NAT. ASS'N OF BROADCASTERS v. COPYRIGHT ROY. TRIB.

Nos. 84-1230, 84-1232 to 84-1234, 84-1238, 84-1396, 84-1398 to 84-1401, 84-1519, 84-1525, 84-1526, 84-1529 to 84-1531 and 84-1535.

772 F.2d 922 (1985)

The NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS, Petitioner, v. COPYRIGHT ROYALTY TRIBUNAL, Respondent, Multimedia Entertainment, Inc., Old-Time Gospel Hour, Motion Picture Association of America, Inc., et al., Superstation, Inc., Intervenors. The CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC., Petitioner, v. COPYRIGHT ROYALTY TRIBUNAL, Respondent, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., Multimedia Entertainment, Inc., Old-Time Gospel Hour, Inc., Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, et al., Motion Picture Association of America, Inc., et al., National Association of Broadcasters, Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided August 30, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor E. Ferrall, Jr., Washington, D.C., with whom John I. Stewart, Jr., David H. Solomon, Henry L. Baumann and Michael D. Berg, Washington, D.C., were on brief for petitioner/intervenor, Nat. Ass'n of Broadcasters, in Nos. 84-1230, et al.

W. Thad Adams, III, Charlotte, N.C., with whom John H. Midlen, Jr., Washington, D.C., was on joint brief for petitioners/intervenors, PTL Television Network and Old Time Gospel Hour, in Nos. 84-1230, et al.

Arthur Scheiner, Washington, D.C., with whom Dennis Lane and Richard H. Waysdorf, Washington, D.C., were on brief for petitioners/intervenors, Motion Picture Ass'n of America, Inc., et al., in Nos. 84-1230, et al.

I. Fred Koenigsberg, New York City, with whom Bernard Korman, New York City, for American Soc. of Composers, Authors and Publishers, et al. and Charles T. Duncan, Michael W. Faber, Lisa Holland Powell, Washington, D.C., for Broadcast Music, Inc., were on joint brief, for petitioners/intervenors, music claimants, in Nos. 84-1230, et al.

Grover C. Cooper, Clifford M. Harrington and Barry Gottfried, Washington, D.C., were on brief for petitioner/intervenor, The Christian Broadcasting Network, Inc., in Nos. 84-1230, et al.

David H. Lloyd, Robert Alan Garrett, Washington, D.C., for Major League Baseball; Philip R. Hochberg, Washington, D.C., for Nat. Basketball Ass'n, et al. and Judith Jurin Semo, Washington, D.C., for Nat. Collegiate Athletic Ass'n were on joint brief for petitioners/intervenors, joint sports claimants, in Nos. 84-1230, et al.

Gene A. Bechtel, Lawrence A. Horn and Jacqueline Weiss, Washington, D.C., were on brief for petitioner/intervenor, Public Broadcasting Service, in Nos. 84-1230, et al. and Nos. 84-1519, et al.

Clifford M. Harrington, Washington, D.C., with whom Grover C. Cooper and Barry H. Gottfried, Washington, D.C., for The Christian Broadcasting Network, Inc. and W. Thad Adams, III, Charlotte, N.C., and John H. Midlen, Washington, D.C., for PTL Television Network and Old-Time Gospel Hour were on the joint brief for petitioners/intervenors in Nos. 84-1519, et al.

Arnold P. Lutzker, Washington, D.C., with whom Carolyn A. Wimbly, Washington, D.C., were on briefs for intervenor, Multimedia Entertainment, Inc., in Nos. 84-1230, et al. and Nos. 84-1519, et al.

Dennis Lane, Washington, D.C., with whom Arthur Scheiner, Robert A. Garrett, Jamie S. Gorelick, Charles T. Duncan, Michael W. Faber, Washington, D.C., and Bernard Korman, New York City, were on joint brief for petitioners/intervenors, Motion Picture Ass'n, Inc., et al.

Douglas G. Thompson, Jr., Washington, D.C., was on brief for petitioners/intervenors, Canadian Broadcasting Corp., et al., in Nos. 84-1519, et al. and Nos. 84-1230, et al.

William G. Cole, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., with whom Richard K. Willard, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., and John F. Cordes, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., were on brief for respondent, Copyright Royalty Tribunal, in Nos. 84-1230, et al. Mark W. Pennak and William Kanter, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., also entered appearances for respondent, Copyright Royalty Tribunal, in Nos. 84-1230, et al.

Marilyn S.G. Urwitz, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., with whom Richard K. Willard, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., and William Kanter, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., were on brief for respondent, Copyright Royalty Tribunal, in Nos. 84-1519, et al.

Jamie S. Gorelick, Washington, D.C., was on brief for intervenor/petitioner, Nat. Public Radio, in Nos. 84-1230, et al.

Peter H. Feinberg, Washington, D.C., entered an appearance for intervenor, Superstation, Inc., in Nos. 84-1230, et al. and intervenor, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., in Nos. 84-1519, et al.

Victor E. Ferrall, Jr., John I. Stewart, David H. Solomon, Henry L. Baumann and Michael D. Berg, Washington, D.C., entered appearances for intervenor, Nat. Ass'n of Broadcasters, in Nos. 84-1519, et al.

Meredith S. Senter, Jr., and Edwina E. Dowell, Washington, D.C., entered appearances for intervenor, SIN, Inc., in Nos. 84-1519, et al.

Before EDWARDS, SCALIA and STARR, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge STARR.

STARR, Circuit Judge:

These two cases — one consisting of ten consolidated petitions for review, National Ass'n of Broadcasters v. Copyright Royalty Tribunal, C.A. Nos. 84-1230 et al., the other of seven consolidated petitions, Christian Broadcasting Network, Inc. v. Copyright Royalty Tribunal, C.A. Nos. 84-1519 et al.1 — return us once again to the...

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