IB
Union Calendar No.
405
111
TH
CONGRESS2
D
S
ESSION
H. R. 848
[Report No. 111–680]
To provide parity in radio performance rights under title 17, United StatesCode, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
F
EBRUARY
4, 2009Mr. C
ONYERS
(for himself, Mr. I
SSA
, Mr. B
ERMAN
, Mrs. B
LACKBURN
, Mr.H
ODES
, Ms. W
ASSERMAN
S
CHULTZ
, Mr. W
EINER
, Mr. C
OHEN
, Mr. N
AD
-
LER
of New York, Mr. W
EXLER
, Mr. P
ETERSON
, Mr. J
OHNSON
of Geor-gia, Mr. S
CHIFF
, Mr. S
HERMAN
, Mr. S
HADEGG
, Ms. J
ACKSON
-L
EE
of Texas, Ms. L
INDA
T. S
A
´
NCHEZ
of California, Ms. H
ARMAN
, and Mr. W
AXMAN
) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-mittee on the Judiciary D
ECEMBER
14, 2010 Additional sponsors: Ms. S
LAUGHTER
, Mr. C
OOPER
, Mr. H
IGGINS
, Mr. P
OLIS
of Colorado, Mr. M
ORAN
of Virginia, Mrs. C
APPS
, Mr. T
ONKO
, Mr.T
OWNS
, Mr. H
OLT
, Mr. R
OTHMAN
of New Jersey, Ms. C
LARKE
, Mr.I
SRAEL
, Mr. G
UTIERREZ
, Mr. C
LEAVER
, Mr. T
HOMPSON
of Mississippi,Ms. F
UDGE
, Mr. G
EORGE
M
ILLER
of California, Mr. W
AMP
, Mr. V
AN
H
OLLEN
, Mr. I
NSLEE
, Mr. C
ROWLEY
, Ms. W
ATSON
, Mr. G
ORDON
of Tennessee, Ms. E
SHOO
, Mrs. M
ALONEY
, Mr. T
IERNEY
, Mr. B
RADY
of Pennsylvania, Ms. S
UTTON
, Mr. G
ARAMENDI
, Ms. S
CHAKOWSKY
, Ms. W
OOLSEY
, Mr. K
ENNEDY
, Mr. D
EUTCH
, and Mr. R
OONEY
D
ECEMBER
14, 2010Deleted sponsors: Mr. A
DLER
of New Jersey (added March 3, 2009; deletedJuly 30, 2009), Ms. E
DDIE
B
ERNICE
J
OHNSON
of Texas (added March10, 2009; deleted May 14, 2009), and Ms. N
ORTON
(added March 10,2009; deleted June 11, 2009)
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HR 848 RH
D
ECEMBER
14, 2010Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the WholeHouse on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic][For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 4, 2009]
A BILL
To provide parity in radio performance rights under title17, United States Code, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Performance Rights
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Act’’.
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SEC. 2. ESTABLISHING EQUITABLE TREATMENT FOR TER-
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RESTRIAL, CABLE, SATELLITE, AND INTER-
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NET SERVICES.
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(a) P
ERFORMANCE
R
IGHT
A
PPLICABLE TO
R
ADIO
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T
RANSMISSIONS
G
ENERALLY
.—Section 106(6) of title 17,
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United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
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‘‘(6) in the case of sound recordings, to perform
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the copyrighted work publicly by means of an audio
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transmission.’’.
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(b) I
NCLUSION OF
T
ERRESTRIAL
B
ROADCASTS IN
E
X
-
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ISTING
P
ERFORMANCE
R
IGHT
.—Section 114(d)(1) of title
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17, United States Code, is amended—
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(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A),
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by striking ‘‘a digital’’ and inserting ‘‘an’’; and
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(2) by striking subparagraph (A).
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(c) I
NCLUSION OF
T
ERRESTRIAL
B
ROADCASTS IN
E
X
-
4
ISTING
S
TATUTORY
L
ICENSE
S
YSTEM
.—Section 114(j)(6) of
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title 17, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘dig-
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ital’’.
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(d) E
NSURING
P
LATFORM
P
ARITY
.—Section 114(f) of
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title 17, United States Code, is amended—
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(1) by striking paragraph (1);
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(2) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), (4),
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and (5) as paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4), respec-
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tively; and
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(3) in paragraph (1), as redesignated—
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(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking
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‘‘under chapter 8’’ and all that follows through
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the end of the third sentence and inserting
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‘‘under chapter 8 shall determine reasonable
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rates and terms of royalty payments for trans-
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missions subject to statutory licensing under sub-
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section (d)(2) during 5-year periods beginning
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on January 1 of the second year following the
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year in which the proceedings are to be com-
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menced, except in the case of a different transi-
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tional period provided under section 6(b)(3) of
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Establishing equitable treatment for terrestrial, cable, satellite and internet services; treatment for minority, female, religious, rural, small, noncommercial, public educational and community stations, and certain uses; no harmful effects on songwriters; payment of certain royalties; no…
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