81_FR_257 81 FR 255 - Determination of Rates and Terms for Satellite Radio and “Preexisting” Subscription Services (SDARS III 1

81 FR 255 - Determination of Rates and Terms for Satellite Radio and “Preexisting” Subscription Services (SDARS III 1

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Copyright Royalty Board

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 2 (January 5, 2016)

Page Range255-255
FR Document2015-33119

The Copyright Royalty Judges announce commencement of a proceeding to determine reasonable rates and terms for the digital performance of sound recordings and the making of ephemeral recordings by satellite radio and ``preexisting'' subscription services \2\ for the period beginning January 1, 2018, and ending December 31, 2022. The Copyright Royalty Judges also announce the date by which a party wishing to participate in the rate determination proceeding must file its Petition to Participate and the accompanying $150 filing fee. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 2 (Tuesday, January 5, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 2 (Tuesday, January 5, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 255]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-33119]


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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

Copyright Royalty Board

[Docket No. 16-CRB-0001-SR/PSSR (2018-2022)]


Determination of Rates and Terms for Satellite Radio and 
``Preexisting'' Subscription Services (SDARS III \1\)
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    \1\ SDARS stands for Satellite Digital Audio Radio Service.
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AGENCY: Copyright Royalty Board, Library of Congress.

ACTION: Notice announcing commencement of proceeding with request for 
Petitions to Participate.

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SUMMARY: The Copyright Royalty Judges announce commencement of a 
proceeding to determine reasonable rates and terms for the digital 
performance of sound recordings and the making of ephemeral recordings 
by satellite radio and ``preexisting'' subscription services \2\ for 
the period beginning January 1, 2018, and ending December 31, 2022. The 
Copyright Royalty Judges also announce the date by which a party 
wishing to participate in the rate determination proceeding must file 
its Petition to Participate and the accompanying $150 filing fee.
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    \2\ Only subscription digital audio transmission services in 
operation on or before July 31, 1998, qualify as and continue to be 
called ``preexisting'' subscription services. See 17 U.S.C. 
114(j)(11); see also 114(d)(2)(B).

DATES: Petitions to Participate and the filing fee are due no later 
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than February 4, 2016.

ADDRESSES: This notice and request is also posted on the agency's Web 
site (www.loc.gov/crb) and on Regulations.gov (www.regulations.gov). 
Parties who plan to participate should see How to Submit Petitions to 
Participate in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below for physical 
addresses and further instructions.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: LaKeshia Keys, CRB Program Specialist, 
by telephone at (202) 707-7658 or email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Copyright Act, the Copyright 
Royalty Judges (Judges) must commence a proceeding every five years to 
determine reasonable rates and terms to license the digital 
transmission of sound recordings and the making of ephemeral recordings 
to facilitate those transmissions by preexisting subscription services 
and preexisting satellite digital audio radio services. See 17 U.S.C. 
112 (e), 114(d)(2), 804(b)(3)(B), 803(b)(1)(A)(i)(III). This notice 
commences the rate determination proceeding for the license period 
2018-2022.

Petitions To Participate

    Parties with a significant interest in the outcome of the rate 
proceeding must file Petitions to Participate in accordance with Sec.  
351.1(b) of the Judges' regulations. See 37 CFR 351.1(b). Parties must 
send the $150 filing fee with each Petition to Participate. The 
Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) will not accept payment by cash; 
therefore, parties must pay the filing fee with a check or money order 
made payable to ``Copyright Royalty Board.'' If a check received in 
payment of the filing fee is returned for lack of sufficient funds, the 
Judges will dismiss the corresponding Petition to Participate.
    Only attorneys who are admitted to the bar in one or more states or 
the District of Columbia and are members in good standing will be 
allowed to represent parties before the Judges. Only an individual may 
represent herself or himself and appear without legal counsel. 37 CFR 
350.2.

How To Submit Petitions To Participate

    Any party wishing to participate in the proceeding to determine 
cable royalty rates for 2015 through 2019 must submit to the Copyright 
Royalty Board the filing fee (U.S. $150), an original (paper) Petition 
to Participate, five paper copies, and an electronic copy on a CD or 
other portable memory device in Portable Document Format (PDF) that 
contains searchable, accessible text (not a scanned image of text). 
Participants should conform all filed electronic documents to the 
Judges' Guidelines for Electronic Documents posted on the Copyright 
Royalty Board Web site at www.loc.gov/crb/docs/Guidelinesfor_Electronic_Documents.pdf. Participants shall deliver 
Petitions to Participate to only one of the following addresses.
    U.S. mail: Copyright Royalty Board, P.O. Box 70977, Washington, DC 
20024-0977; or
    Overnight service (only USPS Express Mail is acceptable): Copyright 
Royalty Board, P.O. Box 70977, Washington, DC 20024-0977; or
    Commercial courier: Address package to: Copyright Royalty Board, 
Library of Congress, James Madison Memorial Building, LM-403, 101 
Independence Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20559-6000. Deliver to: 
Congressional Courier Acceptance Site, 2nd Street NE. and D Street NE., 
Washington, DC; or
    Hand delivery: Library of Congress, James Madison Memorial 
Building, LM-401, 101 Independence Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20559-
6000.

