Number: 98-320
Title: TELEVISION SATELLITE AND CABLE RETRANSMISSION OF BROADCAST VIDEO PROGRAMMING UNDER THE COPYRIGHT ACT'S COMPULSORY LICENSES
Authors: Dorothy Schrader, American Law Division 
Abstract: This report reviews the history and background of the cable and television satellite licenses of the Copyright Act (title 17 U.S.C., section 111(c)-(f) and 119, respectively), reviews the Satellite Home Viewer Act of 1994, and notes recent developments, including the 1997 satellite license rate adjustment; pending bills relating to the compulsory licenses (H.R. 3210, H.R. 2821, S. 1720, and S. 1422); and the August 1997 report of the Copyright Office on these licenses.
Pages: 27
Date: Updated October 5, 1998