Sec. 2. Equitable treatment for terrestrial broadcasts and Internet services
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(6)of section 106 of title 17, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: in the case of sound recordings, to perform the copyrighted work publicly by means of an audio transmission. . Section 114(d)(1) of title 17, United States Code, is amended— in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking a digital and inserting an ; and in subparagraph (B)— by striking clauses
(i)and (iii); by redesignating clauses
(ii)and
(iv)as clauses
(i)and (ii), respectively; in clause (i), as so redesignated, by adding or after retransmitter; ; and in clause (ii), as so redesignated, by striking retransmission, whether or not simultaneous, is a and inserting retransmission is a non-simultaneous, . Section 101 of title 17, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the definition of architectural work the following: An audio transmission is a transmission of a sound recording, whether in a digital, analog, or other format. This term does not include the transmission of any audiovisual work. . Title 17, United States Code, is amended— in section 112(e)(8), by striking a digital audio transmission and inserting an audio transmission ; and in section 114— in subsection (d)— in paragraph (2)— in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking subscription digital and inserting subscription ; and in subparagraph (C)(viii), by striking digital signal and inserting signal ; and in paragraph (4)— in subparagraph (A), by striking a digital audio transmission and inserting an audio transmission ; and in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking a digital audio transmission and inserting an audio transmission ; in subsection (g)(2)(A), by striking a digital and inserting an ; and in subsection (j)— in paragraph (6)— by striking digital ; and by striking retransmissions of broadcast transmissions and inserting broadcast transmissions and retransmissions of broadcast transmissions ; and in paragraph (8), by striking subscription digital and inserting subscription .