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This law was first created in 1995. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 648<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":65276,"section_number":"59.1-41.1","catch_line":"\"Owner\" defined","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-41.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":261665,"object_type":"law","relational_id":58272,"identifier":"59.1-466","token":"59.1\/38\/59.1-466","url":"\/59.1-466\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-466\/","token":"59.1\/38\/59.1-466","dublin_core":{"Title":"Exceptions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-466","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

This chapter shall not apply to contracts<\/span> between copyright owners<\/span> or performing rights societies and broadcasters licensed by the Federal Communications Commission, or to contracts<\/span> with cable operators, programmers or other transmission services. Nor shall this chapter apply to musical works performed in synchronization with an audio\/visual film or tape, or to the gathering of information for determination of compliance with or activities related to the enforcement of Chapter 3.1 (\u00a7 59.1-41.1<\/a> et seq.) of Title 59.1.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEXCEPTIONS (\u00a7 59.1-466)\n\nThis chapter shall not apply to contracts between copyright owners or performing\nrights societies and broadcasters licensed by the Federal Communications\nCommission, or to contracts with cable operators, programmers or other\ntransmission services. Nor shall this chapter apply to musical works performed\nin synchronization with an audio\/visual film or tape, or to the gathering of\ninformation for determination of compliance with or activities related to the\nenforcement of Chapter 3.1 (\u00a7 59.1-41.1 et seq.) of Title 59.1.\n\nHISTORY: 1995, c. 648.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}