The 1976 Copyright Act ensured and expanded copyright owners’ ability to exploit their works.119 The Act abandoned the“for profit” requirement for a public performance right violationbecause Congress thought many nonprofit organizations couldafford the royalty fees.120 Abandoning the for profit requirementto capture nonprofit uses signified the congressional intent toexpand the public performance right.121 Furthermore, the HouseReport explained several key definitions demonstrating its intentfor a broad public performance right.122 The report expands thedefinitions of the words “transmit” and “perform” to mean beyond“the initial rendition or showing.”123 Transmit and perform canalso be “any further act by which that rendition or showing istransmitted or communicated to the public.”124 The report’sexamples of performances include “a cable television system . . .when it retransmits the broadcast to its subscribers; and anyindividual . . . whenever he or she . . . communicates theperformance by turning on a receiving set.”125or sounds comprising a performance or display are picked up andconveyed is a ‘transmission.’”127 Congress emphasized itsintentions for the transmit clause to be broad and include “allconceivable forms and combinations of wired or wirelesscommunications media