S 4080
109th Congress
Senate
Science, Technology, Communications
Civil actions and liability
Copyright
Direct broadcast satellites
Injunctions
Intellectual property
Law
Subscription television
Television programs
Television relay systems
Television stations
A bill to amend title 17, United States Code, with respect to settlement agreements reached with respect to litigation involving certain secondary transmissions of superstations and network stations.
Introduced: December 5, 2006
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 6, 2006
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 670.
Dec 5, 2006
Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Dec 5, 2006
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Allows the court to: (1) approve a settlement agreement executed after December 1, 2006, by plaintiffs or defendants in connection with litigation that resulted in the entry of an injunction against a satellite carrier for a willful or repeated pattern or practice of delivering a primary transmission made by a network station and embodying a performance or display of a work to subscribers who are not eligible to receive the transmission; and (2) modify the injunction accordingly.
What's happening now
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 670.
Cosponsors
1