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The CONTU Final Report The National Commission on New Technological Uses of Copyrighted Works (CONTU) was established by Congress, and operated between 1975 and 1978 to determine how the Copyright Act of 1976 should address computers and copy machines. On July 31, 1978, it issued its Final Report, which is frequently cited, but not readily available. We have scanned a copy of the report and have converted it both to PDF and HTML files. |
The report contains the following sections:
Preliminary material
(PDF: 167KB, HTML: 11 pages)
Table of Contents
(PDF: 309KB, HTML: 5 pages)
Chapter 1: The Commission and Its Recommendation
(PDF: 120KB, HTML: 2 pages)
Chapter 2: The Establishment, Mandate, and Activities of the Commission
(PDF: 631KB, HTML: 6 pages)
Chapter 3: Computers and Copyright
(PDF: 4.2MB, HTML: 38 pages)
Chapter 4: Machine Reproduction - Photocopying
(PDF: 3.2KB, HTML: Coming soon)
Appendix A: Summary of the History of Computer-Related Issues and the Photocopy Issue
(PDF: 2.5MB, HTML: Coming soon)
Appendix B: Public Law 93-573 and Public Law 95-146
(PDF: 150KB, HTML: Coming soon)
Appendix E: Lists of Witnesses
(PDF: 281KB, HTML: Coming soon)
Appendix F: Alphabetical Listing of Persons Appearing before the Commission
(PDF: 182KB, HTML: Coming soon)
Appendix G: Transcripts of Commission Meetings
(PDF: 310KB, HTML: Coming soon)
Appendix H: Summaries of Commission-Sponsored Studies
(PDF: 857KB, HTML: Coming soon)
Appendix I: Bibliography
(PDF: 713KB, HTML: Coming soon)
Appendix J: Selected Provisions of the Copyright Act of 1976 and Copyright Office Regulations
(PDF: 1.15MB, HTML: Coming soon)
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Last updated: 04-29-2003