Office Publishes Notification of Agreement Under The Small Webcaster Settlement Act of 2002

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January 1, 2003

Effective date of final rule governing notices of termination of transfers and licenses covering the extended renewal term (read details)

January 1, 2003

Effective date of rates and terms for the use of certain copyrighted works in connection with noncommercial broadcasting (read details)

January 1, 2003

Effective date of interim regulation governing notices of termination of post-1977 transfers and licenses (read details)

January 1, 2003

Possible effective date of cost of living adjustments under 17 U.S.C. 118 (read details)

February 3, 2003

Due date for comments on the proposed regulation governing termination of post-1977 transfers and licenses under 17 U.S.C. section 203.

February 19, 2003

Deadline for the second round of comments in the Copyright Office triennial rulemaking proceeding on exemptions from the prohibition on circumvention of technological measures that control access to copyrighted works. Those who oppose or support any exemptions proposed in the initial comments will have the opportunity to respond to the proposals made in the initial comments and to provide factual information and legal argument addressing whether a proposed exemption should be adopted.

February 28, 2003, at 5 p.m. E.S.T.

Deadline for filing 2002 DART royalty claims by fax (read details)

February 28, 2003, at 11:59 p.m. E.S.T.

Deadline for receipt on the Copyright Office server of 2002 DART royalty claims submitted online (read details)

March 5, 2003

Due date for reply comments on the proposed regulation governing termination of post-1977 transfers and licenses under 17 U.S.C. section 203.

Office Publishes Notification of Agreement under The Small Webcaster Settlement Act of 2002

The Copyright Office is publishing an agreement between SoundExchange and the Voice of Webcasters, a coalition of small commercial webcasters, that sets rates and terms for the performance of sound recordings under two statutory licenses. Small commercial webcasters who meet the eligibility requirements may choose to operate under the statutory licenses in accordance with the rates and terms set forth in the agreement rather than the rates and terms adopted by the Librarian of Congress in an earlier proceeding. The rates and terms set forth in the agreement apply only to the time periods specified in the agreement and have no precedential value in any proceeding concerned with the setting of rates and terms for the public performance or reproduction in ephemeral phonorecords or copies of sound recordings. The Copyright Office has no responsibility for administering the rates and terms of the agreement beyond publication of this notice. (read Federal Register announcement, including the agreement)

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