principal director and principal screenwriter of the work.

Supplementary material (p. 161-164) includes correspondence.

SUBJECTS:
Subcom on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice. House; Copyright; Arts and the humanities; Technological innovations; Film Integrity Act; Motion pictures

WITNESS PANEL #1:
(p. 11-67.)
OMAN, Ralph, Register of Copyrights, Copyright Office.

STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION:
Assessment of H.R. 3221, the Visual Artists Rights Act of 1987, to revise copyright law to protect the rights of artists of pictorial, graphic, or sculptural works and provide resale royalties to artists for works that have appreciated in value.

Concerns about H.R. 2400; appraisal of colorized motion picture copyright issues and proposals.

TESTIMONY SUBJECTS:
Copyright Office; Visual Artists Rights Act; Photography; Art; Copyright; Right of property

WITNESS PANEL #2:
(p. 67-113.)
HILLER, Arthur, Film Director; representing Directors Guild.
CANBY, Vincent, Film Critic, New York Times.
PRICE, Monroe E., Dean, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University.

STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Support for H.R. 2400; objections to colorization and alteration of motion pictures; views on protecting artistic rights of filmmakers to prevent alteration of their works.

TESTIMONY SUBJECTS:
Directors Guild

WITNESS PANEL #3:
(p. 113-160.)
BROWN, David, Film Producer, Manhattan Project; also representing Motion Picture Association and Alliance of Motion Picture and TV Producers.
MAYER, Roger L., President and Chief Executive Officer, Turner Entertainment Co.

STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Opposition to H.R. 2400; rationale for colorizing black and white films; refutation of arguments against film colorization.

TESTIMONY SUBJECTS:
Turner Broadcasting System; Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers; Manhattan Project; Motion Picture Association

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