Copyright Renewal Act of 1992

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Copyright Renewal Act of 1992

Enacted by	the 102nd United States Congress
Citations
Public law	Pub. L. 102–307
Statutes at Large	106 Stat. 264
Codification
Acts amended	Copyright Act of 1976
Titles amended	17 (Copyrights)
U.S.C. sections amended	17 U.S.C. § 101, § 108, § 304, § 408, § 409
Legislative history
Introduced in the Senate as S. 756 by Dennis DeConcini (D-AZ) on March 21, 1991 Committee consideration by United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary Passed the Senate on November 25, 1991 (voice vote) Passed the House on June 4, 1992 (without objection) Signed into law by President George H. W. Bush on June 26, 1992

Copyright Renewal Act of 1992, Pub. L. 102–307, 106 Stat. 264, enacted June 26, 1992, is the first title of the Copyright Amendments Act of 1992,^[1] an act of the United States Congress that amended copyright renewal provisions of Title 17 of the United States Code enacted under Copyright Act of 1976. The act eliminated the previous requirements under US law that a second term of copyright protection is contingent on a renewal registration with the U.S. Copyright Office.^[2] It amended the Copyright Act of 1976.