Program Schedule Answer Book Operating Rules & Procedures



6.0
Copyright Clearances
6.1
All users presenting a tape recorded or live program for cablecast on a public access channel managed by Auburn Area Access/Auburn Community Television shall agree in writing, as a condition of the cablecast, that they have previously made all appropriate arrangements to obtain all rights to all material to be cablecast and clearances from broadcast stations, networks, sponsors, music licensing organizations' representatives (except as provided for in Subsection 7.2 below), and without limitation from the foregoing, any and all other persons as may be necessary to transmit its or their program material. Users shall maintain for inspection by Auburn Area Access/Auburn Community Television, upon reasonable notice, copies of all clearances and releases required by this Section 7.0.
6.2
Auburn Area Access understands that the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) and Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI) are negotiating nationwide licensing arrangements with the National Cable Television Association (NCTA) for performances of their members' musical compositions on local organizations by cable television systems. The following procedures will be undertaken until Auburn Area Access/Auburn Community Television informs users of any changes in the above situation:
6.21
All users may include music licensed by ASCAP or BMI in their programs without previously making special arrangements with ASCAP or BMI.
6.22
Appropriate acknowledgment should be given in the credits to the musical compositions licensed by ASCAP or BMI that are included in the users' programs.
7.0

Underwriting

After receiving approval in advance from Auburn Area Access/Auburn Community Television, users are permitted to give aural and/or visual underwriting credit to a person or organization that has paid for, in whole or in part, the production of a program cablecast on a public access channel managed by Auburn Area Access, so long as the underwriting credit does not violate FCC rules or regulations, the terms of the Auburn Area Access/Auburn Community Television Operating Rules and Procedures (including Section 6.0, Programming Content Restrictions, above), and .-he following additional guidelines:

7.1
A credit to an individual underwriter shall not exceed ten (10) seconds in length and total underwriting credits may not exceed thirty (30) seconds in length during a single break for credit.
7.2
The audio shall be a single voice-over announcement identifying the underwriter and the service they provide (if appropriate).
7.3
Underwriters may be given a credit at the open of every underwritten program and must be given a credit at the end of the program.
7.4
If the program is longer than one (1) hour and fifteen (15) minutes, underwriters may receive a credit at the open of the program, at each sixty-minute interval (or at a natural break as close to the hour as possible), and at the close.
7.5
If the program is longer than two (2) hours and fifteen (15) minutes, underwriters may receive a credit at the open of the program, at each sixty-minute interval (or at a natural break as close to the hour as possible), and at the close.
7.6
A fifth (5th) credit may be given in programs exceeding three (3) hours and fifteen (15) minutes in length, and so on.
7.7
A complete packet of information regarding underwriting and fundraising procedures, available at the Access Sacramento administrative office, must be obtained by interested individuals and an agreement must be signed with Access Sacramento before any underwriting or fundraising activities are permitted to occur.