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The Paralegal Society
JULY 25, 2016
By: Jacqueline King Greetings, TPS Nation! Long time no blog…we know, we know.
The Paralegal Society
JULY 25, 2016
By: Jacqueline King Greetings, TPS Nation! Long time no blog…we know, we know.
Broadcast Law Blog
JULY 29, 2016
The websites of the Library of Congress and the Copyright Office, which include the site used by the Copyright Royalty Board , will be down for maintenance this weekend. This includes the portal for filing cable and satellite royalty claims , which will be unavailable 5 p.m. ET, Friday, July 29, through Sunday, July 31. Claims by broadcast TV stations and others for royalties for the carriage by satellite TV and cable systems of programming to which they own the copyright are due on August 1 (te
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LegalTalkNetwork
JULY 27, 2016
Chicago, IL – Legal Talk Network and Northwestern Pritzker School of Law are pleased to announce the debut of Planet Lex: The Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Podcast. Planet Lex is a series of conversations about the law, law and society, law and technology, and the future of legal education and practice. In other words, a bunch of interesting stuff about the law.
Broadcast Law Blog
JULY 29, 2016
One last minute reminder for broadcasters – by this weekend, they need to have reprogrammed their EAS equipment with a new alert code to recognize alerts associated with nationwide EAS tests. This is supposed to be done by July 30, 2016 (the FCC set the date in paragraph 41 of last year’s FCC order reviewing on EAS, as published in the Federal Register here).
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Broadcast Law Blog
JULY 27, 2016
As we enter the last full month of summer, when many are already looking forward to the return to the more normal routines of autumn, regulatory obligations for broadcasters don’t end. Even if you are trying to squeeze in that last-minute vacation before school begins or other Fall commitments arise, there are filing deadlines this month, as well as comment deadline in an FCC proceeding dealing with broadcasters’ public inspection file obligations.
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Broadcast Law Blog
JULY 25, 2016
Prospective advertisers come to your station and describe their ideas for local ads. A realtor’s ad ends with “There’s no place like home.” A boat builder says he will tell buyers, “You’re going to need a bigger boat.” And, a used car salesperson wants to say “I’m gonna make you an offer you can’t refuse.” These are pretty clever and, after all, they are everyday catchphrases, right?
Broadcast Law Blog
JULY 22, 2016
The Canadian performance rights society SOCAN (essentially the Canadian version of ASCAP, BMI and SESAC) has announced the purchase of Audiam , a private company that specialized in representing composers trying to maximize their music rights collections – both for performance rights and mechanical royalties – worldwide. Audiam also claims to provide a comprehensive database of rightsholders to both musical compositions and sound recordings – a valuable commodity in and of itself, as there is no
Broadcast Law Blog
JULY 21, 2016
In recent weeks, tragic events in Orlando, Dallas, Baton Rouge and elsewhere engender thoughts for the victims, their families and their communities. Events like these have become all too common, and certain normal routine has developed, with broadcast stations devoting substantial amounts of airtime to coverage of the event until some new story takes away their attention.
Broadcast Law Blog
JULY 18, 2016
There are so many legal issues that facing broadcasters that it is sometimes difficult to keep up with them all. This Blog and many other activities that those at my firm engage in are meant to help our clients and other broadcasters keep up to date on all of the many regulatory challenges with which broadcasters must deal, while at the same time keeping up with their business operations.
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Broadcast Law Blog
JULY 14, 2016
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler yesterday used a blog post to announce that the Commission’s pending rulemaking concerning its retransmission consent rules is ending without the adoption of any additional rules. This proceeding was to review the “totality of the circumstances” test in determining whether TV stations and MVPDs (cable and satellite television systems) were negotiating in good faith to reach a retransmission consent agreement.
Broadcast Law Blog
JULY 14, 2016
The FCC yesterday announced a consent decree with Media General by which Media General agreed to pay a $700,000 “settlement payment” to the US Treasury to settle the investigation of its attempts to enforce the provisions of a Joint Sales Agreement with Schurz Communications. Media General had tried to enforce the JSA when Schurz tried to terminate that agreement in order to sell its station to Gray Television.
Broadcast Law Blog
JULY 10, 2016
Over the last several months, we have written about the risks of publishing ads or engaging in promotional activities that refer to the SUPER BOWL ® or MARCH MADNESS ® without first asking the NFL or the NCAA, respectively, for permission to use those marks. With millions of viewers about to tune into the OLYMPIC® games in Rio this August, we similarly remind our readers that any Olympic trademarks, symbols or other branded content should not be used in advertising and marketing campaigns acros
Broadcast Law Blog
JULY 7, 2016
In the last two days, the FCC has asked for public comment on two proposals for foreign ownership of US broadcast stations where that ownership would exceed 25% of the company – a limit that has for decades been seen as the upper end of ownership by foreign nationals. While the FCC three years ago said that they would consider such ownership on a case by case basis (see our article here ), up until this week, the FCC had considered only one case under this new flexible policy – and that was the
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LegalTalkNetwork
JULY 6, 2016
In this fast moving world of legal technology, you may think that four month old podcasts are already passé, but technology doesn’t move THAT fast. And if you were thinking of trying out one of our podcast interviews from TECHSHOW 2016, why don’t you start with the ones favored by other listeners? These four podcasts were the most downloaded and they continue to be popular, even months after the event.
Broadcast Law Blog
JULY 6, 2016
New FAA rules for drones were recently approved, and the rules may provide more opportunities for broadcasters to get in the game. Emilie de Lozier from my firm offers these thoughts: Broadcasters, prepare for takeoff later this summer. The Federal Aviation Administration recently finalized rules to broadly permit the commercial operation of small unmanned aircraft systems (“sUAS”) – or drones – provided certain requirements are met.
Broadcast Law Blog
JULY 1, 2016
Yesterday, the FCC’s Media Bureau issued a Declaratory Ruling , deciding that a syndicated television program, “Matter of Fact with Fernando Espuelas,” was a bona fide news interview program – meaning that appearances on the program by legally qualified candidates for public office would not give rise to equal opportunities (or “ equal time ” as it is often called).
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