Copyright Law of the United States of America and Related Laws Contained in Title 17 of the United States Code, Circular 92 eBook

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Copyright Law of the United States of America and Related Laws Contained in Title 17 of the United States Code, Circular 92 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 350 pages of information about Copyright Law of the United States of America and Related Laws Contained in Title 17 of the United States Code, Circular 92.
Pub.  L. No. 106-113, 113 Stat. 1501, app.  I at 1501A-530 and 543.  The Act states that these amendments shall be effective as of July 1, 1999, except for a portion of the second item, starting with “performance or display” through “superstation.”  Pub.  L. No. 106-113, 113 Stat. 1501, app.  I at 1501A-544.  The Act also amended section 119(a) by inserting the phrase “with regard to secondary transmissions the satellite carrier is in compliance with the rules, regulations, or authorization of the Federal Communications Commission governing the carriage of television broadcast stations signals” in paragraphs (1) and (2) and by inserting into paragraph (2), “a performance or display of a work embodied in a primary transmission made by a network station” in lieu of “programming contained in a primary transmission made by a network station and embodying a performance or display of a work.” Id. at 1501A-531 and 544.  The Act amended section 119(a)(2) by substituting new language for paragraph (B) and, in paragraph (C), by deleting “currently” after “the satellite carrier” near the end of the first sentence. Id. at 1501A-528 and 544.  It also amended section 119(a)(4) by inserting “a performance or display of a work embodied in” after “by a satellite carrier of” and by deleting “and embodying a performance or display of a work.” Id. at 1501A-544.  The Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act of 1999 further amended section 119(a) by adding subparagraph (E) to paragraph (5). Id. at 1501A-528.  It amended section 119(a)(6) by inserting “performance or display of a work embodied in” after “by a satellite carrier of” and by deleting “and embodying a performance or display of a work."* Id.* The Act also amended section 119(a) by adding paragraphs (11) and (12). Id. at 1501A-529 and 531.

The Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act of 1999 amended section 119(b) (1) by inserting “or the Public Broadcasting Service satellite feed” into subparagraph (B). (See endnote 60, infra.) Id. at 1501A-530.  The Act amended section 119(c) by adding a new paragraph (4). Id. at 1501A-527.  The Act amended section 119(d) by substituting new language for paragraphs (9) through (11) and by adding paragraph (12).* Id.* at 1501A-527, 530 and 531.  The Act substituted new language for section 119(e). Id. at 1501A-529.

56 The Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act of 1999 amended section 119(a)(1) by deleting “primary transmission made by a superstation and embodying a performance or display of a work” and inserting in its place “performance or display of a work embodied in a primary transmission made by a superstation.”  Pub.  L. No. 106-113, 113 Stat. 1501, app.  I at 1501A-543.  This amendatory language did not take into account a prior amendment which had inserted “or by the Public Broadcasting Service satellite feed” after “superstation” into the phrase quoted above that was deleted.  Pub.  L. No. 106-113, 113 Stat. 1501, app.  I at 1501A-530.  There was no mention of the phrase “or by the Public Broadcasting Service satellite feed” in that second amendment.  To accommodate both amendments, the phrase “or by the Public Broadcasting Service satellite feed” has been placed at the end of the new language, after “superstation.”

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