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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Copyright Royalty Board
[Docket No. 14–CRB–0011–SD (2013)]
Distribution of 2013 Satellite Royalty
Funds
Copyright Royalty Board,
Library of Congress.
ACTION: Notice requesting comments.
AGENCY:
The Copyright Royalty Judges
solicit comments on a motion of Phase
I claimants for partial distribution of
2013 satellite royalty funds.
DATES: Comments are due on or before
March 13, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Interested parties may
submit comments electronically to crb@
loc.gov. In the alternative, interested
parties may send an original, five
copies, and an electronic copy on a CD
either by mail or hand delivery.
Commenters shall not use multiple
means of transmission. Interested
parties may not deliver comments by an
overnight delivery service other than the
U.S. Postal Service Express Mail. If
commenters use U.S. mail (including
overnight delivery), the appropriate
address is: Copyright Royalty Board,
P.O. Box 70977, Washington, DC 20024–
0977. If a private party delivers
comments by hand, they must be
brought to the Library of Congress,
James Madison Memorial Building, LM–
401, 101 Independence Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20559–6000. If a party
delivers comments by a commercial
courier, the comments must go to the
Congressional Courier Acceptance Site
located at 2nd and D Street NE.,
Washington, DC, in an envelope
addressed to: Copyright Royalty Board,
Library of Congress, James Madison
Memorial Building, LM–403, 101
Independence Avenue SE., Washington,
DC 20559–6000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lakeshia Keys, Program Specialist, by
telephone at (202) 707–7658 or email at
crb@loc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Each year
satellite systems must submit royalty
payments to the Register of Copyrights
as required by the statutory license set
forth in section 119 of the Copyright Act
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for the retransmission to satellite
subscribers of over-the-air television
broadcast signals. See 17 U.S.C. 119(b).
The Copyright Royalty Judges (Judges)
oversee distribution of royalties to
copyright owners whose works were
included in a qualifying transmission
and who timely filed a claim for
royalties. Allocation of the royalties
collected occurs in one of two ways. In
the first instance, the Judges may
authorize distribution in accordance
with a negotiated settlement among all
claiming parties. 17 U.S.C. 119(b)(5)(A),
801(b)(3)(A). If all claimants do not
reach an agreement with respect to the
royalties, the Judges must conduct a
proceeding to determine the distribution
of any royalties that remain in
controversy. 17 U.S.C. 119(b)(5)(B),
801(b)(3)(B). Alternatively, the Judges
may, on motion of claimants and on
notice to all interested parties, authorize
a partial distribution of royalties,
reserving on deposit sufficient funds to
resolve identified disputes. 17 U.S.C.
119(b)(5)(C), 801(b)(3)(C).
On January 21, 2015, representatives
of the Phase I claimant categories (the
‘‘Phase I Claimants’’) 1 filed with the
Judges a motion requesting a partial
distribution amounting to 60% of the
2013 satellite royalty funds pursuant to
section 801(b)(3)(C) of the Copyright
Act. 17 U.S.C. 801(b)(3)(C). That section
requires that, before ruling on the
motion, the Judges publish a notice in
the Federal Register seeking responses
to the motion for partial distribution to
ascertain whether any claimant entitled
to receive the subject royalties has a
reasonable objection to the requested
distribution. Accordingly, this Notice
seeks comments from interested
claimants on whether any reasonable
objection exists that would preclude the
distribution of 60% of the 2013 satellite
royalty funds to the Phase I Claimants.
Parties making objection to the partial
distribution must advise the Judges of
the existence and extent of all their
objections by the end of the comment
1 The ‘‘Phase I Claimants’’ are Program Suppliers,
Joint Sports Claimants, Broadcaster Claimants
Group, Music Claimants (represented by American
Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers,
Broadcast Music, Inc., and SESAC, Inc.), and
Devotional Claimants. In what has become known
as ‘‘Phase I’’ of a satellite royalty distribution
proceeding, the Judges allocate royalties among
certain categories of broadcast programming that
have been retransmitted by satellite systems.
