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47 U.S.C. § 206 — Carriers’ liability for damages
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In case any common carrier shall do, or cause or permit to be done, any act, matter, or thing in this chapter prohibited or declared to be unlawful, or shall omit to do any act, matter, or thing in this chapter required to be done, such common carrier shall be liable to the person or persons injured thereby for the full amount of damages sustained in consequence of any such violation of the provisions of this chapter, together with a reasonable counsel or attorney’s fee, to be fixed by the court in every case of recovery, which attorney’s fee shall be taxed and collected as part of the costs in the case.
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In case any common carrier shall do, or cause or permit to be done, any act, matter, or thing in this chapter prohibited or declared to be unlawful, or shall omit to do any act, matter, or thing in this chapter required to be done, such common carrier shall be liable to the person or persons injured thereby for the full amount of damages sustained in consequence of any such violation of the provisions of this chapter, together with a reasonable counsel or attorney’s fee, to be fixed by the court in every case of recovery, which attorney’s fee shall be taxed and collected as part of the costs in the case.
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This chapter may be cited as the “Communications Act of 1934.”
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**(a) Limitations** No Bell operating company or any affiliate may engage in the provision of electronic publishing that is disseminated by means of such Bell operating company’s or any of its affiliates’ basic telephone service, except that nothing in this section shall prohibit a separated affiliate or electronic publishing joint venture operated in accordance with this section from engaging in the provision of electronic publishing.
**(b) Separated affiliate or electronic publishing joint venture requirements** A separated affiliate or electronic publishing joint venture shall be operated independently from the Bell operating company. Such separated affiliate or joint venture and the Bell operating company with which it is affiliated shall—
(1) maintain separate books, records, and accounts and prepare separate financial statements;
(2) not incur debt in a manner that would permit a creditor of the separated affiliate or joint venture upon default to have recourse to the assets of the Bell operating company;
(3) carry out transactions (A) in a manner consistent with such independence, (B) pursuant to written contracts or tariffs that are filed with the Commission and made publicly available, and (C) in a manner that is auditable in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards;
(4) value any assets that are transferred directly or indirectly from the Bell operating company to a separated affiliate or joint venture, and record any transactions by which such assets are transferred, in accordance with such regulations as may be prescribed by the Commission or a State commission to prevent improper cross subsidies;
(5) between a separated affiliate and a Bell operating company—
(A) have no officers, directors, and employees in common after the effective
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**(a) Carriage obligations**
(1) **In general** — Each satellite carrier providing, under [section 122 of title 17](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title17-section122&num=0&edition=prelim), secondary transmissions to subscribers located within the local market of a television broadcast station of a primary transmission made by that station shall carry upon request the signals of all television broadcast stations located within that local market, subject to [section 325(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title47-section325/b&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) **Remedies for failure to carry** — In addition to the remedies available to television broadcast stations under [section 501(f) of title 17](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title17-section501/f&num=0&edition=prelim), the Commission may use the Commission’s authority under this chapter to assure compliance with the obligations of this subsection, but in no instance shall a Commission enforcement proceeding be required as a predicate to the pursuit of a remedy available under such section 501(f).
(3) **Low power station carriage optional** — No low power television station whose signals are provided under section 119(a)(14) 11 See References in Text note below. of title 17 shall be entitled to insist on carriage under this section, regardless of whether the satellite carrier provides secondary transmissions of the primary transmissions of other stations in the same local market pursuant to section 122 of such title, nor shall any such carriage be considered in connection with the requirements of subsection (c) of this section.
(4) **Carriage of signals of local stations in certain markets** — A satellite carrier that off
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Page 47
TITLE 47—TELECOMMUNICATIONS
§ 208
the provisions of this section shall forfeit to the
United States the sum of $12,000 for each offense.
Every distinct violation shall be a separate of-
fense, and in case of continuing violation each
day shall be deemed a separate offense.
(June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title II, § 205, 48 Stat. 1072;
Pub. L. 101–239, title III, § 3002(c), Dec. 19, 1989,
103 Stat. 2131.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
This chapter, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the
original ‘‘this Act’’, meaning act June 19, 1934, ch. 652,
48 Stat. 1064, known as the Communications Act of 1934,
which is classified principally to this chapter. For com-
plete classification of this Act to the Code, see section
609 of this title and Tables.
AMENDMENTS
1989—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 101–239 substituted ‘‘$12,000’’
for ‘‘$1,000’’.
§ 206. Carriers’ liability for damages
In case any common carrier shall do, or cause
or permit to be done, any act, matter, or thing
in this chapter prohibited or declared to be un-
lawful, or shall omit to do any act, matter, or
thing in this chapter required to be done, such
common carrier shall be liable to the person or
persons injured thereby for the full amount of
damages sustained in consequence of any such
violation of the provisions of this chapter, to-
gether with a reasonable counsel or attorney’s
fee, to be fixed by the court in every case of re-
covery, which attorney’s fee shall be taxed and
collected as part of the costs in the case.
(June 19, 1934, ch. 652, title II, § 206, 48 Stat. 1072.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original
‘‘this Act’’, meaning act June 19, 1934, ch. 652, 48 Stat.
1064, known as the Communications Act of 1934, which
is clas
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