Legal Opinion
Satellite Broadcasting & Communications Ass'n of America v. Federal Communications Commission
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided June 19, 2001No. CIV.A 00-1571-APublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
LEE, District Judge.
This case involves satellite carriers’ facial challenge to the constitutionality of the copyright license created by the Satellite Home Viewer Improvement Act of 1999 and the license’s “must carry” provisions under the First and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution. In essence, the satellite carriers assert that the “must carry” provisions of the new copyright license infringe upon carriers’ First Amendment right to control program content and effect a “taking” of property in violation of the Fifth Amendment because the carriers are required to carry…
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- Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association v. Federal Communications Commission United States of America, Association of America's Public Television Stations Public Broadcasting Service Corporation for Public Broadcasting National Association of Broadcasters Consumer Federation of America Office of Communication, United Church of Christ, Incorporated, Intervenors. Echostar Satellite Corporation v. Federal Communications Commission United States of America, Association of America's Public Television Stations Public Broadcasting Service Corporation for Public Broadcasting National Association of Broadcasters Consumer Federation of America Office of Communication, United Church of Christ, Incorporated, Intervenors. National Association of Broadcasters, Paxson Communications Corporation, Intervenor v. Federal Communications Commission United States of America, Association of America's Public Television Stations Public Broadcasting Service Corporation for Public Broadcasting Consumer Federation of America Office of Communication, United Church of Christ, Incorporated, Intervenors. Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association Echostar Communications Corporation Dish, Limited, D/B/A Dish Network Directv Enterprises, Incorporated Directv Operations, Incorporated Directv, Incorporated, and National Association of Broadcasters the Association of Local Television Stations, Incorporated the Univision Network Limited Partnership and Univision Television Stations, Incorporated, Intervenors/plaintiffs v. Federal Communications Commission William E. Kennard, Chairman Susan Ness, Commissioner, in Her Official Capacity Harold Furchtgottroth Michael K. Powell, Commissioner, in His Official Capacity Gloria Tristani, Commissioner, in Her Official Capacity United States Copyright Office Library of Congress James H. Billington, Librarian of Congress Mary Peters, Register of Copyrights, in Her Official Capacity United States of America, Association of America's Public Television Stations Public Broadcasting Service Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Intervenors Pegasus Communications Corporation Channel Master Llc, Parties in Interest. National Cable Satellite Corporation (C-Span) Space Systems/loral, Incorporated Paxson Communications Corporation Consumer Federation of America Office of Communication, United Church of Christ, Incorporated National Alliance for Media Arts & Culture Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers Virginia Citizens Consumer Council Conexant Systems, Incorporated Broadcom Corporation, MovantsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2002
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