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OFFICIAL BUSINESS
UNITED STATES COPYRIGHT OFFICE
STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT
SA1-2 (SHORT FORM)
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Library of Congress
Copyright Office
Licensing Division
101 Independence Avenue SE
Washington, DC 20557-6400
SPECIAL NOTICE ABOUT THIS STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT
IMPORTANT
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.
Electronic Payment of Royalty 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 EST) by phone at (202) 707-8150, fax (202) 707-0905, or email licfiscal@loc.gov. The remittance must be
made payable to Register of Copyrights.
Remittance Advice Information
Federal regulations (C.F.R. Title 37 201.17 [i]) require that a remittance advice be attached to the statement(s) of
account, and a copy of the remittance advice be emailed or sent by facsimile to the Licensing Division. The Office uses
this remittance information to ensure the funds received via EFT are correctly allocated to each statement of account.
Filing an accurate advice (1) facilitates processing of your payments, (2) minimizes our contact or correspondence with
you, and (3) reduces administrative and other costs.
Convenient form at http://www.copyright.gov/licensing/remittance-advice.pdf.
Library of Congress
Copyright Office
Licensing Division
101 Independence Avenue SE
Washington, DC 20557-6400
Tel: (202) 707-8150 (8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m., EST) Fax: (202) 707-0905
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ATTENTION CABLE OPERATORS
Statutory Changes Affecting
Statements of Account
Statement of account (SOA) forms for cable operators for the accounting period beginning on
January 1, 2010, have been revised to conform with
new statutory amendments pursuant to Section
104 of the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010 (STELA), Public Law 111-175. The
SA-3 (Long Form) reflects the royalty rate adjustments found in STELA and includes modifications
to accommodate other changes in the law. These
changes are highlighted below.
Information on STELA is available at www.
copyright.gov, and the new forms will be available
at www.copyright.gov/forms. The SOAs are subject to further changes as the Office continues to
implement several sections of the new law.
rate changes. The new base rate fees for carriage
of a distant signal are as follows:
First distant signal equivalent (DSE): 0.01064
Second, third, and fourth DSE: 0.00701
Additional DSEs over four:
0.00330
However, no changes were made to the gross receipts threshold levels used to calculate the royalty
fees, the 3.75 percent fee, the syndicated exclusivity
surcharge, or the SA1-2 (Short Form) royalty rates.
multicast streams. Cable operators will also
have to begin reporting and paying for carriage of
certain distant multicast streams. For information
on how to calculate royalty fees for carriage of distant multicast streams, refer to page (v) of the SA-3
general instructions. For further information, refer
to www.copyright.gov/licensing/multicasting. Distant multicast streams are not subject to the 3.75
percent fee or the syndicated exclusivity surcharge.
community-by-community reportings. It is no
longer necessary to report television signals on a
system-wide basis. Carriage of television broadcast
signals shall instead be reported on a communityby-community basis (“subscriber groups”). Guidance for reporting the carriage of television broadcast signals on a community-by-community basis
is provided on a revised Space D form and at the
back of the SA-3 form (will be available at www.
copyright.gov/forms).
new definition of “local service area.” The
statutory definition of the “local service area of a
primary transmitter” has been amended to include
the noise limited contour as an additional way to
determine the local or distant status of a digital
television signal and related multicast streams.
additional definitions. The terms “primary
transmitter,” “primary stream,” “multicast stream”,
“simulcast”, “subscriber,” and “subscribe” have been
added. The definitions for distant signal equivalent,
network station, independent station, noncommercial educational station, and primary transmission were amended. See the general instructions
for the definitions of newly added terms and the
amended definitions.
new additional deposit. Section 111(d) has been
amended to provide the Copyright Office with
the authority to accept further deposits in limited instances from cable operators in addition to
payments made for the retransmission of distant
broadcast signals. Cable operators making additional deposits under the statute shall use a form
provided by the Copyright Office for this purpose.
If you did not receive the correct form, or if you
have any questions, please contact the Licensing
Division of the Copyright Office between 8:30 am
and 5:00 pm eastern time. tel: (202)707-8150, fax:
(202)707-0905, email: licensing@loc.gov.
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This form is effective for accounting periods beginning JULY 1, 2010
If you are filing for a prior accounting period, contact the Licensing Division for the correct form.
SA1-2
Short Form
STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT
Return to:
Library of Congress
Copyright Office
Licensing Division
101 Independence Ave. SE
Washington, DC 20557-6400
(202) 707-8150
for Secondary Transmissions
by Cable Systems (Short Form )
FOR COPYRIGHT OFFICE USE ONLY
DATE RECEIVED
AMOUNT
$
General instructions are at the
end of this form [pages (i) – (vii)].
ALLOCATION NUMBER
For courier deliveries,
see page ii of the general
instructions.
