[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 60 (Monday, March 30, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16702-16703]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-07107]
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Copyright Royalty Board
[Docket No. 15-0008-CRB-SATR (2015-19)]
Determination of Royalty Rates for Secondary Transmissions of
Broadcasts by Satellite Carriers and Distributors
AGENCY: Copyright Royalty Board, Library of Congress.
ACTION: Notice of Commencement of Proceeding and Solicitation of
Petitions to Participate.
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SUMMARY: The Copyright Royalty Judges (Judges) announce commencement of
a proceeding to determine rates for the satellite carrier statutory
license described in section 119 of the Copyright Act for the license
period January 1, 2015, through December 31, 2019.
DATES: Effective Date: March 30, 2015.
Applicability Dates: These regulations apply to the license period
January 1, 2015, to December 31, 2019.
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: Richard Strasser, Senior Attorney, or
Kimberly Whittle, Attorney Advisor, by telephone at (202) 707-7658 or
email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 4, 2014, Congress passed the
STELA Reauthorization Act of 2014. Public Law 113-200. The provisions
of the reauthorization act extend the satellite carrier statutory
license provisions of the Copyright Act (Act) to December 31, 2019. See
17 U.S.C. 119(a). Pursuant to 17 U.S.C. 119(c)(1)(F), the Judges
announce initiation of a proceeding to be conducted under chapter 8 of
the Act. Entities wishing to participate in the rate-setting period
must file a Petition to Participate and pay the $150 filing fee.
After receiving all Petitions to Participate, the Judges will give
notice to all parties in interest and commence the Voluntary
Negotiation Period, during which affected parties may agree on
acceptable, applicable rates. If the parties agree, the Judges will
give public notice of the agreed rates and consider comments in
response to the notice. Once the rates are established, they may be
subject to an annual cost-of-living adjustment under 17 U.S.C.
119(c)(2).\1\
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\1\ The Judges did not give notice of a rate adjustment for 2015
because of the sunset provision relating to the statutory satellite
retransmission license. See 17 U.S.C. 119 (c)(1)(E). With the STELA
Reauthorization Act in place, the Judges now initiate this
proceeding to determine rates for the period 2015 to 2019,
inclusive.
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Petitions To Participate
Parties filing petitions to participate must comply with the
requirements of section 351.1(b) of the copyright royalty board's
regulations. 37 CFR 351.1(b).
How To Submit Petitions To Participate:
Any party wishing to participate in the proceeding to determine
satellite royalty rates for 2015 through 2019 shall submit to the
Copyright Royalty Board the filing fee (US $150), an original Petition
to Participate, five paper copies, and an electronic copy in Portable
Document Format (PDF) that contains searchable, accessible text (not an
image) on a CD or other portable memory device 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
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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.
Participants should conform filed electronic documents to the
Judges' Guidelines for Electronic Documents, available online at
www.loc.gov/crb/docs/Guidelinesfor_Electronic_Documents.pdf.
Dated: March 24, 2015.
Suzanne M. Barnett,
Chief Copyright Royalty Judges.
[FR Doc. 2015-07107 Filed 3-27-15; 8:45 am]
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