UC Law SF Communications and Entertainment Journal
Abstract
The author examines the cable-copyright issue of whether Congress should impose full copyright liability on cable. In an historical overview, the author details the origins of the FCC's .Consensus Agreement and the compulsory license provision of the 1976 Copyright Revision Act as it limits copyright liability. The writer explores the continued validity of the compulsory license in view of the financial growth and stability of the cable industry and the video marketplace and analyzes the effect of the FCC's deregulation of cable on the Consensus Agreement and the Copyright Royalty Tribunal. The author suggests that copyright principles dictate that imposing full copyright liability on cable may now be appropriate.
Recommended Citation
Leslie A. Swackhamer,
Cable-Copyright: The Corruption of Consensus,
6 UC Law SF Comm. & Ent. L.J. 283
(1983).
Available at: https://repository.uclawsf.edu/hastings_comm_ent_law_journal/vol6/iss2/2
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