A
ACCOUNTING PERIOD COVERED BY THIS STATEMENT: (Check one of the boxes and fill in the year date.)
■ January 1–June 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(Year)
■ July 1–December 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(Year)
Accounting
Period
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 different 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.
B
Owner
■ Check here if this is the system’s first filing. If not, enter the system’s ID number assigned by the Licensing Division. __________
1
LEGAL NAME OF OWNER OF CABLE SYSTEM:
2
BUSINESS NAME(S) OF OWNER OF CABLE SYSTEM (IF DIFFERENT):
3
MAILING ADDRESS OF OWNER OF CABLE SYSTEM:
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(Number, street, rural route, apartment, or suite number)
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(City, town, state, zip)
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 different from the address given in space B.
1
C
System
IDENTIFICATION OF CABLE SYSTEM:
MAILING ADDRESS OF CABLE SYSTEM:
2
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(Number, street, rural route, apartment, or suite number)
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(City, town, state, zip)
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 filings.
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
D
Area
Served
STATE
First
Community
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Privacy Act Notice: Section 111 of title 17 of the United States Code authorizes the Copyright Office 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 Office's public indexes and in
search reports prepared for the public. The effects 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 affect the legal sufficiency of the filing, a determination that would be made by a court of law.
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FORM SA1-2. PAGE 2.
Name
E
Secondary
Transmission
Service:
Subscribers
and Rates
LEGAL NAME OF OWNER OF CABLE SYSTEM:
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: “$8/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 different
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 different 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
sufficient.
BLOCK 1
CATEGORY OF SERVICE
Residential:
• Service to first set
• Service to additional set(s)
• FM radio (if separate rate)
Motel, hotel
Commercial
Converter
• Residential
• Nonresidential
F
Services
Other Than
Secondary
Transmissions:
Rates
BLOCK 2
NO. OF
SUBSCRIBERS
RATE
CATEGORY OF SERVICE
NO. OF
SUBSCRIBERS
RATE
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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 offered 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 offered 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
BLOCK 1
CATEGORY OF SERVICE
Continuing Services:
• Pay cable
• Pay cable –add’l channel
• Fire protection
• Burglar protection
Installation: Residential
• First set
• Additional set(s)
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• FM radio (if separate rate)
• Converter
RATE
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CATEGORY OF SERVICE
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
RATE
CATEGORY OF SERVICE
RATE
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FORM SA1-2. PAGE 3.
LEGAL NAME OF OWNER OF CABLE SYSTEM:
Name
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 effect 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
OF
STATION
G
Primary
Transmitters:
Television
4. LOCATION OF STATION
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FORM SA1-2. PAGE 4.
Name
H
Primary
Transmitters:
Radio
LEGAL NAME OF OWNER OF CABLE SYSTEM:
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 Office 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 Office 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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FORM SA1-2. PAGE 5.
LEGAL NAME OF OWNER OF CABLE SYSTEM:
Name
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, regulations, 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
log in block 2.
I
Substitute
Carriage:
Special
Statement and
Program Log
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 effect 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 effect
on October 19, 1976.
WHEN SUBSTITUTE
CARRIAGE OCCURRED
SUBSTITUTE PROGRAM
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
7. REASON
FOR
DELETION
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FORM SA1-2. PAGE 6.
Name
K
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(Amount of gross receipts)
IMPORTANT: You must complete a statement in space P concerning gross receipts.
▼
Gross Receipts
LEGAL NAME OF OWNER OF CABLE SYSTEM:
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.
BLOCK 1: GROSS RECEIPTS OF $137,100 OR LESS
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
$
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. TOTAL ROYALTY FEE PAYABLE FOR ACCOUNTING PERIOD. Add lines 1 and 2
BLOCK 2: GROSS RECEIPTS OF $263,800 OR LESS (but more than $137,100)
1. Base amount under statutory formula . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
▼
$263,800
▼
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. TOTAL ROYALTY FEE PAYABLE FOR ACCOUNTING PERIOD. Add lines 7 and 8
BLOCK 3: GROSS RECEIPTS OF MORE THAN $263,800 (but less than $527,600)
▼
$
1. Enter the amount of gross receipts from space K . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$263,800
2. Base amount under statutory formula . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
▼
3. Subtract line 2 from line 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
▼
4. Multiply line 3 by .01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$1,319
▼
5. Royalty due on the first $263,800 of gross receipts (under statutory formula) . . . . . . . . .
$
7. TOTAL ROYALTY FEE PAYABLE FOR ACCOUNTING PERIOD. Add lines 4, 5, and 6
. . . . . . . . . . . . .$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
.
▼
6. Interest Charge. Enter the amount from line 4, space Q, page 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Copyright
Royalty Fee
COPYRIGHT ROYALTY FEE
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L
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.
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FORM SA1-2. PAGE 7.
