Massachusetts S2556 establishes a fund to modernize funding for community media programming by imposing assessments on streaming entertainment.
Massachusetts S2556 creates a comprehensive policy for compensating the use of digital infrastructure in public rights-of-way by imposing assessments on streaming entertainment providers. The bill establishes the Streaming Entertainment Fund to collect these assessments, which will be used to support public, educational, or governmental access media centers. The fund will also receive revenues from monetary penalties for non-compliance, such as late payments or failure to submit financial statements.
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