Copyright Law Updates | New Proposed Legislation
January 25, 2010
Local Satellite Broadcast Programming Receives Boost with House Approval of SHVRA
Satellite Home Viewer Update and Reauthorization Act of 2009
H.R. 3570, 12/3/2009
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed by a vote of 394-11 the Satellite Home Viewer Reauthorization Act of 2009 (“SHVRA”), H.R. 3570. The proposed legislation amends satellite providers’ compulsory copyright licenses to allow them to retransmit broadcast network programming in rural markets lacking local TV services, in an effort to foster competition between cable and satellite providers.
The SHVRA has these key provisions:
• Renews for 5 years the provision allowing carriers to deliver a distant network station to homes under specified circumstances, which otherwise would expire at the end of this year.
• Reauthorizes the good faith negotiation requirements…
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