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UNITED STATES COPYRIGHT OFFICE

STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT

SA1-2 (SHORT FORM)

IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT THIS STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT

Statutory Changes

Congress passed the STELA Reauthorization Act of 2014 (“STELARA”), and the President signed into law on December 4,

2014, as Public Law 113-200. Read the law at http://copyright.gov/legislation/pl113-200.pdf. For more information on this law

(H.R. 5728), visit the FAQ page on the Copyright Office website at http://copyright.gov/licensing/stelara.html.

Filing Fees: Effective January 1, 2014, pursuant to the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010 (STELA),

which granted authority to the Copyright Office to establish fees for the filing of statements of account (SOAs) under

the section 111, 119, and 122 statutory licenses, the Office now assesses filing fees for all SOAs for current, past, and future

accounting periods. For details, see the Federal Register, November 29, 2013 (78 fr 71498 http://www.copyright.gov/

fedreg/2013/78fr71498.pdf). Please be advised that the filing fee is deducted before the royalty payment is credited; thus the

omission of the appropriate filing fee will result in an underpayment of royalty fees. Please remit the royalty fee

and filing fee in one EFT payment. (SOA1 filing fee: $15; SOA2 filing fee: $20).

Multicast versus Simulcast

Multicast is a digital stream of programming that is transmitted by a television broadcast station and is not the station’s

primary stream. Simulcast is a multicast stream of a television broadcast station that duplicates the programming

transmitted by the primary stream or another multicast stream of such station.

Photocopy Required

A legible copy of the semiannual statement of account must be submitted together with the original statement of account

to the Copyright Office. Note: If replying to Licensing Division correspondence or if submitting revisions or amendments

to your original SOA, please do not include extra photocopies of the SOA pages affected. Only one original version of

revised SOA pages is required with your reply letter, together with a single copy of any Licensing Division correspondence.

Fillable SOAs Available Online

Access the fill-in statement of account form at www.copyright.gov/forms/sa1-2.pdf. Complete it on a personal computer and

print it out. Or print out the form and complete it by hand in dark ink. Give all the required information.

Electronic Payment of Royalty and Filing Fees Required

Detailed instructions for making royalty payments via electronic funds transfer (EFT) are contained in circulars 74a, 74b,

and 74c, which are available at www.copyright.gov/circs/circ74 or by contacting the Licensing Division (8:30 am and 5:00 pm

eastern time) by phone at (202) 707-8150, fax at (202) 707-0905, or email at licfiscal@loc.gov. The remittance, which must

include the appropriate filing fee, must be made payable to Register of Copyrights. If you are using Pay.gov, contact your

bank to determine if your account will accept an Automated Clearing House (ACH) debit.

Remittance Advice Required

Federal regulations [37 C.F.R. sec. 201.17 (k)] require that a remittance advice be attached to statement(s) of account.

A copy of the remittance advice must be sent by email or fax to the Licensing Division. The Office uses this remittance

information to ensure the funds received by EFT are correctly allocated to each statement of account. Access a remittance

advice form at www.copyright.gov/licensing/remittance-advice.pdf.

Ceased Operations Procedures

If your cable system completely shut down operations during the accounting period, report the facts as they existed on the

last day of operations and submit the SOA with the associated royalty and filing fee payments and a cover letter informing

the Licensing Division of ceased operations. If your cable system had no subscribers or gross receipts during the entire

accounting period, do not submit the SOA or any fees. You do not need to notify us in this case.

Important: Review Filings

Please review all elements of your filing(s) before submitting them. Filing properly, including an accurate advice, facilitates

processing of your statement(s) of account and payments, minimizes the need for us to contact you with questions, and

reduces administrative and other costs.

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Licensing Division

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SA1-2

Short Form

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Licensing Division

101 Independence Ave. SE

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see page ii of the general

instructions.

STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT

for Secondary Transmissions

by Cable Systems

(

Short Form

)

General instructions are at the

end of this form [pages (i)–(vii)].

FOR COPYRIGHT OFFICE USE ONLY

DATE RECEIVED

Instructions: In line 1, give any business or trade names used to identify the business and operation of the system unless these names

already appear in space B. In line 2, give the mailing address of the system, if dierent from the address given in space B.

IDENTIFICATION OF CABLE SYSTEM:

MAILING ADDRESS OF CABLE SYSTEM:

(Number, street, rural route, apartment, or suite number)

(City, town, state, zip)

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CITY OR TOWN STATE

Instructions

: List each separate community served by the cable system. A “community” is the same as a “community unit” as deﬁned

in FCC rules: “a separate and distinct community or municipal entity (including unincorporated communities within unincorporated

areas and including single, discrete unincorporated areas).” 47 C.F.R. §76.5(dd). The ﬁrst community that you list will serve as a form

of system identiﬁcation hereafter known as the “ﬁrst community.” Please use it as the first community on all future lings.

Note: Entities and properties such as hotels, apartments, condominiums, or mobile home parks should be reported in parentheses below the

identiﬁed city.

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STATECITY OR TOWN

AMOUNT

ALLOCATION NUMBER

Form SA1-2c Rev: 03 ⁄ 2017

Privacy Act Notice: Section 111 of title 17 of the United States Code authorizes the Copyright Oce to collect the personally identifying information (PII) requested on this

form in order to process your statement of account. PII is any personal information that can be used to identify or trace an individual, such as name, address, and telephone

numbers. By providing PII, you are agreeing to the routine use of it to establish and maintain a public record, which includes appearing in the Oce's public indexes and

in search reports prepared for the public. The eect of not providing the PII requested is that it may delay processing of your statement of account and its placement in the

completed record of statements of account, and it may aect the legal suciency of the ﬁling, a determination that would be made by a court of law.

INSTRUCTIONS:

Give the full legal name of the owner of the cable system in line 1. If the owner is a subsidiary of another corporation, give the full

corporate title of the subsidiary, not that of the parent corporation.

In line 2, list any other names under which the owner conducts the business of the cable system.

If there were dierent owners during the accounting period, only the owner on the last day of the accounting period should submit

a single statement of account and royalty fee payment covering the entire accounting period.

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Check here if this is the system’s ﬁrst ﬁling. If not, enter the system’s ID number assigned by the Licensing Division. __________

LEGAL NAME OF OWNER OF CABLE SYSTEM:

BUSINESS NAME(S) OF OWNER OF CABLE SYSTEM (IF DIFFERENT):

MAILING ADDRESS OF OWNER OF CABLE SYSTEM:

(Number, street, rural route, apartment, or suite number)

(City, town, state, zip)

THIS FORM IS EFFECTIVE FOR ACCOUNTING PERIODS BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 2015

If you are ﬁling for a prior accounting period, contact the Licensing Division for the correct form.

