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Cable - Section 111
Section 111 of the Copyright Act of 1976, title 17 of the United States Code, established a compulsory licensing system under which cable systems may make secondary transmissions of copyrighted works. The license prescribes various conditions under which cable systems may obtain a compulsory license to retransmit copyrighted works, including the filing of statements of account forms. It also establishes the requirements governing the form, and content of the filing of these semi-annual statements and submission of statutory royalty payments. 37 CFR 201.17
The law requires a cable system to file statements of account for two purposes:
- To show basis for the semiannual royalty fee the cable system owes under its
statutory license; and
- To give the information needed to allocate royalty fees among copyright
owners.
FILL OUT A STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT FORM WHEN:
You are the legal owner (or represent the owner) of a cable system on the last day of the
accounting period; and
You are filing the semiannual statement of account required by the copyright law; and
You are also depositing the required semiannual royalty fee with the Licensing Division of the Copyright Office.
If your figure for semiannual gross receipts in Space K is less than $527,600, use SA 1-2 (SHORT FORM); and if it is more, use SA 3 (LONG FORM)
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