the house debated the copyright term extension act (house resolution 390) on march 25, 1998. the term extension was almost completely supported, with only the mild criticism by jim sensenbrenner (wisconsin) of "h.r. 2589 provides a very generous windfall to the entertainment industry by extending the term of copyright for an additional 20 years." he suggested that it could be balanced by adding provisions from the fairness in music licensing act (h.r. 789). lloyd doggett (texas) called the 'fairness in music licensing act' the 'music theft act' and claimed that it was a mechanism to "steal the intellectual property of thousands of small businesspeople who are song writers in this land." the majority of subsequent debate was over sensenbrenner's house amendment 532 to the ctea. this amendment was over details of allowing music from radio and television broadcasts in small businesses to be played without licensing fees. an amendment to sensenbrenner's amendment was proposed by bill mccollum. the key differences between sensenbrenner's proposal and mccollum's amendment were 1) local arbitration versus court lawsuits in rate disagreements, 2) all retail businesses versus only restaurants and bars, 3) 3500 square feet of general public area versus of gross area, 4) which music licensing societies it applied to (all versus ascap and bmi), and 5) freedom from vicarious liability for landlords and others leasing space versus no such provision. after debate (and the first verse of american pie) the mccollum amendment was rejected in by 259 to 150 and the sensenbrenner amendment was passed by 297 to 112. the copyright term extension act h.r. 2589 was passed.