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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 See on congress.gov
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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
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 December 6, 2006

Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 670.

 Related & companion bills 1
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Murkowski, Lisa
Alaska · Dec 6, 2006
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4080: 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.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-4080/
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"S. 4080: 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.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-4080/.
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S. 4080, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-4080/.
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[S. 4080: 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.](https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-4080/)
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