Home Dish Market : H.R. 2848 (100th Congress) and the Copyright Liability of Satellite Carriers.

Examines controversy over copyright treatment of satellite carriers offering encrypted broadcast programming to the home dish market. Reviews P.L. 100-667, the Satellite Home Viewer Act of 1988, which amends the Copyright Act to create a temporary copyright license for satellite carriers, establishi...

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Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1988.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Copyright. Copyright > Royalties. Television. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Examines controversy over copyright treatment of satellite carriers offering encrypted broadcast programming to the home dish market. Reviews P.L. 100-667, the Satellite Home Viewer Act of 1988, which amends the Copyright Act to create a temporary copyright license for satellite carriers, establishing both a copyright royalty rate fee schedule for the compensation of broadcast program copyright holders and a blanket monthly copyright license to facilitate payments by program distributors.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed June 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.