ACCOUNTING PERIOD COVERED BY THIS STATEMENT: (Check one of the boxes and ﬁll in the year date.)

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January 1–June 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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July 1–December 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(Year) (Year)

Accounting

Period

System

Owner

Area

Served

First

Community

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Name

LEGAL NAME OF OWNER OF CABLE SYSTEM:

FORM SA1-2. PAGE 1b.

Area

Served

Instructions

: List each separate community served by the cable system. A “community” is the same as a “community unit” as deﬁned

in FCC rules: “a separate and distinct community or municipal entity (including unincorporated communities within unincorporated

areas and including single, discrete unincorporated areas).” 47 C.F.R. §76.5(dd). The ﬁrst community that you list will serve as a form

of system identiﬁcation hereafter known as the “ﬁrst community.” Please use it as the first community on all future lings.

Note: Entities and properties such as hotels, apartments, condominiums, or mobile home parks should be reported in parentheses below the

identiﬁed city.

CITY OR TOWN STATE CITY OR TOWN STATE

First

Community

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FORM SA1-2. PAGE 2.

Secondary

Transmission

Service:

Subscribers

and Rates

Services

Other Than

Secondary

Transmissions:

Rates

LEGAL NAME OF OWNER OF CABLE SYSTEM:

Name

Installation: Non-residential

• Motel, hotel

• Commercial

• Pay cable

• Pay cable–add’l channel

• Fire protection

• Burglar protection

Other Services:

• Reconnect

• Disconnect

• Outlet relocation

• Move to new address

Residential:

• Service to ﬁrst set

• Service to additional set(s)

• FM radio (if separate rate)

Motel, hotel

Commercial

Converter

• Residential

• Nonresidential

SERVICES OTHER THAN SECONDARY TRANSMISSIONS: RATES

In General: Space F calls for rate (not subscriber) information with respect to all your cable system’s services that were

not covered in space E, that is, those services that are not oered in combination with any secondary transmission service

for a single fee. There are two exceptions: you do not need to give rate information concerning (1) services furnished

at cost or (2) services or facilities furnished to nonsubscribers. Rate information should include both the amount of the

charge and the unit in which it is usually billed. If any rates are charged on a variable per-program basis, enter only the

letters “PP” in the rate column.

Block 1: Give the standard rate charged by the cable system for each of the applicable services listed.

Block 2: List any services that your cable system furnished or oered during the accounting period that were not

listed in block 1 and for which a separate charge was made or established. List these other services in the form of a

brief (two- or three-word) description and include the rate for each.

BLOCK 2

CATEGORY OF SERVICE

NO. OF

SUBSCRIBERS

BLOCK 1

BLOCK 2

CATEGORY OF SERVICE

Continuing Services:

• Pay cable

• Pay cable–add’l channel

• Fire protection

• Burglar protection

Installation: Residential

• First set

• Additional set(s)

• FM radio (if separate rate)

• Converter

RATE

BLOCK 1

RATECATEGORY OF SERVICERATE

RATE RATECATEGORY OF SERVICE

NO. OF

SUBSCRIBERS

. . . . . . .

SECONDARY TRANSMISSION SERVICE: SUBSCRIBERS AND RATES

In General: The information in space E should cover all categories of secondary transmission service of the cable

system, that is, the retransmission of television and radio broadcasts by your system to subscribers. Give information

about other services (including pay cable) in space F, not here. All the facts you state must be those existing on the last

day of the accounting period (June 30 or December 31, as the case may be).

Number of Subscribers: Both blocks in space E call for the number of subscribers to the cable system, broken

down by categories of secondary transmission service. In general, you can compute the number of subscribers in each

category by counting the number of billings in that category (the number of persons or organizations charged separately

for the particular service at the rate indicated—not the number of sets receiving service).

Rate: Give the standard rate charged for each category of service. Include both the amount of the charge and the

unit in which it is generally billed. (Example: “$20/mth”). Summarize any standard rate variations within a particular rate

category, but do not include discounts allowed for advance payment.

Block 1: In the left-hand block in space E, the form lists the categories of secondary transmission service that cable

systems most commonly provide to their subscribers. Give the number of subscribers and rate for each listed category

that applies to your system. Note: Where an individual or organization is receiving service that falls under dierent

categories, that person or entity should be counted as a subscriber in each applicable category. Example: a residential

subscriber who pays extra for cable service to additional sets would be included in the count under “Service to the ﬁrst

set,” and would be counted once again under “Service to additional set(s).”

Block 2: If your cable system has rate categories for secondary transmission service that are dierent from those

printed in block 1, (for example, tiers of services that include one or more secondary transmissions), list them, together

with the number of subscribers and rates, in the right-hand block. A two- or three-word description of the service is

sucient.

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FORM SA1-2. PAGE 3.

Primary

Transmitters:

Television

LEGAL NAME OF OWNER OF CABLE SYSTEM:

PRIMARY TRANSMITTERS: TELEVISION

In General: In space G, identify every television station (including translator stations and low power television stations)

carried by your cable system during the accounting period, except (1) stations carried only on a part-time basis under

FCC rules and regulations in eect on June 24, 1981, permitting the carriage of certain network programs [sections

76.59(d)(2) and (4), 76.61(e)(2) and (4), or 76.63 (referring to 76.61(e)(2) and (4))]; and (2) certain stations carried on a

substitute program basis, as explained in the next paragraph.

Substitute Basis Stations: With respect to any distant stations carried by your cable system on a substitute program

basis under speciﬁc FCC rules, regulations, or authorizations:

• Do not list the station here in space G—but do list it in space I (the Special Statement Program Log)—if the station

was carried only on a substitute basis.

• List the station here, and also in space I, if the station was carried both on a substitute basis and also on some other

basis. For further information concerning substitute basis stations, see page (v) of the general instructions.

Column 1: List each station’s call sign. Do not report origination program services such as HBO, ESPN, etc. Identify

each multicast stream associated with a station according to its over-the-air designation. For example, report multicast

stream “WETA-2” as the same on the form. Simulcast stations must be reported in column 1 (list each station separately;

for example, WETA-2-simulcast).

Column 2: Give the channel number the FCC assigned to the television station for broadcasting over the air in its

community of license. For example, WRC is channel 4 in Washington, D.C.

Column 3: Indicate in each case whether the station is a network station, an independent station, or a noncommercial

educational station, by entering the letter “N” (for network), “N-M” (for network multicast), “I” (for independent), “I-M”

(for independent multicast), “E” (for noncommercial educational), or “E-M” (for noncommercial educational multicast).

