Fairness for the U.S. Territories Under STELA Act
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Mar 17, 2011)
Fairness for the U.S. Territories Under STELA Act - Amends the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010 (STELA) to include the U.S. territories of American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands as separate designated market areas for the purposes of specified statutory copyright licensing provisions related to low power television stations.
Subjects to such licensing requirements certain secondary transmissions of a performance or display of a work embodied in a primary transmission of a television broadcast station if the secondary transmission is of the primary transmission of a television broadcast station that: (1) qualifies as a specialty station pursuant to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules and regulations in effect on June 24, 1981; and (2) is licensed as a low power television station located in such territories, to a subscriber residing within the same territory as the station originating the transmission.
What just happenedJun 1, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseMar 17, 2011
- Jun 1, 2011CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet.
Over-Criminalization Task Force Subcommittee - Mar 17, 2011IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Judiciary Committee - Mar 17, 2011IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Mar 17, 2011IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House