![newsnet](../../images/nn_top.jpg)
Copyright Office Requests Information for Report to Congress on Impact
of Satellite Statutory Licenses on Certain Copyright Owners
The Copyright Office solicits comments from interested parties in connection
with a study that will examine select portions of the section 119
(satellite) statutory license and determine what, if any, impact sections
119 and 122 of Title 17 have had on copyright owners whose programming is
retransmitted by satellite carriers. Part one of the study requires the
Copyright Office to determine whether the unserved household limitation
has operated “efficiently and effectively” and whether it has promoted
the goal of protecting copyright owners whose programs are retransmitted
under the section 119 license. It also asks the Office to recommend any
amendments necessary to effectively apply the unserved household standard
to individual households receiving digital satellite signals. Part two of
the study focuses on the harm to the copyright owner. It will explore the
extent to which secondary transmissions made under the satellite statutory
license harm copyright owners of broadcast programming, and the ameliorative
effects of the section 122 statutory license, if any, on such harm.
The Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization
Act of 2004 directs the Copyright Office to conduct the study and
report its findings to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees by December
31, 2005.
Comments are due by August 22, 2005. Reply comments are due by September
12, 2005. (Read further information.)
![calendar](../../images/nn_hdr_calendar.jpg)
July 15 |
Due date for requests to participate in the Orphan
Works roundtables in Washington, D.C., on July 26-27, and
in Berkeley, California, on August 2, 2005. Requests must be received
by the Copyright Office by 5:00 p.m. E.D.T. on this day. (more) |
July 21 |
Due date for reply comments on procedural regulations
governing the Copyright Royalty Board (more) |
July 26 & 27 |
Dates of public roundtable discussions regarding
orphan works, in Washington, D.C. |
August 2 |
Date of public roundtable discussions regarding orphan
works, in Berkeley, California |
August 22 |
Due date for comments on study of the impact of sections
119 and 122 on certain copyright owners (more) |
September 12 |
Due date for reply comments on study of the impact
of sections 119 and 122 on certain copyright owners (more) |
|
![](../../images/blank.gif) |
![Mailing List](../../images/nn_hdr_mail.jpg)
NewsNet RSS Feed
What is RSS? ![NewsNet Archives](../../images/nn_hdr_archives.jpg)
Read
our press releases.
|