506 and 509, if the satellite carrier has not complied with
the reporting requirements of subsection (b).
‘‘(e) 
WILLFUL
ALTERATIONS.—Notwithstanding
subsection (a), the secondary transmission to the public
by a satellite carrier into the local market of a television
broadcast station of a designated transmission made by
that television broadcast station and embodying a per-
formance or display of a work is actionable as an act of
infringement under section 501, and is fully subject to the
remedies provided by sections 502 through 506 and sec-
tions 509 and 510, if the content of the particular pro-
gram in which the performance or display is embodied,
or any commercial advertising or station announcement
transmitted by the designated transmitter during, or im-
mediately before or after, the transmission of such pro-
gram, is in any way willfully altered by the satellite carrier
through changes, deletions, or additions, or is combined
with programming from any other broadcast signal.
‘‘(f) GEOGRAPHIC
LIMITATIONS
ON
SECONDARY
TRANSMISSIONS.—The statutory license created by this
section shall apply to secondary transmissions to locations
in the United States, and any commonwealth, territory,
or possession of the United States.
‘‘(g) EXCLUSIVITY WITH RESPECT TO SECONDARY
TRANSMISSIONS OF BROADCAST STATIONS BY SATELLITE
TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.—No provision of section
111 or any other law (other than this section and section
119) shall be construed to contain any authorization, ex-
emption, or license through which secondary transmissions
by satellite carriers of programming contained in a des-
ignated transmission made by a television broadcast sta-
tion may be made without obtaining the consent of the
copyright owner.
‘‘(h) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section:
‘‘(1) DESIGNATED MARKET AREA.—The term
‘designated market area’ means a designated market
area, as determined by the Nielsen Media Research
and published in the DMA Market and Demographic
Report.
‘‘(2) DISTRIBUTOR.—The term ‘distributor’
means an entity which contracts to distribute sec-
ondary transmissions from a satellite carrier and, ei-
ther as a single channel or in a package with other
programming, provides the secondary transmission
either directly to individual subscribers or indirectly
through other program distribution entities.
‘‘(3) LOCAL MARKET.—
‘‘(A) In the case of both commercial and
noncommercial television broadcast stations, the
term ‘local market’ means the designated mar-
ket area in which a station is located.
‘‘(B) In the case of a commercial television
broadcast station, all commercial television
broadcast stations licensed to a community
within the same designated market area are
within the same local market.
‘‘(C) In the case of a noncommercial edu-
cational television broadcast station, the market
includes any station that is licensed to a com-
munity within the same designated market area
as the noncommercial educational television
broadcast station.
‘‘(4) SATELLITE CARRIER.—The term ‘satellite
carrier’ has the meaning given that term in section
119(d) of this title.
‘‘(5) SECONDARY
TRANSMISSION.—The term
‘secondary transmission’ has the meaning given that
term in section 111(f) of this title.
‘‘(6) 
SUBSCRIBER.—The 
term 
‘subscriber’
means an entity that receives a secondary trans-
mission service by means of a secondary trans-
mission from a satellite and pays a fee for the serv-
ice, directly or indirectly, to the satellite carrier or
to a distributor.
‘‘(7) TELEVISION
BROADCAST
STATION.—The
term ‘television broadcast station’ means an over-
the-air commercial or noncommercial television
broadcast station licensed by the Federal Commu-
nications Commission under subpart E of part 73 of
title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, as such regu-
lations are in effect on September 25, 1998, and as
they may be amended thereafter, except that such
term does not include a low-power or translator tele-
vision broadcast station.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections
for chapter 1 of title 17, United States Code, is amended
by adding after the item relating to section 121 the follow-
ing:
‘‘122. Limitations on exclusive rights; secondary transmissions by satellite car-
riers within local markets.’’.
SEC. 202. UNSERVED HOUSEHOLDS.
Section 119(d)(10) of title 17, United States Code,
is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘, and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (A);
(2) by striking ‘‘household that—
‘‘(A) cannot’’ and inserting ‘‘household
that cannot’’;
(3) by running in all that follows in subpara-
graph (A) through ‘‘network’’, and inserting a pe-
riod after ‘‘network’’; and
(4) by striking subparagraph (B).
SEC. 203. EXTENSION OF EFFECT OF AMENDMENTS TO SEC-
TION 119.
Section 4(a) of the Satellite Home Viewer Act of
1994 (17 U.S.C. 119 note; Public Law 103–369; 108
Stat. 3481) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 1999’’
and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2002’’.
SEC. 204. TRANSITION.
Section 119(a)(5) of title 17, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(E) TRANSITION.—Notwithstanding sub-
paragraphs (A) and (B), a satellite carrier shall
not be required to terminate service of a net-
work station to a subscriber until February 28,
1999.’’.
SEC. 205. APPLICATION OF FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION REGULATIONS.
Section 119(a) of title 17, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘is permis-
sible under the rules, regulations, and authorizations
of the Federal Communications Commission,’’ after
‘‘satellite carrier to the public for private home view-
ing,’’; and
(2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘is permis-
sible under the rules, regulations, and authorizations
of the Federal Communications Commission,’’ after
‘‘satellite carrier to the public for private home view-
ing,’’.
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