Broadcast Law Blog

JUNE 25, 2014

'The Supreme Court decided the Aereo case (decision here) and, if I can brag a little, the decision was pretty much what we predicted here after the oral argument – a relatively narrow decision finding that there is a public performance of the broadcast television signals retransmitted by Aereo as part of their service. The Court looked at the service, and concluded that it effectively does what a cable system does with broadcast television stations – it takes their signals off the air and tran

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The Paralegal Resource

JUNE 27, 2014

When a partner or associate asks for a legal memo or email regarding a legal topic, he or she is asking for a complete analysis of one or more legal topics. This memo can help form the basis of important decisions, such as whether or not a case should be taken. Additionally, a legal memo can establish the foundation for other legal documents, such as preliminary motions, motions in limine and briefs to the court.

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ABA Journal

JUNE 11, 2014

Life in a women’s prison definitely has its downside in a popular Netflix show, Orange is the New Black.

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Broadcast Law Blog

JUNE 11, 2014

'TV stations in markets outside of the Top 50 , and stations in the Top 50 markets that are not affiliated with one of the Big 4 networks, need to begin to upload new material placed into their political files into their Online Public File as of July 1 – just a few weeks away. David O’Connor of my firm and I conducted a webinar for television broadcasters from 7 states last week, where we discussed this new obligation for smaller TV stations, and talked about what documents are supposed t

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Broadcast Law Blog

JUNE 27, 2014

'In November, the FCC changed its policy regarding the foreign ownership of broadcast stations. In its decision, about which we wrote here , it agreed to entertain applications seeking “ alien ownership ” exceeding the 25% limit for foreign ownership of broadcast stations that had previously been in place. In the modern communications era, with its diversity of media outlets, the Commission determined that the risk of increased foreign ownership was outweighed by the potential for

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Broadcast Law Blog

JUNE 11, 2014

'The Copyright Royalty Board has extended the deadline for comments on proposals to change the recordkeeping obligations of webcasters and others who use music under the statutory license granted by Section 114 of the Copyright Act. Some of the proposed changes include requiring that services provide ISRC codes for all songs when filing their Reports of Use with SoundExchange.

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Broadcast Law Blog

JUNE 9, 2014

'In the last few weeks, while I was on vacation and otherwise occupied, there have been many big developments in the broadcasting and music industries that I’ll try to write about separately – including the release of the FCC’s Order setting up the first official outline of the television incentive auction process and the Department of Justice beginning an examination of the antitrust consent decrees that govern ASCAP and BMI.

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Broadcast Law Blog

JUNE 30, 2014

'July brings a number of new regulatory dates for broadcasters – including the effective dates of two new compliance obligations for small market TV stations, as well as numerous routine regulatory filing dates. July 10 brings one deadline for all broadcast stations – it is the date by which your Quarterly Issues Programs lists , setting out the most important issues that faced your community in the last quarter and the programs that you broadcast to address those issues, need to be placed in t

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The Paralegal Resource

JUNE 27, 2014

You will be conducting two essential types of interviews with clients: the intake interview and a follow- up interview. Both are important for establishing and maintaining effective client communication during the course of the client's case.

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Broadcast Law Blog

JUNE 27, 2014

'The FCC has extended the time for filing comments in its ownership proceeding. While comments on the new Quadrennial Review of the ownership rules had been set to be filed by July 7 (see our article here ), the Commission has now extended the deadline until August 6 at the request of the Coalition for Smaller Market Television Stations, which wanted more time to develop additional comments, particularly on the issue of shared services agreements.

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Broadcast Law Blog

JUNE 16, 2014

'The FCC is beginning to consider the amount of annual regulatory fees to be paid by broadcasters and other entities regulated by the FCC. These fees should be due in August or September of this year, prior to the start of the government’s fiscal year on October 1. To begin the review process, the FCC issued a notice of proposed rulemaking setting out its proposed fees for this year , as well as highlighting a few issues for public comment concerning the computation of fees in the future

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Broadcast Law Blog

JUNE 15, 2014

'This is the summer of copyright – as seemingly every government agency with any connection to media issues is looking at music licensing and other copyright issues. Much press was given to the House Judiciary Committee hearing held last week. But the Congressional committee’s consideration of copyright issues is but one of the many places where issues of importance to broadcasters and digital media companies are being reviewed.

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Broadcast Law Blog

JUNE 12, 2014

'The FCC has just imposed a freeze on the filing of displacement applications for LPTV and TV translator stations , as well as displacement applications for Class A TV stations. A displacement application is one that is filed to preserve a secondary station’s operations when a full-power station makes changes in its technical facilities that would disrupt the operation of the secondary station.

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JUNE 4, 2014

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The Paralegal Resource

JUNE 3, 2014

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ABA Journal

JUNE 11, 2014

Life in a women’s prison definitely has its downside in a popular Netflix show, Orange is the New Black.

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