United States Fourth Circuit

The "carry one, carry all" rule, which requires satellite providers to carry all local broadcast channels in order to obtain a statutory copyright license, does not violate either the First Amendment or other constitutional provisions.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/07/2001
• Published 12/07/2001

Judges

• Before WIDENER, NIEMEYER, and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Charles Justin Cooper, Cooper, Carvin & Rosenthal, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC, for Satellite, et al. Donald Beaton Verilli, Jr., Nory Miller, Jenner & Block, L.L.C., Washington, DC, for NAB. Mark Bernard Stern, Appellate Staff, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC;  Louis Emmanuel Peraertz, Special Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC, for Federal Appellees. ON BRIEF:  Michael W. Kirk, Victor J. Wolski, Cooper, Carvin & Rosenthal, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC;  Brian Koukoutchos, Mandeville, LA;  Charles G. Cole, Pantelis Michalopoulos, Rhonda M. Rivens Bolton, Steptoe & Johnson L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Satellite, et al.  Henry L. Baumann, Benjamin F.P. Ivins, National Association of Broadcasters, Washington, DC;  Thomas P. Olson, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, DC, for NAB, et al.  Stuart E. Schiffer, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Jacob M. Lewis, Appellate Staff, Joseph W. Lobue, Hannah Stires, Federal Programs Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC;  Jane A. Mago, General Counsel, Daniel M. Armstrong, Associate General Counsel, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC, for Federal Appellees.  Robert A. Long, Jr., Mark H. Lynch, David L. Franklin, Covington & Burling, Washington, DC;  Marilyn Mohrman-Gillis, Vice-President, Policy and Legal Affairs, Lonna Thompson, Director of Legal Affairs, Andrew D. Cotlar, Staff Attorney, Association of America's Public Television Stations, Washington, DC;  Kathleen Cox, Senior Vice President Policy, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Robert M. Winteringham, Senior Staff Attorney, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Washington, DC;  Gregory Ferenbach, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Paul Grego, Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Public Broadcasting Service, Alexandria, VA, for Intervenors Public Television Stations, et al.  Harold Feld, Andrew Jay Schwartzman, Cheryl A. Leanza, Media Access Project, Washington, DC, for Intervenors Consumer Federation, et al.  Craig C. Reilly, Richards, McGettigan, Reilly & West, P.C., Alexandria, VA, for Intervenor Paxson.