For the meaning of these terms, see page (iv) of the general instructions.

Column 4: Give the location of each station. For U.S. stations, list the community to which the station is licensed by

the FCC. For Mexican or Canadian stations, if any, give the name of the community with which the station is identiﬁed.

1. CALL

SIGN

2. B’CAST

CHANNEL

NUMBER

3. TYPE

STATION

4. LOCATION OF STATION

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Name

Add Page

FORM SA1-2. PAGE 4.

Primary

Transmitters:

Radio

LEGAL NAME OF OWNER OF CABLE SYSTEM:

Name

PRIMARY TRANSMITTERS: RADIO

In General: List every radio station carried on a separate and discrete basis and list those FM stations carried on an

all-band basis whose signals were generally receivable by your cable system during the accounting period.

Special Instructions Concerning All-Band FM Carriage: Under Copyright Oce regulations, an FM signal is generally

receivable if (1) it is carried by the system whenever it is received at the system’s headend; and (2) it can be expected, on

the basis of monitoring, to be received at the headend, with the system’s FM antenna, during certain stated intervals. For

detailed information about the the Copyright Oce regulations on this point, see page (iv) of the general instructions.

Column 1: Identify the call sign of each station carried.

Column 2: State whether the station is AM or FM.

Column 3: If the radio station’s signal was electronically processed by the cable system as a separate and discrete

signal, indicate this by placing a check mark in the “S/D” column.

Column 4: Give the station’s location (the community to which the station is licensed by the FCC or, in the case of

Mexican or Canadian stations, if any, the community with which the station is identiﬁed).

CALL SIGN AM or FM S/D LOCATION OF STATION CALL SIGN AM or FM S/D LOCATION OF STATION

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LEGAL NAME OF OWNER OF CABLE SYSTEM:

FORM SA1-2. PAGE 5.

Substitute

Carriage:

Special

Statement and

Program Log

Name

WHEN SUBSTITUTE

CARRIAGE OCCURRED

7. REASON

FOR

DELETION

1. TITLE OF PROGRAM

2. LIVE?

Yes or No

3. STATION’S

CALL SIGN 4. STATION’S LOCATION

5. MONTH

AND DAY

6. TIMES

FROM — TO

SUBSTITUTE PROGRAM

—

SUBSTITUTE CARRIAGE: SPECIAL STATEMENT AND PROGRAM LOG

In General: In space I, identify every nonnetwork television program, broadcast by a distant station, that your cable

system carried on a substitute basis during the accounting period, under speciﬁc present and former FCC rules, regula

tions, or authorizations. For a further explanation of the programming that must be included in this log, see page (v) of

the general instructions.

1. SPECIAL STATEMENT CONCERNING SUBSTITUTE CARRIAGE

• During the accounting period, did your cable system carry, on a substitute basis, any nonnetwork television program

broadcast by a distant station?

■ Yes ■ No

Note: If your answer is “No,” leave the rest of this page blank. If your answer is “Yes,” you must complete the program

2. LOG OF SUBSTITUTE PROGRAMS

In General: List each substitute program on a separate line. Use abbreviations wherever possible, if their meaning is

clear. If you need more space, please attach additional pages.

Column 1: Give the title of every nonnetwork television program (“substitute program”) that, during the accounting

period, was broadcast by a distant station and that your cable system substituted for the programming of another station

under certain FCC rules, regulations, or authorizations. See page (v) of the general instructions for further information.

Do not use general categories like “movies” or “basketball.” List speciﬁc program titles, for example, “I Love Lucy” or

“NBA Basketball: 76ers vs. Bulls.”

Column 2: If the program was broadcast live, enter “Yes.”. Otherwise, enter “No.”

Column 3: Give the call sign of the station broadcasting the substitute program.

Column 4: Give the broadcast station’s location (the community to which the station is licensed by the FCC or, in

the case of Mexican or Canadian stations, if any, the community with which the station is identiﬁed).

Column 5: Give the month and day when your system carried the substitute program. Use numerals, with the month

ﬁrst. Example: for May 7, give “5/7.”

Column 6: State the times when the substitute program was carried by your cable system. List the times accurately

to the nearest ﬁve minutes. Example: a program carried by a system from 6:01:15 p.m. to 6:28:30 p.m. should be stated

as “6:00–6:30 p.m.”

Column 7: Enter the letter “R” if the listed program was substituted for programming that your system was required

to delete under FCC rules and regulations in eect during the accounting period; enter the letter “P” if the listed program

was substituted for programming that your system was permitted to delete under FCC rules and regulations in eect

on October 19, 1976.

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Gross Receipts

Royalty Fee

FORM SA1-2. PAGE 6.

LEGAL NAME OF OWNER OF CABLE SYSTEM:

Name

1. Base amount under statutory formula

2. Enter amount of gross receipts from space K

3. Subtract line 2 from line 1

4. Enter the amount of gross receipts from space K

5. Enter the amount from line 3

6. Subtract line 5 from line 4

7. Multiply line 6 by .005 (enter ﬁgure here)

8. Interest charge. Enter the amount from line 4, space Q, page 8

9. Filing Fee

Instructions: As a cable system with gross receipts of $137,100 or less, the royalty fee that you must pay for this six-month

accounting period is $52.00

Line 1. Royalty fee for accounting period

Line 2. Interest charge. Enter the amount from line 4, space Q, page 8

Line 3. Filing Fee

Instructons: To compute the royalty fee you owe:

• Complete block 1, block 2, or block 3

• Use block 1 if the amount of gross receipts in space K is $137,100 or less

• Use block 2 if the amount of gross receipts in space K is more than $137,100 but less than or equal to $263,800

• Use block 3 if the amount of gross receipts in space K is more than $263,800 but less than $527,600

See page (vi) of the general instructions for more information.

GROSS RECEIPTS

Instructions: The ﬁgure you give in this space determines the form you ﬁle and the amount you pay. Enter the total of

all amounts (gross receipts) paid to your cable system by subscribers for the system’s secondary transmission service

(as identiﬁed in space E) during the accounting period. For a further explanation of how to compute this amount, see

page (vi) of the general instructions.

• Gross receipts from subscribers for secondary transmission service(s)

during the accounting period.

IMPORTANT: You must complete a statement in space P concerning gross receipts.

(Amount of gross receipts)

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IMPORTANT: Your remittance must be in the form of an electronic payment payable to Register of Copyrights. See page i of the

general instructions for more information.

