| In
This Issue |
| Rates
and Terms for Webcasting and Ephemeral Recordings |
| Calendar |
| July 1
Expected effective date of Copyright Office fee
changes (read details) |
| July 1
Beginning of 60-day period when, in the absence
of a license agreement, a party with a significant interest in
establishing reasonable terms and rates for certain statutory
licenses may file a petition to initiate a rate setting proceeding.
(read details) |
| October 7
Initiation date should arbitration proceedings
be necessary in adjustment of rates and terms for noncommercial
educational broadcasting compulsory license. |
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Determination
of the Librarian of Congress on Rates and Terms for Webcasting and Ephemeral
Recordings Posted to Website
The Librarian of Congress has accepted the recommendation
of the Register of Copyrights and rejected the rates and terms recommended
by a Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel (CARP) for the statutory license
for eligible nonsubscription services to perform sound recordings publicly
by means of digital audio transmissions ("webcasting") under
17 U.S.C. Section 114 and the statutory license to make ephemeral recordings
of sound recordings for use of sound recordings under 17 U.S.C. Section
112.
The most significant difference between the CARP's
determination and the Librarian's decision is that the Librarian has abandoned
the CARP's two-tiered rate structure of 0.14 cents per performance for
"Internet-only" transmissions and 0.07 cents for each retransmission
of a performance in an AM/FM radio broadcast, and has decided that the
rate of 0.07 cents will apply to both types of transmission. Some of the
rates for noncommercial broadcasters have also been decreased, and the
fee webcasters and broadcasters must pay for the making of ephemeral recordings
has been reduced from 9 percent of the performance fees to 8.8 percent.
The minimum payment for business establishment services was increased
to $10,000. (Read details.)
The Register's recommendation and the Librarian's
order will be available to the public next week.
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| Past
Issues |
| Fees Expected to Change on July 1 5/31/02 |
Librarian of Congress Rejects CARP Determination on Webcasting Rates
and Terms 5/21/02 |
Location and Webcast of the Roundtable; Reply Comments Available 5/3/02 |
Office Waives Regulation in Filing of Claims for Cable and Satellite
Royalties 5/1/02 |
Copyright Office Presents New Website Design 5/1/02
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Roundtable Discussion on Notice and Recordkeeping for Use of Sound
Recordings under Statutory License 4/16/02
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Comments on Notice & Recordkeeping for Webcasting Compulsory License
4/10/02 |
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