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1 2009 Cable Copyright Claims OFFICIAL LIST No. Claimant's 2009 Cable Copyright Claims OFFICIAL LIST Note regarding joint claims: Notation of “(joint claim)” denotes that joint claim is filed on behalf of more than 10 joint copyright owners, and only the entity filing the claim is listed. No. Claimant’s Name City State Date Rcv’d 1 (JOINT) Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Arlington VA 7-1-10 2 (JOINT) Hammerman PLLC (Gray Washington DC 7-1-10 Television Group), WVLT-TV, Inc. 3 Intermediary Copyright Services (Major Washington DC 7-1-10 League Soccer LLC) 4 (JOINT) Intermediary copyright Royalty Washington DC 7-1-10 Services (MPAA Program) 5 Inky Dinky Worldwide, Inc, Public Arlington VA 7-1-10 Broadcasting Service 6 (JOINT) Intermediary copyright Royalty Washington DC 7-1-10 Service (Public Television) 7 Thomas davenport dba Davenport films Delaplane VA 7-1-10 8 (JOINT) Intermediary Copyright Royalty Washington DC 7-1-10 Services (Devotionals) 9 Scholastic Entertainment Inc. New York NY 7-1-10 10 Philip R. Hochberg, Esq., Intersport Potomac MD 7-1-10 11 Philip R. Hochberg, Esq., National Potomac MD 7-1-10 Basketball Association 12 Philip R. Hochberg, Esq. Women’s National New York NY 7-1-10 Basketball Association 13 Philip R. Hochberg; NASCAR Media Charlotte NC 7-1-10 Group, LLC 14 Barrington Amarillo LLC Amarillo TX 7-1-10 15 Philip R. Hochberg, Esq., NFL Films Laurel NJ 7-1-10 16 Philip R. Hochberg, Esq., Guthy-Renker Potomac MD 7-1-10 17 Western Instructional Television, Inc. Arlington VA 7-1-10 18 Trustees of Columbia University dba New York NY 7-1-10 Columbia University Seminar on Media and Society 19 American Documentary, Inc. New York NY 7-1-10 20 Stephen J. Cannell Productions, Inc. Hollywood CA 7-1-10 21 Santa Fe Productions, Inc. Albuquerque NM 7-1-10 22 Fred Friendly Seminar, Inc., Columbia New York NY 7-1-10 University 1 23 Jim Monroe San Jose CA 7-1-10 24 (JOINT) Broadcast Music, Inc. New York NY 7-2-10 25 Dallas County Community College District Dallas TX 7-2-10 26 Yanni Inc. West Palm FL 7-2-10 Beach 27 Body Electric Corporation of America Orchard Park NY 7-2-10 28 (JOINT) NBC Universal Inc. New York NY 7-2-10 29 GPN, LLC Smarterville Productions LLC Baltimore MD 7-2-10 30 Majorie Poore Productions, Inc. Las Vegas NV 7-2-10 31 Travelscope LLC Topanga CA 7-2-10 32 KOAA-TV Pueblo CO 7-2-10 33 Foundation for Advancements In Science Pasadena CA 7-2-10 and Education 34 McGraw-Hill Broadcasting company, Inc., Denver CO 7-2-10 KMGH-TV 35 McGraw-Hill Broadcasting Company, Inc., Pierce CO 7-2-10 KZFC-LP 36 McGraw-Hill Broadcasting Company, Inc., Colorado CO 7-2-10 KZCS-LP Springs 37 McGraw-Hill Broadcasting Company, Inc., Denver CO 7-2-10 KZCO 38 Roundtrip Productions, Ltd Costa Mesa CA 7-2-10 39 Litchfield Entertainment Company, Inc., Los Angeles CA 