BLOCK 1: GROSS RECEIPTS OF $137,100 OR LESS

Line 4. TOTAL ROYALTY AND FILING FEES PAYABLE FOR ACCOUNTING PERIOD.

Add lines 1, 2 and 3

BLOCK 2: GROSS RECEIPTS OF $263,800 OR LESS (but more than $137,100)

BLOCK 3: GROSS RECEIPTS OF MORE THAN $263,800 (but less than $527,600)

1. Enter the amount of gross receipts from space K

2. Base amount under statutory formula

3. Subtract line 2 from line 1

4. Multiply line 3 by .01

5. Royalty due on the ﬁrst $263,800 of gross receipts (under statutory formula)

6. Interest Charge. Enter the amount from line 4, space Q, page 8

7. Filing Fee

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$ 263,800

$ 52.00

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$ 15.00

$ 20.00

$263,800

$ 1,319

$ 20.00

8. TOTAL ROYALTY AND FILING FEES PAYABLE FOR ACCOUNTING PERIOD.

Add lines 4, 5, 6 and 7

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10. TOTAL ROYALTY AND FILING FEES PAYABLE FOR ACCOUNTING PERIOD.

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Individual to

Be Contacted

for Further

Information

Channels

FORM SA1-2. PAGE 7.

Certiﬁcation

☛

CHANNELS

Instructions: You must give (1) the number of channels on which the cable system carried television broadcast stations

to its subscribers, and (2) the cable system’s total number of activated channels during the accounting period.

1. Enter the total number of channels on which the cable

system carried television broadcast stations.

2. Enter the total number of activated

channels on which the cable system carried television broadcast stations

and nonbroadcast services.

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INDIVIDUAL TO BE CONTACTED IF FURTHER INFORMATION IS NEEDED

(Identify an individual we can contact about this statement of account.)

Telephone

Name

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(Area code)

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Address

(Number, street, rural route, apartment, or suite number)

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(City, town, state, zip)

CERTIFICATION (This statement of account must be certiﬁed and signed in accordance with Copyright Oce regula-

tions, as explained in the general instructions.)

• I, the undersigned, hereby certify that (Check one, but only one, of the boxes.)

■ (Owner other than corporation or partnership) I am the owner of the cable system as identiﬁed in line 1 of

space B; or

■ (Agent of owner other than corporation or partnership) I am the duly authorized agent of the owner of the

cable system as identiﬁed in line 1 of space B, and that the owner is not a corporation or partnership; or

■ (Ocer or partner) I am an ocer (if a corporation) or a partner (if a partnership) of the legal entity identiﬁed as

owner of the cable system in line 1 of space B.

• I have examined the statement of account and hereby declare under penalty of law that all statements of fact con-

tained herein are true, complete, and correct to the best of my knowledge, information, and belief, and are made in

good faith. [See 18 U.S.C. sec.1001]

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Handwritten signature:

Typed or printed name:

Title:

Date:

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Email (optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fax (optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(Title of ocial position held in corporation or partnership)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Privacy Act Notice: Section 111 of title 17 of the United States Code authorizes the Copyright Oce to collect the personally identifying information (PII) requested on this

form in order to process your statement of account. PII is any personal information that can be used to identify or trace an individual, such as name, address, and telephone

numbers. By providing PII, you are agreeing to the routine use of it to establish and maintain a public record, which includes appearing in the Oce's public indexes and

in search reports prepared for the public. The eect of not providing the PII requested is that it may delay processing of your statement of account and its placement in the

completed record of statements of account, and it may aect the legal suciency of the ﬁling, a determination that would be made by a court of law.

LEGAL NAME OF OWNER OF CABLE SYSTEM:

Name

FORM SA1-2. PAGE 8.

Special

Statement

Concerning

Gross Receipts

Exclusions

Interest

Assessment

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Line 1. Enter the amount of late payment or underpayment

Line 2. Multiply line 1 by the interest rate* and enter the sum here

SPECIAL STATEMENT CONCERNING GROSS RECEIPTS EXCLUSIONS

The Satellite Home Viewer Act of 1988 amended Title 17, section 111(d)(1)(A) of the Copyright Act by adding the fol-

lowing sentence:

“In determining the total number of subscribers and the gross amounts paid to the cable system for the basic

service of providing secondary transmissions of primary broadcast transmitters, the system shall not include sub-

scribers and amounts collected from subscribers receiving secondary transmissions pursuant to section 119.”

For more information on when to exclude these amounts, see the note on page (vi) of the general instructions.

During the accounting period, did the cable system exclude any amounts of gross receipts for secondary transmissions

made by satellite carriers to satellite dish owners?

■ NO

■ YES. Enter the total here and list the satellite carrier(s) below. .................................... $

INTEREST ASSESSMENT

You must complete this worksheet for those royalty payments submitted as a result of a late payment or underpayment.

For an explanation of interest assessment, see page (vii) of the general instructions.

Line 3. Multiply line 2 by the number of days late and enter the sum here

Line 4, Multiply line 3 by .00274** and enter here and in space L (page 6) block 1,

line 2, or block 2, line 8, or block 3, line 6

x .00274

(interest charge)

Name

Mailing address

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Name

Mailing address

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days

To view the interest rate chart click on www.copyright.gov/licensing/interest-rate.pdf. For further assistance please

contact the Licensing Division at (202) 707-8150 or licensing@loc.gov.

**This is the decimal equivalent of 1/365, which is the interest assessment for one day late.

Note: If you are ﬁling this worksheet covering a statement of account already submitted to the Copyright Oce, please

list below the owner, address, ﬁrst community served, ID number, and accounting period as given in the original ﬁling.

Owner ...............................................................................................................................................................................

Address ............................................................................................................................................................................

.............................................................................................................................................................................

ID number .........................................................................................................................................................................

First community served ....................................................................................................................................................

Accounting period ............................................................................................................................................................

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Privacy Act Notice: Section 111 of title 17 of the United States Code authorizes the Copyright Oce to collect the personally identifying information (PII) requested on this

form in order to process your statement of account. PII is any personal information that can be used to identify or trace an individual, such as name, address, and telephone

numbers. By providing PII, you are agreeing to the routine use of it to establish and maintain a public record, which includes appearing in the Oce's public indexes and

in search reports prepared for the public. The eect of not providing the PII requested is that it may delay processing of your statement of account and its placement in the

completed record of statements of account, and it may aect the legal suciency of the ﬁling, a determination that would be made by a court of law.

LEGAL NAME OF OWNER OF CABLE SYSTEM:

Name

stream and any multicast streams transmitted by the sta-

tion constitute primary transmissions.