LEGAL NAME OF OWNER OF CABLE SYSTEM:
Name
CHANNELS
M
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.
Channels
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
INDIVIDUAL TO BE CONTACTED IF FURTHER INFORMATION IS NEEDED (Identify an individual to whom
we can write or call about this statement of account.)
Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(Area code)
Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
N
Individual to
Be Contacted
for Further
Information
(Number, street, rural route, apartment, or suite number)
.....................................................................................................................
(City, town, state, zip)
Email (optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fax (optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
CERTIFICATION (This statement of account must be certified and signed in accordance with Copyright Office regulations, as explained in the general instructions.)
O
Certification
• 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
■ (Officer or partner) I am an officer (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 contained herein are true, complete, and correct to the best of my knowledge, information, and belief, and are made in
good faith. [18 U.S.C., Section 1001(1986)]
☛
Handwritten signature: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Typed or printed name: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Title: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(Title of official position held in corporation or partnership)
Date: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Privacy Act Notice: Section 111 of title 17 of the United States Code authorizes the Copyright Office 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 Office's public indexes and in
search reports prepared for the public. The effects 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 affect the legal sufficiency of the filing, a determination that would be made by a court of law.
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FORM SA1-2. PAGE 8.
Name
P
Special
Statement
Concerning
Gross Receipts
Exclusions
LEGAL NAME OF OWNER OF CABLE SYSTEM:
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 following 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 subscribers 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...................................... $
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Name
Interest
Assessment
Mailing address
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Q
Name
Mailing address
.........................................................
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 1. Enter the amount of late payment or underpayment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $
x
%
x
days
Line 2. Multiply line 1 by the interest rate* and enter the sum here . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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)
* 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 Office, 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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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 Office's public indexes and in
search reports prepared for the public. The effects 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 affect the legal sufficiency of the filing, a determination that would be made by a court of law.
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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 Office.
IF YOUR FIGURE FOR SEMIANNUAL GROSS RECEIPTS IN SPACE K IS $527,600 OR MORE, USE SA3 (LONG FORM)
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 retransmission of television and radio broadcasts to subscribers). 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 Office.
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 programming 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 Communications Commission, or by an appropriate governmental
authority of Canada or Mexico, that makes primary transmissions 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
stream and any multicast streams transmitted by the station 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 obliging cable systems to bargain individually for each copyrighted program they retransmit, the law offers them the
opportunity of obtaining a statutory license for secondary
transmissions.
Note: Secondary transmissions do not include transmissions 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
and Royalty Fee
1 Study the general information on these pages and read
through the detailed instructions in the statement of account form itself. Before you start completing the form,
make sure that you have collected all the necessary information and that you are using the right form.
2 Fill out the statement of account form, giving all the required 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 Office regulations.
4 Make an electronic payment (see note below) in the
amount you have calculated in space L to cover the
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copyright royalty fee. 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.
5 Send the completed statement of account and one legible
copy of the statement of account to:
Library of Congress
Copyright Office
Licensing Division
101 Independence Avenue SE
Washington, DC 20557-6400
For courier deliveries, see www.copyright.gov/mail.
html for updated information.
Note: Pages that consist solely of instructions do not need
to be submitted.
6 The Copyright Office 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 payments, 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 violating the copyright law, as long as it complies with certain
paperwork requirements and, twice a year, deposits a royalty
fee with the Copyright Office.
• 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 certain cases); and
• The cable system must file statements of account with the
Copyright Office 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 system’s
gross receipts for secondary transmission service.
• Every six months, the cable system must send the Copy-
right Office 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).
• Each semiannual statement of account must be accom-
panied by the deposit of a royalty fee covering retransmissions 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 Office regulations, retransmissions 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 purposes, even if the FCC excludes it from being considered a
cable system because of the number or nature of its subscribers 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 different 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 (retransmissions). 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 recording 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 limitations 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,
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and authorizations. If signal carriage is in violation of FCC
requirements, the cable system may be subject under the
Copyright Act to a separate action for copyright infringement 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 retransmitted 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 commercial 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 first
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 fiscal year.
receipt at the Copyright Office 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 (vi) 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, depending 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 determined by a formula based on percentage of gross receipts and on the number of distant stations carried by
the system.
A cable system is required to deposit its semiannual royalty fee with the Copyright Office at the time it files each
statement of account. The royalty must be made by electronic payment, and the related statement of account must
be filed by the appropriate deadline accompanied with a
cover letter (see circulars 74a, 74b, and 74c ).The Copyright
Office 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.
Filing Dates
Cable systems are given 60 days after the close of each accounting period in which to file their statements of account
and royalty fees. The following are the two filing dates you
must observe each year:
The law requires a cable system to file statements of account
for two purposes:
• For the January–June accounting period: File between
• To show the basis for the semiannual royalty fee the cable
July 1 and August 29, inclusive;
• For the July–Dec