7-3-10 Jasinski TV 40 Litchfield Entertainment Company, Inc., Los Angeles CA 7-3-10 H.C.G. Incorporated 41 Litchfield Entertainment Company, Inc.; M2 Los Angeles CA 7-3-10 Marketing & Management, Inc. 42 Big Comfy Corp. Toronto Ontario 7-5-10 43 Maya Vision International ltd London England 7-5-10 44 Gulf-California Broadcast Company Palm Desert CA 7-6-10 45 Macneil/Lehrer Productions Arlington VA 7-6-10 46 Ironbound Films, Inc. Garrison NY 7-6-10 47 WKOW Television, Inc. Madison WI 7-6-10 48 Allbritton Communications Company, Arlington VA 7-7-10 WJLA-TV 49 Newport Television, LLC WHAM-TV Rochester NY 7-7-10 50 Walter J. Tencza Jr., Brush with Life, Inc. Edison NJ 7-7-10 51 Multimedia Holdings Corporation, McLean VA 7-7-10 KARE-TV 52 Intelecom Intelligent Telecommunications Pasadena CA 7-7-10 53 Moreno/Lyons Productions LLC Arlington MA 7-7-10 54 Wood License Company WXSP CA Providence RI 7-7-10 55 WSOC Television, Inc. Charlotte NC 7-7-10 56 Sesame Workshop New York NY 7-7-10 2 57 WGEM Quincy IL 7-7-10 58 Hometime Video Publishing Inc. Chaska MN 7-7-10 59 Luminous Films Inc. Beverly Hills CA 7-7-10 60 Quartet International, Inc. Pearl River NY 7-7-10 61 Pacific and Southern Company, Inc., McLean VA 7-7-10 (WCSH-TV, Portland, ME) 62 WCAU NBC10 Bala Cynwyd PA 7-7-10 63 Pacific and Southern Company; (WLBZ- McLean VA 7-7-10 TV, Bangor, ME) 64 (JOINT) CBS Studios, CBS Company, Santa Monica CA 7-7-10 Republic Distribution Corp; Worldvision Enterprise, Inc; Big Ticket Productions Inc; Spelling Television Inc; Republic Entertainment Inc; Republic Pictures Enterprises; Big Ticket Pictures Inc; Big Ticket Television, Inc; Showtime Television Inc. 65 Telco Productions, Inc. Santa Monica CA 7-7-10 66 (JOINT) Audio-Visual Copyright Society South Wales Australia 7-8-10 Ltd Trading as Screenrights 67 WAOW/WYOW Television, Inc. Wausau WI 7-8-10 68 Family Communications, Inc. Pittsburgh PA 7-8-10 69 Lilly Broadcasting Pennsylvania, WSEE Erie PA 7-8-10 70 KEZI, Inc., KEZI-TV Eugene OR 7-8-10 71 (JOINT) Soda Mountain Broadcasting, Inc. Eugene OR 7-8-10 (o/b/o KDRV-TV and KDKF-TV) 72 Bonneville International Corporation Salt Lake City UT 7-8-10 73 Educational Information Corporation; Wake Forest NC 7-8-10 WCPE FM 74 Freedom Broadcasting of New York, Schenectady NY 7-8-10 WRGB 75 Sullivan Entertainment International Inc. Toronto Canada 7-8-10 76 Station Venture Operations, LP; KXAS-TV Fort Worth TX 7-8-10 Texas, NBC Telelmundo License 77 (JOINT) Recording Industry Association of Washington DC 7-8-10 America, Inc. 78 (JOINT) FOX Entertainment Group, Inc. Los Angeles CA 7-8-10 79 William D. Rogosin, Donn Rogosin New york NY 7-9-10 Productions 80 Pacific and Southern Company, Inc. McLean VA 7-9-10 (WMAZ-TV) Macon, GA 81 Lyons Partnership, L.P. The Lyons Group Allen TX 7-9-10 82 Public Affairs Television, Inc. New York NY 7-9-10 83 Big Feats Entertainment