    Dated: December 29, 2015.
Suzanne M. Barnett,
Chief Copyright Royalty Judge.
[FR Doc. 2015-33119 Filed 1-4-16; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 2 / Tuesday, January 5, 2016 / Notices 255 Comments submitted in response to FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: U.S. mail: Copyright Royalty Board, this notice will be summarized and/or LaKeshia Keys, CRB Program Specialist, P.O. Box 70977, Washington, DC 20024– included in the request for Office of by telephone at (202) 707–7658 or email 0977; or Management and Budget approval of the at crb@loc.gov. Overnight service (only USPS Express information collection request; they also SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Mail is acceptable): Copyright Royalty will become a matter of public record. Copyright Act, the Copyright Royalty Board, P.O. Box 70977, Washington, DC Signed at Washington, DC, this 29th day of Judges (Judges) must commence a 20024–0977; or December 2015. proceeding every five years to determine Commercial courier: Address package Kimberly D. Hill, reasonable rates and terms to license the to: Copyright Royalty Board, Library of Chief, Division of Management Systems, digital transmission of sound recordings Congress, James Madison Memorial Bureau of Labor Statistics. and the making of ephemeral recordings Building, LM–403, 101 Independence [FR Doc. 2015–33142 Filed 1–4–16; 8:45 am] to facilitate those transmissions by Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20559– preexisting subscription services and 6000. Deliver to: Congressional Courier BILLING CODE 4510–24–P preexisting satellite digital audio radio Acceptance Site, 2nd Street NE. and D services. See 17 U.S.C. 112 (e), Street NE., Washington, DC; or 114(d)(2), 804(b)(3)(B), Hand delivery: Library of Congress, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS James Madison Memorial Building, LM– 803(b)(1)(A)(i)(III). This notice Copyright Royalty Board commences the rate determination 401, 101 Independence Avenue SE., proceeding for the license period 2018– Washington, DC 20559–6000. [Docket No. 16–CRB–0001–SR/PSSR (2018– 2022. Dated: December 29, 2015. 2022)] Petitions To Participate Suzanne M. Barnett, Determination of Rates and Terms for Chief Copyright Royalty Judge. Satellite Radio and ‘‘Preexisting’’ Parties with a significant interest in [FR Doc. 2015–33119 Filed 1–4–16; 8:45 am] Subscription Services (SDARS III 1) the outcome of the rate proceeding must BILLING CODE 1410–72–P file Petitions to Participate in AGENCY: Copyright Royalty Board, accordance with § 351.1(b) of the Library of Congress. Judges’ regulations. See 37 CFR LIBRARY OF CONGRESS ACTION: Notice announcing 351.1(b). Parties must send the $150 commencement of proceeding with filing fee with each Petition to Copyright Royalty Board request for Petitions to Participate. Participate. The Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) will not accept payment by [Docket No. 16–CRB–0003–PR (2018–2022)] SUMMARY: The Copyright Royalty Judges cash; therefore, parties must pay the announce commencement of a filing fee with a check or money order Determination of Rates and Terms for proceeding to determine reasonable made payable to ‘‘Copyright Royalty Making and Distributing Phonorecords rates and terms for the digital Board.’’ If a check received in payment (Phonorecords III) performance of sound recordings and of the filing fee is returned for lack of the making of ephemeral recordings by AGENCY: Copyright Royalty Board, sufficient funds, the Judges will dismiss satellite radio and ‘‘preexisting’’ Library of Congress. the corresponding Petition to subscription services 2 for the period Participate. ACTION: Notice announcing beginning January 1, 2018, and ending Only attorneys who are admitted to commencement of proceeding with December 31, 2022. The Copyright the bar in one or more states or the request for Petitions to Participate. Royalty Judges also announce the date District of Columbia and are members in by which a party wishing to participate SUMMARY: The Copyright Royalty Judges good standing will be allowed to announce commencement of a in the rate determination proceeding represent parties before the Judges. Only must file its Petition to Participate and proceeding to determine reasonable an individual may represent herself or rates and terms for making and the accompanying $150 filing fee. himself and appear without legal DATES: Petitions to Participate and the distributing phonorecords for the period counsel. 37 CFR 350.2. beginning January 1, 2018, and ending filing fee are due no later than February 4, 2016. How To Submit Petitions To Participate December 31, 2022. The Copyright Royalty Judges also announce the date ADDRESSES: This notice and request is Any party wishing to participate in by which a party wishing to participate also posted on the agency’s Web site the proceeding to determine cable in the rate determination proceeding (www.loc.gov/crb) and on royalty rates for 2015 through 2019 must must file its Petition to Participate and Regulations.gov (www.regulations.gov). submit to the Copyright Royalty Board the accompanying $150 filing fee. Parties who plan to participate should the filing fee (U.S. $150), an original see How to Submit Petitions to DATES: Petitions to Participate and the (paper) Petition to Participate, five Participate in the SUPPLEMENTARY paper copies, and an electronic copy on filing fee are due no later than February INFORMATION section below for physical a CD or other portable memory device 4, 2016. addresses and further instructions. in Portable Document Format (PDF) that ADDRESSES: This notice and request is contains searchable, accessible text (not also posted on the agency’s Web site 1 While a request for hearing or petition to a scanned image of text). 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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice announcing commencement of proceeding with request for Petitions to Participate.
DatesPetitions to Participate and the filing fee are due no later
ContactLaKeshia Keys, CRB Program Specialist, by telephone at (202) 707-7658 or email at [email protected]
FR Citation81 FR 255 
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