H.R. 6384 · 109th Congress
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.
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Rick Boucher
- Introduced
- 2006-12-06
- Latest action
- 2006-12-07 · Sponsor introductory remarks on measure.
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.