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to the secondary transmission by a satellite 
carrier of the primary transmission of a 
network station to a person who is not a 
subscriber lawfully receiving such secondary 
transmission as of the date of the enactment 
of the Satellite Television Extension and 
Localism Act of 2010 and, at the time such 
person seeks to subscribe to receive such sec-
ondary transmission, resides in a local 
market where the satellite carrier makes 
available to that person the secondary 
transmission of the primary transmission of 
a local network station affiliated with the 
same network pursuant to the statutory li-
cense under section 122. 
‘‘(ii) WHEN LOCAL SIGNAL AVAILABLE 
AFTER
SUBSCRIPTION.—In the case of a 
subscriber who lawfully subscribes to and 
receives the secondary transmission by a 
satellite carrier of the primary transmission 
of a network station under the statutory li-
cense under paragraph (2) (in this clause 
referred to as the ‘distant signal’) on or 
after the date of the enactment of the Sat-
ellite Television Extension and Localism
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Act of 2010, the statutory license under 
paragraph (2) shall apply to secondary 
transmissions by that satellite carrier to 
that subscriber of the distant signal of a 
station affiliated with the same television 
network, and the subscriber’s household shall 
continue to be considered to be an unserved 
household with respect to such network, 
until such time as the subscriber elects to 
terminate such secondary transmissions, but 
only if such subscriber subscribes to the sec-
ondary transmission of the primary trans-
mission of a local network station affiliated 
with the same network within 60 days after 
the satellite carrier makes available to the 
subscriber such secondary transmission of 
the primary transmission of such local net-
work station.’’; 
(C) by redesignating subparagraphs (E), 
(F), and (G) as subparagraphs (D), (E), and 
(F), respectively; 
(D) in subparagraph (E) (as redesignated), 
by striking ‘‘(C) or (D)’’ and inserting ‘‘(B) or 
(C)’’; and
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(E) in subparagraph (F) (as redesignated), 
by inserting ‘‘9-digit’’ before ‘‘zip code’’. 
(3) STATUTORY DAMAGES FOR TERRITORIAL RE-
STRICTIONS.—Section 119(a)(6) (as redesignated) is 
amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking 
‘‘$5’’ and inserting ‘‘$250’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (B)— 
(i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘$250,000 
for each 6-month period’’ and inserting 
‘‘$2,500,000 for each 3-month period’’; and 
(ii) 
in 
clause 
(ii), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$250,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$2,500,000’’; 
and 
(C) by adding at the end the following flush 
sentences: 
‘‘The court shall direct one half of any statutory 
damages ordered under clause (i) to be deposited 
with the Register of Copyrights for distribution 
to copyright owners pursuant to subsection (b). 
The Copyright Royalty Judges shall issue regula-
tions establishing procedures for distributing 
such funds, on a proportional basis, to copyright 
owners whose works were included in the sec-
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ondary transmissions that were the subject of the 
statutory damages.’’. 
(4) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 119(a)(4) 
(as redesignated) is amended by striking ‘‘and 509’’. 
(5) 
CLERICAL
AMENDMENT.—Section 
119(a)(2)(B)(iii)(II) is amended by striking ‘‘In this 
clause’’ and inserting ‘‘In this clause,’’. 
(j) MORATORIUM
EXTENSION.—Section 119(e) is 
amended by striking ‘‘March 28, 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘De-
cember 31, 2014’’. 
(k) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—Section 119 is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘of the Code of Federal Regula-
tions’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘, Code of 
Federal Regulations’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d)(6), by striking ‘‘or the Di-
rect’’ and inserting ‘‘, or the Direct’’. 
SEC. 503. MODIFICATIONS TO STATUTORY LICENSE FOR 
SATELLITE CARRIERS IN LOCAL MARKETS. 
(a) HEADING RENAMED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The heading of section 122 is 
amended by striking ‘‘by satellite carriers 
within local markets’’ and inserting ‘‘of local 
television programming by satellite’’.
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(2) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents 
for chapter 1 is amended by striking the item relating 
to section 122 and inserting the following: 
‘‘122. Limitations on exclusive rights: Secondary transmissions of local television 
programming by satellite.’’. 
(b) STATUTORY LICENSE.—Section 122(a) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) SECONDARY TRANSMISSIONS INTO LOCAL MAR-
KETS.— 
‘‘(1) SECONDARY TRANSMISSIONS OF TELEVISION 
BROADCAST STATIONS WITHIN A LOCAL MARKET.—A 
secondary transmission of a performance or display 
of a work embodied in a primary transmission of a 
television broadcast station into the station’s local 
market shall be subject to statutory licensing under 
this section if— 
‘‘(A) the secondary transmission is made by 
a satellite carrier to the public; 
‘‘(B) with regard to secondary trans-
missions, the satellite carrier is in compliance 
with the rules, regulations, or authorizations of 
the Federal Communications Commission gov-
erning the carriage of television broadcast sta-
tion signals; and
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‘‘(C) the satellite carrier makes a direct or 
indirect charge for the secondary transmission 
to— 
‘‘(i) each subscriber receiving the sec-
ondary transmission; or 
‘‘(ii) a distributor that has contracted 
with the satellite carrier for direct or indi-
rect delivery of the secondary transmission 
to the public. 