 Secondary transmissions. A secondary transmission

is the basic service of retransmitting television and radio

broadcasts to subscribers. The statute requires all U.S.

cable systems, regardless of how many subscribers they

have or whether they are carrying any distant signals, to

pay some copyright royalties. However, instead of oblig-

ing cable systems to bargain individually for each copy-

righted program they retransmit, the law oers them the

opportunity of obtaining a statutory license for secondary

transmissions.

Note: Secondary transmissions do not include trans-

missions originated by a cable system (including local

origination cablecasting, pay cable, program services,

background music services, and originations on leased

or access channels). Cable systems must negotiate for

the use of any copyrighted material in the programming

they originate, and their originations are not subject to

statutory licensing.

HOW TO FILE THE STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT

ROYALTY AND FILING FEES

1 Study the general information on these pages and read

through the detailed instructions in the statement of ac-

count form itself. Before you start completing the form,

make sure that you have collected all the necessary in-

formation and that you are using the right form.

2 Fill out the statement of account form, giving all the re-

quired information about your cable system and about

the television and radio stations carried by it. Print the

information in black ink.

3 Certify the statement of account by signing at space

O. The statement of account is not acceptable unless

it bears the original handwritten signature of one of the

persons indicated in space O as authorized to certify it

under Copyright Oce regulations.

4 Make an electronic payment (see note below) in the amount

you have calculated in space L to cover the copyright

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR SA1-2

(

SHORT FORM

)

CABLE SYSTEMS

AND THE COPYRIGHT LAW (P.L. 94-553)

Cable systems are subject to copyright liability for their use

of copyrighted material in secondary transmissions (the re-

transmission of television and radio broadcasts to subscrib-

ers). Cable retransmissions of copyrighted programming

are subject to a system of statutory licensing. Among other

things, this means that twice a year the owner of a cable

system must send a statement of account, together with a

royalty fee, to the Licensing Division of the Copyright Oce.

TERMS

Primary stream. A primary stream is the single digital stream

of programming that, before June 12, 2009, was substantially

duplicating the programming transmitted by the television

broadcast station as an analog signal. If there is no stream,

then the primary stream is the single digital stream of pro-

gramming transmitted by the television broadcast station

for the longest period of time.

Primary transmitter. A primary transmitter is a television

or radio broadcast station licensed by the Federal Commu-

nications Commission, or by an appropriate governmental

authority of Canada or Mexico, that makes primary trans-

missions to the public.

Subscriber. The term subscriber means a person or entity

that receives a secondary transmission service from a cable

system and pays a fee for the service, directly or indirectly,

to the cable system.

Subscribe. The term subscribe means to elect to become

a subscriber.

In providing copyright liability for cable systems, the law

draws a distinction between “primary transmissions” and

“secondary transmissions”:

 Primary transmissions. A primary transmission is a

transmission made to the public by a transmitting facility

whose signals are being received and further transmitted

by a secondary transmission service, regardless of where

or when the performance or display was ﬁrst transmitted.

In the case of a television broadcast station, the primary

IF YOU ARE FILING FOR A PRIOR ACCOUNTING PERIOD,

CONTACT THE LICENSING DIVISION FOR THE CORRECT FORM.

USE THIS FORM WHEN:

• You are the owner (or represent the owner) of a cable system; and

• You are ﬁling the semiannual statement of account required by the copyright law; and

• Your system’s semiannual gross receipts for secondary transmissions (the ﬁgure you give in space K of the form) is less than

$527,600; and

• You are also depositing the required semiannual royalty fee with the Licensing Division of the Copyright Oce.

IF YOUR FIGURE FOR SEMIANNUAL GROSS RECEIPTS IN SPACE K IS $527,600 OR MORE, USE SA3 (LONG FORM)

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS, FORM SA1-2, PAGE (ii).

 Each semiannual statement of account must be accom-

panied by the deposit of a royalty fee covering retrans-

missions during the preceding six months in the form of

an electronic payment payable to Register of Copyrights.

Why Having a Statutory License Is Important

Most television and radio broadcasts contain copyrighted

material. Without a statutory license, a cable system would

either have to negotiate licenses for all copyrighted program-

ming it transmits or run the risk of substantial civil (or, in

some cases, criminal) liability for multiple acts of copyright

infringement.

Who Can Utilize the Statutory License

Under the statute and Copyright Oce regulations, retrans-

missions are subject to statutory licensing only if they are

made by cable systems.

Cable system. A “cable system” is deﬁned as “a facility,

located in any State, territory, trust territory, or possession

of the United States, that in whole or in part receives signals

transmitted or programs broadcast by one or more television

broadcast stations licensed by the Federal Communications

Commission, and makes secondary transmissions of such

signals or programs by wires, cables, microwave, or other

communications channels to subscribing members of the

public who pay for such service.” A system that meets this

deﬁnition is considered a cable system for copyright pur-

poses, even if the FCC excludes it from being considered a

cable system because of the number or nature of its sub-

scribers or the nature of its secondary transmissions.

Individual cable system. An individual cable system is

deﬁned generally as “each cable system recognized as a

distinct entity under the rules, regulations, and practices

of the Federal Communications Commission.” In addition,

two or more cable facilities are considered as one individual

cable system if either: (A) the facilities are in contiguous

communities and are under common ownership or control;

or (B) the facilities operate from one headend. Thus, even if

they are owned by dierent entities, two cable facilities will

be considered as one individual cable system if they share

a common headend.

WHAT A STATUTORY LICENSE

DOES NOT PERMIT YOU TO DO

The statutory authority given to cable systems to retransmit

television and radio broadcasts under a statutory license is

limited in several ways:

 Originations. To repeat: a cable system’s statutory li-

cense extends only to secondary transmissions (retrans-

missions). It does not permit the system to make any

originations of copyrighted material without a negotiated

license covering that material.

 Nonsimultaneous Retransmissions. In general, to be

subject to statutory licensing under the copyright law,

a cable retransmission must be simultaneous with the

broadcast being carried. As a rule, taping or other record-

royalty and ﬁling fees. See the Federal Register, August

10, 2006 (71 FR 45739) available at www.copyright.gov/

fedreg/2006/71fr45739.html. The remittance should be

payable to Register of Copyrights.

If you are using Pay.

gov, contact your bank to determine if your account will

accept an Automated Clearing House (ACH) debit.

5 Send the completed statement of account and one legible

copy of the statement of account to:

Library of Congress

Licensing Division

101 Independence Avenue SE

Washington, DC 20557-6400

Courier deliveries are accepted in the James Madi-

son Memorial Building, room LM-401, at the address

above.

