S. 4080 · 109th Congress

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.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
2006-12-05
Latest action
2006-12-06 · Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 670.

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.