Broadcast Law Blog

APRIL 25, 2013

'This week, the Chairman of the US House of Representatives Judiciary Committee issued a press release stating that he intends that the Committee do a thorough reexamination of the Copyright Act , noting that new technologies stemming from digital media have upset many settled expectations in Copyright Law, and confused many issues. That this release was issued in the same week as a decision of New York’s Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, on the obscure issue of pre-1972

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The Legaco Express

APRIL 30, 2013

The Office software suite is changing! If you haven’t heard, Microsoft is really pushing the new Office 365, which is all of our old standbys from the Office Suite now delivered on a subscription basis, rather than purchasing that familiar box with the software on CD in it. Along with the standard programs, Word, Excel, Outlook, etc., is cloud integration, meaning you can access the software as well as your documents created and edited in them from any computer or connected device.

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The Paralegal Resource

APRIL 10, 2013

Paralegals are those individuals who do legal work although they are not lawyers. They usually work for law firms, attorneys, and legal departments of companies and businesses. Paralegals are expected to follow guidelines for legal ethics by governing authorities like the National Federation of Paralegal associations, also known as the NFPA, and the National association of Legal assistants, known as NALA.

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Broadcast Law Blog

APRIL 30, 2013

'Two weeks ago, comments were filed in the Commission’s proceeding examining whether to adopt a more relaxed view of the foreign ownership provisions of the Communications Act (see our article about that proceeding here ). While the Communications Act limits foreign ownership in communications licensees to 20% (or 25% of a licensee holding company), the Act also allows the Commission to allow greater foreign ownership if it would not adversely affect the public interest.

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Broadcast Law Blog

APRIL 29, 2013

'Fines for broadcast station tower owners who fail to maintain the required lighting on their tower are not unusual. But in a decision last week , the FCC made clear that, even if the licensee of a broadcast station is not the tower owner, it still has the responsibility for dealing with tower lights that are out, even if the tower owner does not. The failure of the licensee to maintain the tower lights, and other related issues, resulted in an $11,000 fine issued by the FCC.

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Broadcast Law Blog

APRIL 24, 2013

'At the NAB Radio Show in Dallas in September, FCC Commissioner Pai promised that the FCC would take action to revitalize the AM band (see our story here ). For years, AM has suffered a gradual erosion in listening, as interference on the band has increased – not necessarily from other AM stations, but instead from background noise that is now part of the environment in most urban areas.

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Broadcast Law Blog

APRIL 23, 2013

'In a decision granting the license renewal of a noncommercial radio station , the FCC’s Media Bureau addressed a number of interesting issues – including the requirements for noncommercial underwriting announcements , whether PSAs meet a station’s public service obligations , and the ability of stations to run cigarette ads in historical radio programs from early radio days.

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Broadcast Law Blog

APRIL 22, 2013

'We recently wrote about the FCC’s request for comments on how to enforce its indecency policy , and how to deal with the backlog of hundreds of thousands of complaints pending at the FCC. The FCC has now set the dates for comments in this proceeding – with initial comments due on or before May 20, 2013. Reply comments may be filed on or before June 18, 2013.

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The Legaco Express

APRIL 18, 2013

"The longer you wait, the farther -- and faster -- you will have to go just to catch up. You will be left behind in the ashes." The ongoing trend, described by the authors as a "fire," however, presents opportunities in the form of re-growth and regeneration to those who are innovative and entrepreneurial. Related Links: Originally published in Issue 3 (of Vol. 3) of the Legaco Express for Paralegals.

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Broadcast Law Blog

APRIL 17, 2013

'Almost a year and a half ago, the FCC held its first ever test of the EAS system designed to alert the country in the event of a nationwide emergency. On Friday, the FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau issued a report on the results of the test. While there have been many articles in the trade press reporting on some of the findings of the Bureau, few have focused on one footnote indicating that many EAS participants – including some broadcasters and cable systems &ndas

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Broadcast Law Blog

APRIL 6, 2013

'With broadcasters making their way to the NAB Convention in Las Vegas, the FCC on Friday provided one topic for conversation among TV broadcasters – issuing a Public Notice imposing a freeze – effective immediately – on the filing of any technical application by any licensee or permittee of a full power TV station or a Class A station if that application which would increase their protected service area.

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Broadcast Law Blog

APRIL 4, 2013

'Another radio topic sure to be discussed at the NAB convention this week is the ongoing story of the thousands of FM applications translators still pending at the FCC from the 2003 FM translator window. While this has been a topic at many of the NAB Conventions in the last 10 years, it looks like the end is near. On Tuesday, the FCC adopted yet another order in the processing of these translators, allowing applicants who specified that they were noncommercial operators to amend their applicatio

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Broadcast Law Blog

APRIL 3, 2013

The FCC's indecency policy has been in limbo since last year's Supreme Court decision determining that the Commission's fines on broadcasters for fleeting expletives had not been adequately explained before being imposed. On Monday, the FCC took a step to clarifying that policy by asking for public comments on what it should do now. Should it formally adopt the policy that bans even fleeting expletives, and explain that policy to broadcasters to meet the issues that the Supreme Court raised?

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Broadcast Law Blog

APRIL 18, 2013

'We’ve written extensively about copyright issues for audio services, but the big copyright decision that recently made headlines is a TV issue, though one that could have an impact on audio as well. That was the Second Circuit decision in the Aereo case – upholding a lower court decision allowing a company to retransmit over-the-air TV signals to consumers over the Internet – without any royalties to the TV broadcasters or television program producers.

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