Copyright Licensing Regimes Covering Retransmission of Broadcast Signals: Hearing Before the Comm. on the Judiciary, U.S. House of Rep. (2 reports together)


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Witnesses: Marsha Kessler & Fritz Attaway, Motion Pict. Assoc. of Amer.; Decker Anstrom, Nat. Cable TV Assoc.; Steven Cox, Sr. DIRECTV; James Goodman, Capitol Broad.; Wade Hargrove, Network Affil. Stations All.; William Hawkins, Starpath, KY; Charles Hewitt, Sat. Broad. & Comm. Assoc.; Tom Howe, PBS; Thomas Ostertag, Baseball Comm.; Marybeth Peters, Reg. of Copyrights; Peter Boylan, United Video Sat. Grp.; Thomas Casey, PrimeTime 24; Charles Ergen, EchoStar Comm.; Bob Phillips, Nat. Rural Tele. Coop.; Matthew Polka, Small Cable Bus. Assoc.; James Popham, Assoc. of Local TV Stat.; & William Sullivan, Nat. Assoc. of Broad.










Retransmission and U. S. Compliance with TRIPs


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This book seeks to answer one central question: do the U.S. cable and satellite retransmission statutory licenses comply with the TRIPs minimum standard? As with all legal problems, the resolution of ambiguity provides the challenge and the interest. In this regard, by far the greatest ambiguity is created by the use of the term 'equitable renumeration' in the TRIPs retransmission norm. Resort will be had to not only the drafting history of the TRIPs incorporated Berne Convention article, but also to the discipline of economics and to the field of restitutionary monetary awards in common law countries, to seek to provide a meaning for that term. This book is unique in so far as it purports to undertake to provide an analysis whereby a TRIPs compliance issue is considered fully at a theoretical level in an attempt to provide an answer. In so doing, it is hoped that the analysis will provide a methodology for the consideration of the compliance of national laws with intellectual property treaty obligations, which is of use to anyone who may wish to consider such compliance issues in the future.




Copyright Compulsory License Improvement Act


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FCC Record


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Copyrighted Webcast Programming on the Internet


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Licensing Royalty Rates, 2013 Edition


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Knowing the "going" royalty rate for virtually any product is as simple asreaching for the newly published Licensing Royalty Rates, 2013 Edition. This information-packed report details the royalty rates for over 1,500products and services in ten lucrative licensed product categories--art,celebrity, character and entertainment, collegiate, corporate, designer,event, sports, nonprofit and music.Setting a royalty rate too high can scare away potential licensees, whileaccepting a lower rate can cost licensors hundreds of thousands of dollars.Licensing Royalty Rates, 2013 Edition provides all the information youneed to calculate the right rate every time.The data in Licensing Royalty Rates is compiled usinginformation from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. After careful review bya blue-ribbon panel of expert licensing consultants uniquely qualified to knowwhat the appropriate rate range is for specific properties in each licensingcategory, the information is organized into four time-saving sections thatgive researchers fast access to comprehensive statistical and analytical data:Royalty rate listing alphabetically by licensed product --provides adetailed alphabetical listing of products and their suggested rate rangeacross all product categories.Royalty rate listing by international trademark class --lets you quicklyidentify subtle royalty rate differences between similar products withinspecific international trademark classes.Checklist of licensed products and services --offers a quick-reference toproducts with a high potential for licensing.Comprehensive list of licensed products and services --presents adetailed list of all surveyed products and services within a trademark classfor preparing intent-to-use trademark applications.This detailed information gives both beginning and more experienced licensingprofessionals the confidence needed to negotiate the maximum allowable rateregardless of the product, the market and the parameters of the specific dealitself.