Note: Please DO NOT send pages consisting solely of

instructions. Also note that if replying to Licensing Divi-

sion correspondence or if submitting revisions or amend-

ments to your original SOA, please do not include extra

photocopies of the SOA pages aected. Only one orig-

inal version of revised SOA pages is required with your

reply letter, together with a single copy of any Licensing

Division correspondence.

6 The Copyright Oce will retain your statement of account

and make it a part of our public records. You should,

therefore, keep a copy of the entire statement, as ﬁled,

in case you need it for future reference.

Note: For detailed instructions concerning electronic pay-

ments, contact the Licensing Division for Circular 74, which

is also available at www.copyright.gov ⁄ circs ⁄ circ74.

HOW THE STATUTORY LICENSE WORKS

In general, having a statutory license means that a cable

system can retransmit broadcast programming without vio-

lating the copyright law, as long as it complies with certain

paperwork requirements and, twice a year, deposits a royalty

fee with the Copyright Oce.

 The cable system can, without negotiated licenses or

advance permission from copyright owners, retransmit

the signals of any U.S. television or radio station that it

is authorized to carry under FCC rules, regulations, or

authorizations (plus Mexican or Canadian stations in cer-

tain cases); and

 The cable system must ﬁle statements of account with

the Copyright Oce and must also deposit a semiannual

royalty. The amount of the royalty, which is established

under a statutory formula, depends on the total of the sys

tem’s gross receipts for secondary transmission service.

 Every six months, the cable system must send the Copy-

right Oce a statement of account on this form, SA1-2

(Short Form), or on SA3 (Long Form) (if the gross receipts

are $527,600 or more).

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS, FORM SA1-2, PAGE (iii).

ing of the program is not permitted. Taping for delayed

transmission is permissible only for some (not all) cable

systems located outside the 48 contiguous states; and,

even in these exceptional cases, there are further limita-

tions and conditions that the cable system must meet.

 FCC Violations. The broadcast signals that a cable sys-

tem can carry under a statutory license are limited to those

that it is permitted to carry under FCC rules, regulations,

and authorizations. If signal carriage is in violation of FCC

requirements, the cable system may be subject under the

ment for each unauthorized retransmission.

 Foreign Signals. In general, the copyright law does not

permit a cable system to retransmit signals of foreign

television and radio stations under a statutory license.

The only exceptions have to do with the signals of certain

Mexican and Canadian stations. Unless foreign signals

fall within these exceptions, their carriage would not be

authorized under a statutory license, even if permissible

under FCC rules.

 Program Alteration or Commercial Substitution. Ca-

ble systems are not permitted to alter the content of re-

transmitted programs, or to change, delete, or substitute

commercials or station announcements in or adjacent

to programs being carried. There is only one exception:

under certain circumstances, substitutions involving com-

mercial advertising market research may be permitted.

Accounting Periods

The statute establishes two six-month accounting periods

for purposes of computing the royalty fee and reporting the

information called for in the statement of account. The rst

semiannual period runs from January through June, and

the second from July through December, of each calendar

year. You must use these accounting periods whether or not

they coincide with the beginning or ending of your cable

system’s scal year.

Filing Dates

Cable systems are given 60 days after the close of each ac-

counting period in which to le their statements of account,

ling and royalty fees. The following are the two ling dates

you must observe each year:

 For the January–June accounting period: File between

July 1 and August 29, inclusive;

 For the July–December accounting period: File between

January 1 and March 1, inclusive.

Note: If August 29 or March 1 falls on a weekend or federal

holiday, statements of account, royalty and ling fees may

be made on the next succeeding business day.

Statements of account, royalty and ling fees received

before the end of the accounting period will not be accepted.

Statements and fees received after the August 29 or March

1 deadlines will be accepted for whatever legal eect they

may have, if any. The Copyright Oce takes no position as

to what this eect will be, and a cable system that les late

runs a substantial risk.

Refunds

Refund requests must be received within 60 days after the

close of the ling period (by April 30 or October 28). Also,

refund requests for late and amended payments must be

received before the expiration of 60 days from the date of

receipt at the Copyright Oce of the royalty payment that is

the subject of the request. The Debt Collection Improvement

Act of 1996 requires that refunds be made through electronic

funds transfer (EFT). Note: Late payments are subject to

interest assessment. See page (vii) of the general instructions.

Contact the Licensing Division for additional information.

How Royalty Fees Are Handled

For purposes of computing the semiannual royalty fee a cable

system must pay, the statute creates three brackets, depend-

ing upon the system’s gross receipts from subscribers for

secondary transmissions during the accounting period:

1 Gross receipts of $137,100 or less: royalty fee of $52;

2 Gross receipts of more than $137,100 and less than

$527,600: royalty fee determined by a formula based on

percentage of gross receipts;

3 Gross receipts of $527,600 or more: royalty fee de-

termined by a formula based on percentage of gross re-

ceipts and on the number of distant stations carried by

the system.

A cable system is required to deposit its semiannual roy-

alty fee with the Copyright Oce at the time it les each

statement of account. The royalty must be made by elec-

tronic payment, and the related statement of account must

be led by the appropriate deadline accompanied with a

cover letter (see circulars 74a, 74b, and 74c).The Copyright

Oce transfers these fees into a special fund, which is later

distributed to copyright owners as payment for the use of

their works by cable systems.

PURPOSES OF THE STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT

The law requires a cable system to le statements of account

for two purposes:

 To show the basis for the semiannual royalty fee the cable

system owes under its statutory license; and

 To give the information needed to allocate royalty fees

among copyright owners.

Thus, some of the information you give on your statement

of account has nothing to do with computing your gross

receipts or deciding the amount of your royalty fee. Never-

theless, you are required to give the additional information

in order to provide the basis for the second phase of the

statutory license: the distribution of fees to copyright owners.

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS, FORM SA1-2, PAGE (iv).

SOME POINTS TO REMEMBER

ABOUT STATUTORY LICENSES:

 As long as a cable system keeps its statutory license

in force by complying with the requirements of the

new copyright law, it is not obliged to negotiate

individual copyright licenses for retransmission of

television and radio broadcasts.

 The following are among the various ways a cable

system can lose its statutory license: by failing

to ﬁle the statements of account or royalty fees;

by taping for delayed retransmission; by carrying

signals in violation of FCC requirements; by car-

riage of certain foreign stations; and by altering

programs or substituting commercials.

 Without a statutory license, a cable system can

be sued by a copyright owner for the full range

of civil remedies for copyright infringement, in-

cluding injunctions, actual damages and proﬁts, or

statutory damages (of up to $150,000 in cases of

willful infringement). The statute also provides for

criminal penalties in cases of willful infringements

for commercial purposes.

