15 USC § 1292 - Area telecasting restriction limitation

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identifier: "/us/usc/t15/s1292"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "15 USC § 1292 - Area telecasting restriction limitation"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "1292"
section_name: "Area telecasting restriction limitation"
chapter_number: 32
chapter_name: "TELECASTING OF PROFESSIONAL SPORTS CONTESTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 87–331, § 2, Sept. 30, 1961, 75 Stat. 732; Pub. L. 89–800, § 6(b)(2), Nov. 8, 1966, 80 Stat. 1515.)"
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# § 1292. Area telecasting restriction limitation

Section 1291 of this title

 shall not apply to any joint agreement described in the first sentence in such section which prohibits any person to whom such rights are sold or transferred from televising any games within any area, except within the home territory of a member club of the league on a day when such club is playing a game at home.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 87–331, § 2, Sept. 30, 1961, 75 Stat. 732; Pub. L. 89–800, § 6(b)(2), Nov. 8, 1966, 80 Stat. 1515.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1966— substituted “described in the first sentence of such section” for “described in such section”.