an shall, after deducting reasonable administrative
costs under this section, distribute such fees to the copyright owners
entitled to such fees, or to their designated agents. If the Librarian
finds the existence of a controversy, the Librarian shall, pursuant to
chapter 8 of this title, convene a copyright arbitration royalty panel
to determine the distribution of royalty fees.
(C) During the pendency of any proceeding under this subsection, the
Librarian of Congress shall withhold from distribution an amount
sufficient to satisfy all claims with respect to which a controversy
exists, but shall have discretion to proceed to distribute any amounts
that are not in controversy.
(e) Nonsimultaneous Secondary Transmissions by Cable Systems.-
(1) Notwithstanding those provisions of the second paragraph of
subsection (f) relating to nonsimultaneous secondary transmissions by a
cable system, any such transmissions are actionable as an act of
infringement under section 501, and are fully subject to the remedies
provided by sections 502 through 506 and sections 509 and 510, unless
(A) the program on the videotape is transmitted no more than one time to
the cable system's subscribers; and
(B) the copyrighted program, episode, or motion picture videotape,
including the commercials contained within such program, episode, or
picture, is transmitted without deletion or editing; and
(C) an owner or officer of the cable system
(i) prevents the duplication of the videotape while in the possession of
the system,
(ii) prevents unauthorized duplication while in the possession of the
facility making the videotape for the system if the system owns or
controls the facility, or takes reasonable precautions to prevent such
duplication if it does not own or control the facility,
(iii) takes adequate precautions to prevent duplication while the tape
is being transported, and
(iv) subject to clause (2), erases or destroys, or causes the erasure or
destruction of, the videotape; and
(D) within forty-five days after the end of each calendar quarter, an
owner or officer of the cable system executes an affidavit attesting
(i) to the steps and precautions taken to prevent duplication of the
videotape, and
(ii) subject to clause (2), to the erasure or destruction of all
videotapes made or used during such quarter; and
(E) such owner or officer places or causes each such affidavit, and
affidavits received pursuant to claus
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