Legal Opinion
National Cable Television Ass'n v. Copyright Royalty Tribunal
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 30, 1983No. 82-2389PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge GINSBURG.
GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:
The Copyright Act of 1976 (Act or 1976 Act)1 establishes a compulsory licensing scheme encompassing phonorecords and jukebox performances of musical works, certain noncommercial broadcasting transmissions, and certain cable television retransmissions. 17 U.S.C. §§ 111, 115, 116, 118 (1982). To superintend the scheme, Congress created the Copyright Royalty Tribunal (Tribunal or CRT). Id. §§ 801-810. The Tribunal is empowered to adjust royalty rates and to allocate among copyright owners royalty fees collected from…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Fortnightly Corp. v. United Artists Television, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- The Second National Natural Gas Rate Cases American Public Gas Association v. Federal Power CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
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