H.R. 2344: "Webcaster Settlement Act of 2009"

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[Cindy]

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H.R.2344 One Hundred Eleventh Congress of the United States of America AT THE FIRST SESSION Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, the sixth day of January, two thousand and nine An Act To amend section 114 of title 17, United States Code, to provide for agreements for the reproduction and performance of sound recordings by webcasters. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ‘Webcaster Settlement Act of 2009’. SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF AGREEMENTS. Section 114(f)(5) of title 17, United States Code, is amended-- (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘2008’ and inserting ‘2008, the Webcaster Settlement Act of 2009,’; (2) in subparagraph (E)(iii), by striking ‘to make eligible nonsubscription transmissions and ephemeral recordings’; and (3) in subparagraph (F), by striking ‘February 15, 2009’ and inserting ‘at 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on the 30th day after the date of the enactment of the Webcaster Settlement Act of 2009’. Speaker of the House of Representatives. Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate.

[Cindy]

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THE BRIEFING ROOM

THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary
_______________________________________________________________________
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 30, 2009

Today, the President signed into law:

H.R. 813, which designates a Federal building and United States courthouse as the J. Herbert W. Small Federal Building and United States Courthouse;

H.R. 837, which designates a Federal building as the Ronald H. Brown United States Mission to the United Nations Building;

H.R. 2344, which authorizes webcasters for 30 days after enactment to negotiate royalty rates with copyright holders that differ from the rates set by the Library of Congress Copyright Royalty Board;

S. 407, which provides for a cost-of-living adjustment for the beneficiaries of veterans’ disability compensation and dependency and indemnity compensation equal to the Social Security cost-of-living adjustment; and

S.615, which provides additional personnel authorities for the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction.

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[dk88]

Paging lawyers ... please ‘splain this law

[Cindy]

I have to admit, as a housewife, I wasn’t sure was all the ins and outs of this bill which is now a law means to webcasters.

[Cindy]

sp = sure what

[Brad’s Gramma]

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45 posted on Wednesday, July 01, 2009 12:41:31 PM by Jim Robinson (Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/jimrobfr)