Re: Legislative repeal of MAI v. Peak?

On Wed, 1 Feb 1995, Peter Choy -- Group General Counsel wrote:
>
> On January 17, Congressman Knollenberg of Michigan introduced HR 533, a
> a bill that would amend Section 117 of the Copyright Act to allow the
> "rightful possessor," rather than just the "owner," of a computer program
> to copy it or authorize others to copy it (for purposes of Section 117).

 . . .

> Am I correct in thinking that this bill, as described, would restore
> to Section 117 the language originally recommended by CONTU?

Peter, I believe that you are correct. Melville Nimmer (who was one of the CONTU commissioners) has in his treatise a lengthy discussion on the weight of the congressional change from "rightful possessor" to "owner."

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