7.0) WHAT ABOUT COPYRIGHT ISSUES?
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This article is from the Wireless Cable TV FAQ, by Brian J. Catlin catlin@cs.colostate.edu.
7.0) WHAT ABOUT COPYRIGHT ISSUES?
In the past, wireless cable systems have assumed that they may use
a compulsory license to pay for copyright issues (similar to what
cable companies do today). A compulsory license enables systems
to re-transmit broadcast signals for a pre-established fee to
compensate producers of TV programs. The copyright office
then announced that wireless cable is NOT a cable system, therefore,
these systems may not use compulsory licenses.
+++However, the Satellite Home Viewer Act of 1994 was passed and
+++enacted on October 18, 1994. This act establishes that wireless
+++cable systems fully qualify for the compulsory copyright license in
+++the same manner as cable systems. (I would like to thank JBlitzEsq
+++for this information.)
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