Sat.Apr 05, 2014 - Fri.Apr 11, 2014

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FCC Reminds Small Market TV That Political File Goes Online As of July 1, No FCC Review of the Obligations Seems Imminent

Broadcast Law Blog

'The FCC on Friday issued a reminder to all TV stations that, as of July 1, they will have to upload all of their new political broadcasting documents to their online public file s. Up to this point, only stations affiliated with the Top 4 networks in the Top 50 markets had to worry about putting their political file materials online. Later this year, that obligation is extended to all TV stations.

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Comment Dates Set on FCC’s Proposed Elimination of the Network Nonduplication and Syndicated Exclusivity Rules – Comments to be Filed by May 12

Broadcast Law Blog

'The FCC is now taking comments on the proposal to do away with the syndicated exclusivity and network nonduplication protection rules. The Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, about which we wrote here , was published in the Federal Register today , giving interested parties until May 12 to file their initial comments , and until June 9 to file their replies.

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Copyright Office Begins Wide-Ranging Inquiry Into Music Licensing

Broadcast Law Blog

'The Copyright Office recently issued a Notice and Request for Public Comment on a study that they have commenced on music licensing in all of its forms. We’ve written about the complexity of the music licensing process many times, and about proposals for reform. Many of these proposals have been issued in connection with the speeches of Copyright Register Maria Pallante’s discussion of copyright reform (see our article here ), and the subsequent Green Paper on Copyright issued by the Patent a