L.P Allen TX 7-9-10 84 WLEX Communications, LLC Lexington KY 7-9-10 3 85 WHP Television Harrisburg PA 7-9-10 86 WWAY-TV LLC Wilmington NC 7-9-10 87 Local TV Arkansas KFSM-TV Fort Smith AR 7-9-10 88 KCWC-DT Riverton WY 7-9-10 89 SJL – WICU Erie PA 7-9-10 90 Tampa Bay Television, Inc. WFTS Tampa FL 7-9-10 91 LIN of New Mexico– KRQE and KBIM-TV Providence RI 7-9-10 92 LIN of New Mexico, LLC – KASA-TV Providence RI 7-9-10 93 Jonathan Fein and Brian Danitz (EVER) Cortlandt NY 7-9-10 Manor 94 William D. Rogosin – Donn Rogosin New York NY 7-9-10 Productions 95 (JOINT) Brenda Heath Walpole NH 7-9-10 96 Stainless Broadcasting LP- WICZ-TV Binghamton NY 7-9-10 97 WBTV, LLC Montgomery AL 7-9-10 98 Newport Television LLC – WSYR-TV East Syracuse NY 7-9-10 99 WJFW-TV Rhinelander WI 7-9-10 100 Fisher Broadcasting-Portland TV LLC Portland OR 7-9-10 101 Susan J. Kalinowski WYOU-TV Wilkes Barre PA 7-9-10 102 San Antonio Television, LLC San Antonio TX 7-9-10 103 Fisher Regional Radio Group – KUNP TV Portland OR 7-9-10 104 Detroit Free Press, Inc. – WUSA-TV McLean VA 7-9-10 (Washington, DC) 105 KQDS Acquisition Corp Fargo ND 7-9-10 106 WAVE Licensing Subsidiary LLC Montgomery AL 7-9-10 107 Mission Broadcasting Inc.- KOLR TV Springfield MO 7-9-10 108 Fisher Regional Radio Group – KUNP TV Portland OR 7-9-10 109 Red River Broadcast Co., LLC Fargo ND 7-9-10 110 Craft In America, Inc. Los Angeles CA 7-9-10 111 WIS Television (WIS License Subsidiary, Columbus SC 7-9-10 LLC) 112 WVIT-TV (NBC Universal, Inc.) West Hartford CT 7-9-10 113 KWWL Television Waterloo IA 7-9-10 114 WRC-TV (NBC Universal, Inc.) Washington DC 7-9-10 115 WNBC-TV (NBC Universal, Inc.) New York NY 7-9-10 116 Your Brush with Nature LLC Milford MI 7-10-10 117 Meredith Corporation (WSMV-TV) Nashville TN 7-12-10 118 WSYX Licensee, Inc. Columbus OH 7-12-10 119 Plow Productions, LLC South Orange NJ 7-12-10 120 WPSD-TV, LLC Paducah KY 7-12-10 121 LIN Television (WVBT-TV) Portsmouth VA 7-12-10 122 LIN Television Corp. (WAVY-TV) Portsmouth VA 7-12-10 123 Two Cats Productions New York NY 7-12-10 124 WWAY-TV, LLC Wilmington NC 7-12-10 4 125 Columbus (WTTE-TV), Inc. Columbus OH 7-12-10 126 Holly Allen Tulsa OK 7-12-10 127 NVT Youngstown LLC Youngstown OH 7-12-10 128 Newport Television, LLC (WETM-2) Elmira NY 7-12-10 129 WSTR Licensee, Inc. Cincinnati OH 7-12-10 130 WDKY Licensee, LLC Lexington KY 7-12-10 131 Pacific and Southern Company, Inc. McLean VA 7-12-10 WTSP-TV (Tampa/St.Petersburg, FL) 132 WFIE License Subsidiary, LLC Evansville IN 7-12-10 133 WTVM LLC Columbus GA 7-12-10 134 KATC Communications, Inc. Lafayette LA 7-12-10 135 Louisiana Television Broadcasting Baton Rouge LA 7-12-10 Corporation (WBRZ-TV) 136 WALB LLC Albany GA 7-12-10 137 Indiana Broadcasting, LLC (WTHI-TV) Terre Haute IN 7-12-10 138 (JOINT) CBS Broadcasting Inc.
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