[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 122, 110th Congress, 2nd Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

122 STAT. 4974

Public Law 110-435
110th Congress

An Act


 
To amend section 114 of title 17, United States Code, to provide for
agreements for the reproduction and performance of sound recordings by
webcasters. [NOTE: Oct. 16, 2008 -  [H.R. 7084]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress
assembled, [NOTE: Webcaster Settlement Act of 2008. Copyrights. 17 USC
101 note.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Webcaster Settlement Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. AGREEMENTS ON BEHALF OF WEBCASTERS.

Section 114(f)(5) of title 17, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A)--
(A) by striking ``small commercial'' each place it
appears and inserting ``commercial'';
(B) by striking ``during the period beginning on
October 28, 1998, and ending on December 31, 2004'' and
inserting ``for a period of not more than 11 years
beginning on January 1, 2005'';
(C) by striking ``a copyright arbitration royalty
panel or decision by the Librarian of Congress'' and
inserting ``the Copyright Royalty Judges''; and
(D) in the second sentence, by striking ``webcasters
shall include'' and inserting ``webcasters may
include'';
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``small commercial''
and inserting ``commercial'';
(3) in subparagraph (C)--
(A) by striking ``Librarian of Congress'' and
inserting ``Copyright Royalty Judges'';
(B) by striking ``small webcasters'' and inserting
``webcasters''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following: ``This
subparagraph shall not apply to the extent that the
receiving agent and a webcaster that is party to an
agreement entered into pursuant to subparagraph (A)
expressly authorize the submission of the agreement in a
proceeding under this subsection.'';
(4) in subparagraph (D)--
(A) by striking ``the Small Webcasters Settlement
Act of 2002'' and inserting ``the Webcaster Settlement
Act of 2008'' ; and
(B) by striking ``Librarian of Congress of July 8,
2002'' and inserting ``Copyright Royalty Judges of May
1, 2007''; and

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(5) in subparagraph (F), by striking ``December 15, 2002''
and all that follows through ``2003'' and inserting ``February
15, 2009''.

Approved October 16, 2008.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 7084:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 154 (2008):
Sept. 27, considered and passed House.
Sept. 30, considered and passed Senate.