Program Schedule Answer Book Operating Rules & Procedures


10.0
Copyright and Ownership
10.1
The community producer and Auburn Area Access/Auburn Community Television shall jointly own the copyright of each program and materials made by the producer with the facilities and services of Auburn community Television.
10.2
Beyond the required cablecast of such a program on a public access channel managed by Auburn Area Access/Auburn Community Television, all other uses of a program or material produced with the facilities and services of ACTV must be agreed to in writing by the producer and the Executive Director of Access Sacramento and must comply with the provisions of Section 12.0, Distribution Rights, below.
10.3
Auburn Community Television shall require that any user desiring to keep a copy of a program or material produced with its facilities and services shall pay for the replacement cost of the recording tape or other material.
10.4

Access Sacramento will seek producer permission for use of any community use or public access program or material:

(a) For extended repeat playbacks beyond the initial cablecast and those requested by the producer;
(b) For "bicycling" to other cable systems;
(c) For entry in local, regional, or national awards competition.
10.5
Auburn Community Television will have the right to include excerpts of any public access program or material without payment in Auburn Community Television sampler tapes, training materials or promotional materials.
11.0
Distribution Rights
11.1
All programs produced with the facilities and equipment of Auburn Community Television must be presented first on a public access channel managed by Auburn Area Access/Auburn community Television, unless prior permission is obtained from the Executive Director of Access Sacramento.
11.2

Tape recordings of programs made with the facilities and equipment of Auburn Community Television cannot be used for general fundraising or commercial purposes, with the following exceptions:

(a) Copies of a program may be rented or sold if, as specified in a previously approved agreement with Access Sacramento, all funds generated shall be used in support of the user's cable-casting activities with Access Sacramento.
(b) A non-profit organization which produced a program with Auburn Community Television facilities and equipment may include a copy of the program (or excerpts) as part of its application package to obtain outside grant support, if the program is used only as an example of the organization's activities.
(c) Certified users may include excerpts of their programs produced with Auburn Community Television facilities and equipment within a resume tape to be used in their efforts to gain employment in the telecommunications field. However, Auburn Community Television facilities may not be used to produce a resume tape.
11.3
Tape recordings of programs made with the facilities and equipment of Access Sacramento may be distributed to other cable access centers for presentation.