‘‘(2) SIGNIFICANTLY VIEWED STATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—A secondary trans-
mission of a performance or display of a work 
embodied in a primary transmission of a tele-
vision broadcast station to subscribers who re-
ceive secondary transmissions of primary trans-
missions under paragraph (1) shall be subject to 
statutory licensing under this paragraph if the 
secondary transmission is of the primary trans-
mission of a network station or a non-network 
station to a subscriber who resides outside the 
station’s local market but within a community 
in which the signal has been determined by the 
Federal Communications Commission to be sig-
nificantly viewed in such community, pursuant 
to the rules, regulations, and authorizations of
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‘‘(4) SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS.—A secondary trans-
mission of a performance or display of a work em-
bodied in a primary transmission of a television 
broadcast station to subscribers who receive secondary 
transmissions of primary transmissions under para-
graph (1) shall, if the secondary transmission is made 
by a satellite carrier that complies with the require-
ments of paragraph (1), be subject to statutory licens-
ing under this paragraph as follows: 
‘‘(A) STATES
WITH
SINGLE
FULL-POWER 
NETWORK STATION.—In a State in which there 
is licensed by the Federal Communications Com-
mission a single full-power station that was a 
network station on January 1, 1995, the statu-
tory license provided for in this paragraph shall 
apply to the secondary transmission by a sat-
ellite carrier of the primary transmission of that 
station to any subscriber in a community that is 
located within that State and that is not within 
the first 50 television markets as listed in the 
regulations of the Commission as in effect on 
such date (47 C.F.R. 76.51). 
‘‘(B) STATES WITH ALL NETWORK STATIONS 
AND
NON-NETWORK
STATIONS
IN
SAME
LOCAL 
MARKET.—In a State in which all network sta-
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tions and non-network stations licensed by the 
Federal Communications Commission within 
that State as of January 1, 1995, are assigned 
to the same local market and that local market 
does not encompass all counties of that State, the 
statutory license provided under this paragraph 
shall apply to the secondary transmission by a 
satellite carrier of the primary transmissions of 
such station to all subscribers in the State who 
reside in a local market that is within the first 
50 major television markets as listed in the regu-
lations of the Commission as in effect on such 
date (section 76.51 of title 47, Code of Federal 
Regulations). 
‘‘(C) ADDITIONAL STATIONS.—In the case of 
that State in which are located 4 counties that— 
‘‘(i) on January 1, 2004, were in local 
markets principally comprised of counties 
in another State, and 
‘‘(ii) had a combined total of 41,340 
television households, according to the U.S. 
Television Household Estimates by Nielsen 
Media Research for 2004, 
the statutory license provided under this para-
graph shall apply to secondary transmissions by
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a satellite carrier to subscribers in any such 
county of the primary transmissions of any net-
work station located in that State, if the satellite 
carrier was making such secondary trans-
missions to any subscribers in that county on 
January 1, 2004. 
‘‘(D) CERTAIN ADDITIONAL STATIONS.—If 2 
adjacent counties in a single State are in a local 
market comprised principally of counties located 
in another State, the statutory license provided 
for in this paragraph shall apply to the sec-
ondary transmission by a satellite carrier to sub-
scribers in those 2 counties of the primary trans-
missions of any network station located in the 
capital of the State in which such 2 counties are 
located, if— 
‘‘(i) the 2 counties are located in a 
local market that is in the top 100 markets 
for the year 2003 according to Nielsen 
Media Research; and 
‘‘(ii) the total number of television 
households in the 2 counties combined did 
not exceed 10,000 for the year 2003 accord-
ing to Nielsen Media Research.
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‘‘(E) NETWORKS OF NONCOMMERCIAL EDU-
CATIONAL BROADCAST STATIONS.—In the case of 
a system of three or more noncommercial edu-
cational broadcast stations licensed to a single 
State, public agency, or political, educational, or 
special purpose subdivision of a State, the statu-
tory license provided for in this paragraph shall 
apply to the secondary transmission of the pri-
mary transmission of such system to any sub-
scriber in any county or county equivalent with-
in such State, if such subscriber is located in a 
designated market area that is not otherwise eli-
gible to receive the secondary transmission of the 
primary transmission of a noncommercial edu-
cational broadcast station located within the 
State pursuant to paragraph (1). 
‘‘(5) APPLICABILITY
OF
ROYALTY
RATES
AND 
PROCEDURES.—The royalty rates and procedures 
under section 119(b) shall apply to the secondary 
transmissions to which the statutory license under 
paragraph (4) applies.’’. 
(c) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Section 122(b) is 
amended—
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(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘station a list’’ 
and all that follows through the end and inserting the 
following: ‘‘station— 
‘‘(A) a list identifying (by name in alpha-
betical order and street address, including coun-
ty and 9-digit zip code) all subscribers to which 
the satellite carrier makes secondary trans-
missions of that primary transmission under 
subsection (a); and 
‘‘(B) a separate list, aggregated by des-
ignated market area (by name and address, in-
cluding street or rural route number, city, State, 
and 9-digit zip code), which shall indicate those 
subscribers being served pursuant to paragraph 
(2) of subsection (a).’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘network a 
list’’ and all that follows through the end and insert-
ing the following: ‘‘network— 
‘‘(A) a list identifying (by name in alpha-
betical order and street address, including coun-
ty and 9-digit zip code) any subscribers who 
have been added or dropped as subscribers since 
the last submission under this subsection; and 
‘‘(B) a separate list, aggregated by des-
ignated market area (by name and street ad-