Compulsory Licensing for Cable Television: A Report

Abstract

This Report was prepared by the Committee on Entertainment and Sports Law of the Bar Association of the City of New York (the “Committee,” hereinafter). It addresses specific legislation pending before the Ninety-Seventh Congress¹ as well as substantial public policy issues involving existing and potential grants of special statutory exemptions and compulsory licenses in the Federal Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. $101, et seq.).]