WHAT FACTS THE STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT

SHOULD COVER

All of the information you give in a statement of account must

be an accurate presentation of the facts existing during the

accounting period covered by that statement (or, in certain

cases, on the last day of that period).

 Spaces D, G, H, and I. List all areas served, stations

carried, and certain substitute programs carried at any

time during the accounting period.

 Spaces K and M. You should report the total of gross

receipts attributable to the particular accounting period

in space K. The ﬁgures requested in space M should be

the appropriate totals of channels for the entire period.

 Space J. This space (part-time carriage log) has been

deleted.

 Spaces B, C, E, and F. Even if items of information con-

cerning the owner, system, subscribers, or rates have

changed during the accounting period, your statement of

account does not need to reect the change. Give only the

facts existing on the last day of the accounting period. If

there were dierent owners during the accounting period,

only the owner on the last day of the accounting period

should submit a single statement of account and royalty

fee payment covering the entire accounting period.

SPACE G (Primary Transmitters: Television)

Stations Actually Carried. Make sure that space G lists all

the television stations your system actually carried at any

time during the accounting period (except as explained in

space G of the form). Do not list stations that were not in fact

carried during that period, even if the FCC has authorized

their carriage, and even if they were carried during earlier

accounting periods.

Translator Stations. Translator stations must be listed. For

ter not only of any programs it originally transmits but also

of all the programming it receives from its parent station and

retransmits. Thus, if your cable system carried signals ema-

nating from a translator station, you must list the translator

station in space G. And, if your system separately carried

signals from both a translator station and its parent station,

both the translator and the parent station should be identiﬁed.

 Type of Translator Station. Note that for any translator

station listed in space G, the type of station indicated in

column 3 should be that of the parent station.

Multicast stream. A multicast stream is a digital stream of

programming that is transmitted by a television broadcast

station and is not the station’s primary stream.

Simulcast. A simulcast is a multicast stream of a television

broadcast station that duplicates the programming trans-

mitted by the primary stream or another multicast stream

of such station.

Denitions of Types of Stations. Under the Copyright Act,

the terms used in connection with column 3 of space G

mean the following:

 Network station. A primary stream of a television broad-

cast station that is owned or operated by, or aliated with,

one or more of the television networks in the United States

providing nationwide transmissions, and that transmits

a substantial part of the programming supplied by such

networks for a substantial part of the primary stream’s

typical broadcast day.

The term network station also applies to a multicast

stream on which a television broadcast station transmits

all or substantially all of the programming of an intercon-

nected program service that is owned or operated by,

or aliated with, one or more of the television networks

described above and oers programming on a regular

basis for 15 or more hours per week to at least 25 of

the aliated television licensees of the interconnected

program service in 10 or more states.

 Independent station. A primary stream or a multicast

stream of a television broadcast station that is not a net-

work station or a noncommercial educational station. For

purposes of determining a station’s type-value this cate-

gory includes all specialty, Canadian and Mexican stations.

 Noncommercial educational station. A primary stream

or a multicast stream of a television broadcast station that

is a noncommercial educational broadcast station; which

is owned and operated by a public agency or nonproﬁt

private foundation, corporation or association; or owned

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS, FORM SA1-2, PAGE (v)

not being broadcast by a station as part of a network tele-

vision broadcast at the time the cable system carried it.

2 The program is picked up from a distant station. A

“distant station” is a television station carried by a cable

system in whole or in part beyond that station’s local

service area. A television station’s local service area is the

area within which the station is entitled to insist upon its

signal being retransmitted by a cable system pursuant to

rules, regulations, and authorizations of the FCC in eect

on April 15, 1976. Eective on July 1, 1994, a station’s

local service area also includes the station’s television

market as deﬁned in section 76.55(e) of title 47, Code of

Federal Regulations (as in eect on September 18, 1993),

or any modiﬁcations to such television market made on

or after September 18, 1993, pursuant to section 76.55(e)

or 76.59 of title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

3 The program was carried by the cable system in sub-

stitution for another program under FCC rules, regula-

tions, or authorizations.

 Where FCC rules and regulations in eect on the date

of carriage require the deletion of certain programming

of one station and permit substitution of programming

from another distant station. That is, if a cable system is

required to delete a station because of the FCC sports

exclusivity rules.

 Where the FCC rules, regulations and authorizations in

eect on October 19, 1976, permit a cable system at its

option, to delete programming, and authorize the system

to substitute programming from another distant station.

That is, if the cable system elects to delete a distant sta-

tion while that station is broadcasting a program primarily

of local interest to the distant community, for copyright

purposes former FCC rules sections 76.61(b) (2) and 76.63

(incorporating 76.61(b) (2)) continue to authorize the station

to substitute the programming of any other distant station.

NOTES

1 The provisions of the Copyright Act dealing with volun-

tary deletion and substitution of programs are limited to

programs substituted under FCC rules, regulations, and

authorizations in eect on October 19, 1976.

2 Eective January 1, 1990, the FCC amended Parts 73

and 76 of its rules relating to program exclusivity in the

cable and broadcast industries.

SPACE K (Gross Receipts)

What Are Gross Receipts? The gross receipts you enter in

space K are the receipts for the basic service of providing

secondary transmissions of primary broadcast transmitters.

They include the full amount of monthly (or other periodic)

service fees for any and all services or tiers of services that

include one or more secondary transmissions of television

or radio broadcast signals, for additional set fees, and for

converter fees. All such gross receipts shall be aggregated

an operated by a municipality and which transmits only

noncommercial programs for education purposes.

SPACE H (Primary Transmitters: Radio)

All-Band Carriage. If your system carried FM radio stations

on an all-band basis, you are not required to list every sta-

tion that subscribers might possibly have received during

the accounting period. Instead, Copyright Oce regulations

require you to monitor your FM transmission service at your

system’s headend from time to time during the accounting

period and to report the generally receivable FM stations

identiﬁed as a result of your monitoring.

Stations Generally Receivable. There are two standards for

determining whether an FM station is generally receivable:

1 Is the station usually carried whenever it is received at

your system’s headend; and

2 Can the station be expected to be received at the headend,

with your system’s FM antenna, at least three consecutive

hours each day at the same time each day, ﬁve or more

days a week, for four or more weeks during any calendar

quarter, with a strength of not less than 50 microvolts

per meter measured at the foot of the tower or pole to

which the antenna is attached?

The monitoring arrangements you set up should be aimed

at determining what stations can reasonably be expected

to meet these standards.

