SUGGESTED AMENDMENTS TO H.R.2223 SUBMITTED BY NATIONAL CABLE TELEVISION ASSOCIATION, INC. June 11, 1975 AMENDMENT TO H.R. 2223 1. A basic premise of the FCC's restrictions over the years has been that CATV is somehow engaged in unfair competi tion because it doesn't pay for the programs it carries. Once CATV pays copyright for over-the-air signals, this rationale is destroyed and CATV ought then to get what it pays for. Thus, the bill should contain language directing the FCC to eliminate the non-duplication and syndicated exclusivity rules. On page 15, line 17, strike out "in" and all that follows down through line 23 and insert in lieu thereof the following: where the cable system, at least one month before the date of the secondary transmission, has not recorded the notice specified by subsection (d). (3) A cable system whose secondary transmissions have been subject to compulsory licensing under subsection (c) shall not be required to delete any programming from any signals authorized by the Federal Communications Commission or lawfully carried by such system. |