(2) A cable system whose secondary transmissions have been subject
to compulsory licensing under subsection (c) shall, on a semiannual
basis, deposit with the Register of Copyrights, in accordance with
requirements that the Register shall, after consultation with the
Copyright Royalty Tribunal (if and when the Tribunal has been
constituted), prescribe by regulation-
(A) a statement of account, covering the six months next
preceding, specifying the number of channels on which the cable
system made secondary transmissions to its subscribers, the names
and locations of all primary transmitters whose transmissions to
its subscribers, the names and locations of all primary
transmitters whose transmissions were further transmitted by
the cable system, the total number of subscribers, the gross
amounts paid to the cable system for the basic service of
providing secondary transmissions of primary broadcast
transmitters, and such other data as the Register of Copyrights
may, after consultation with the Copyright Royalty Tribunal (if
and when the Tribunal has been constituted), from time to time
prescribe by regulation. Such statement shall also include a
special statement of account covering any nonnetwork television
programming that was carried by the cable system in whole or in
part beyond the local service area of the primary transmitter,
under rules, regulations, or authorizations of the Federal
Communications Commission permitting the substitution or
addition of signals under certain circumstances, together with
logs showing the times, dates, stations, and programs involved in
such substituted or added carriage; and
(B) except in the case of a cable system whose royalty is
specified in subclause (C) or (D), a total royalty fee for the period
covered by the statement, computed on the basis of specified
percentages of the gross receipts from subscribers to the cable service
during said period for the basic service of providing secondary
transmissions of primary broadcast transmitters, as follows:
(i) 0.
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