Monitoring Activities. It is not necessary to monitor con-

tinuously throughout the accounting period, and you are not

required to make precise measurements to determine which

stations in fact meet the technical standards and which do

not. Your monitoring activities should take place periodi-

cally at your headend during the accounting period and you

should use a good FM receiver.

SPACE I (Substitute Carriage: Special Statement

and Program Log)

Substitute Programs Must Be Logged and Reported. The

statement of account, logs showing the times, dates, sta-

tions, and programs involved in any nonnetwork television

programming that was carried in whole or in part beyond

the local service area of the primary transmitter, under rules,

regulations, or authorizations of the FCC permitting the sub-

stitution or addition of signals under certain circumstances.

The applicable present and former rules and regulations are

identiﬁed in item 3, which follows.

What Programs Must Be Listed. You must list a program

in space I if all three of the following conditions apply:

1 The program is a nonnetwork television program. A

“nonnetwork television program” is a program that was

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS, FORM SA1-2, PAGE (vi)

and the royalty fee calculations shall be made against the ag-

gregated amount. Gross receipts for secondary transmission

services do not include installation (including connection,

relocation, disconnection or reconnection) fees; separate

charges for security, alarm, or facsimile services; charges

for late payments; or charges for pay cable or other program

origination services provided that the origination services

are not oered in combination with secondary transmission

service for a single fee.

SATELLITE CARRIER

GROSS RECEIPTS EXCLUSION

 The Satellite Home Viewer Act of 1988, Public Law 100-

667, as amended by Public Law 103-369, Public Law

106-113, Public Law 108-447, Public Law 111-175, and

Public Law 113-200, establishes a statutory license for

certain secondary transmissions made by satellite carri-

ers to satellite dish owners. Satellite carriers are subject

to copyright liability for their use of copyrighted material

when they make secondary “transmissions” (retransmis-

sions of television broadcasts) to satellite dish owners

and they make a direct or indirect charge for that ser-

vice. Satellite carrier retransmissions of the copyrighted

programming embodied in the signals of non-network or

network stations are eligible under an operational system

of statutory licensing that is established in section 119

of the Copyright Act.

 A satellite carrier is deﬁned in the Satellite Home Viewer

Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004 as “an entity

that uses the facilities of a satellite or satellite service

licensed by the Federal Communications Commission,

and operates in the Fixed-Satellite Service under part 25

of title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations or the Direct

Broadcast Satellite Service under part 100 of title 47 of

the Code of Federal Regulations, to establish and oper-

ate a channel of communications for point-to-multipoint

distribution of television station signals, and that owns or

leases a capacity or service on a satellite in order to pro-

vide such point-to-multipoint distribution, except to the

extent that such entity provides such distribution pursu-

ant to tari under the Communications Act of 1934, other

than for private home viewing pursuant to Section 119.”

 As provided in the Satellite Home Viewer Act [amend-

ment of section 111(d)(1)(A)], any amounts collected by

a cable system/distributor from subscribers should be

excluded from the cable system’s determination of gross

receipts received for the basic service of providing sec-

ondary transmissions of primary broadcast transmitters

pursuant to the cable statutory license, section 111 (c)

to (f). This provision contemplates the situation where

the same entity may be oering both satellite and cable

distribution of secondary transmissions of primary broad-

cast transmitters.

 If a cable system oers both satellite and cable services to

satellite dish owners, then it may exclude those amounts

attributed to the satellite service under section 119 of the

act. Such a system should declare on page 8 the amount

of gross receipts that are excluded for this service and list

the name and address of each satellite carrier in which

the system has contracted as a distributor or agent to

market the carrier’s retransmissions service. The system

should also maintain separate records of the subscriber

fees received for satellite carrier retransmissions.

Accrual Basis. If your revenue accounts are kept on an

accrual basis, the ﬁgure you give in space K should be the

total of all gross receipts for secondary transmission ser-

vice accrued for the accounting period. Subtract bad debts

actually written o during the period and add previously

written-o debts that were actually recovered during the

period. (However, do not make adjustments for bad debts

for secondary transmission service furnished before Janu-

ary 1, 1978.)

Cash Basis. If your revenue accounts are kept on a cash basis,

your gross receipts are all amounts actually received during

the accounting period for secondary transmission service.

SPACE L (COPYRIGHT ROYALTY AND FILING FEES)

Statutory Formulas for Computing the Royalty and

Filing Fees

For cable systems whose semiannual gross receipts are un der

$527,600, the method of calculating the royalty fee depends

on the amount of gross receipts reported in space K.

Gross receipts of $137,100 or less. If the ﬁgure you give

in space K is $137,100 or less, your royalty fee has been

calculated for you in accordance with the formula set out in

section 111(d)(2)(C) of the Copyright Act as adjusted. The

amount is $52 and the ﬁling fee is $15. Do not use blocks

2 and 3.

Gross receipts of more than $137,100 but less than or

equal to $263,800. If the ﬁgure you give in space K is more

than $137,100 but less than or equal to $263,800, your

royalty fee must be calculated in accordance with the for-

mula set out in section 111(d)(2)(C) of the Copyright Act,

as adjusted. Follow the step-by-step calculations in block

2 of space L and add the $20 ﬁling fee. Do not use blocks

1 and 3.

Gross receipts of more than $263,800 but less than

$527,600. If your gross receipts ﬁgure in space K is more

than $263,800 but less than $527,600, you must use the

formula set out in section 111(d)(2)(D) of the Copyright Act,

as adjusted. Follow the step-by-step calculations in block

3 of space L and add the $20 ﬁling fee. Do not use blocks

1 and 2.

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS, FORM SA1-2, PAGE (vii)

Interest Charges for Underpayments

and Late Payments

Underpayments or late payments received after the ﬁling

deadline shall be subject to an interest assessment. Cable

systems must calculate their own interest charge. (A work-

sheet is provided at space Q, page 8.) The interest rate set

for a speciﬁc accounting period is the U.S. Treasury Current

Value of Funds Rate in eect on the ﬁrst business day after

the close of the ﬁling deadline for that accounting period.

Cable systems can obtain the interest rate for the applicable

accounting period(s) by calling the Licensing Division at (202)

707-8150, or

by clicking on to www.copyright.gov/licensing/

interest-rate.pdf.

For underpayments and late payments, the interest shall

begin to accrue on the ﬁrst day after the close of the ﬁling

date for that accounting period. The accrual period ends

on the date that the remittance is received in the Copyright

Oce. Note: The Oce shall not require, nor notify a cable

system of, an interest charge of $5.00 or less.

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