Traditionally, the categories seeking satellite
royalties have been movies and syndicated
television series, sports programming, commercial
broadcaster-owned programming, religious
programming, and music. In Phase II of a satellite
royalty distribution proceeding, the Judges
determine how the allocated royalties are to be
distributed among claimants within each of the
Phase I categories.
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period. The Judges will not consider any
objections with respect to the partial
distribution motion that come to their
attention after the close of the comment
period.
The Judges have caused the Motion of
the Phase I Claimants for Partial
Distribution to be posted on the
Copyright Royalty Board Web site at
https://www.loc.gov/crb.
Dated: February 5, 2015.
Suzanne M. Barnett,
Chief U.S. Copyright Royalty Judge.
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Copyright Royalty Board
[Docket No. 14-CRB-0011-SD (2013)]
Distribution of 2013 Satellite Royalty Funds
AGENCY: Copyright Royalty Board, Library of Congress.
ACTION: Notice requesting comments.
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SUMMARY: The Copyright Royalty Judges solicit comments on a motion of
Phase I claimants for partial distribution of 2013 satellite royalty
funds.
DATES: Comments are due on or before March 13, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Interested parties may submit comments electronically to
crb@loc.gov. In the alternative, interested parties may send an
original, five copies, and an electronic copy on a CD either by mail or
hand delivery. Commenters shall not use multiple means of transmission.
Interested parties may not deliver comments by an overnight delivery
service other than the U.S. Postal Service Express Mail. If commenters
use U.S. mail (including overnight delivery), the appropriate address
is: Copyright Royalty Board, P.O. Box 70977, Washington, DC 20024-0977.
If a private party delivers comments by hand, they must be brought to
the Library of Congress, James Madison Memorial Building, LM-401, 101
Independence Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20559-6000. If a party delivers
comments by a commercial courier, the comments must go to the
Congressional Courier Acceptance Site located at 2nd and D Street NE.,
Washington, DC, in an envelope addressed to: Copyright Royalty Board,
Library of Congress, James Madison Memorial Building, LM-403, 101
Independence Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20559-6000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lakeshia Keys, Program Specialist, by
telephone at (202) 707-7658 or email at crb@loc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Each year satellite systems must submit
royalty payments to the Register of Copyrights as required by the
statutory license set forth in section 119 of the Copyright Act for the
retransmission to satellite subscribers of over-the-air television
broadcast signals. See 17 U.S.C. 119(b). The Copyright Royalty Judges
(Judges) oversee distribution of royalties to copyright owners whose
works were included in a qualifying transmission and who timely filed a
claim for royalties. Allocation of the royalties collected occurs in
one of two ways. In the first instance, the Judges may authorize
distribution in accordance with a negotiated settlement among all
claiming parties. 17 U.S.C. 119(b)(5)(A), 801(b)(3)(A). If all
claimants do not reach an agreement with respect to the royalties, the
Judges must conduct a proceeding to determine the distribution of any
royalties that remain in controversy. 17 U.S.C. 119(b)(5)(B),
801(b)(3)(B). Alternatively, the Judges may, on motion of claimants and
on notice to all interested parties, authorize a partial distribution
of royalties, reserving on deposit sufficient funds to resolve
identified disputes. 17 U.S.C. 119(b)(5)(C), 801(b)(3)(C).
On January 21, 2015, representatives of the Phase I claimant
categories (the ``Phase I Claimants'') \1\ filed with the Judges a
motion requesting a partial distribution amounting to 60% of the 2013
satellite royalty funds pursuant to section 801(b)(3)(C) of the
Copyright Act. 17 U.S.C. 801(b)(3)(C). That section requires that,
before ruling on the motion, the Judges publish a notice in the Federal
Register seeking responses to the motion for partial distribution to
ascertain whether any claimant entitled to receive the subject
royalties has a reasonable objection to the requested distribution.
Accordingly, this Notice seeks comments from interested claimants on
whether any reasonable objection exists that would preclude the
distribution of 60% of the 2013 satellite royalty funds to the Phase I
Claimants. Parties making objection to the partial distribution must
advise the Judges of the existence and extent of all their objections
by the end of the comment period. The Judges will not consider any
objections with respect to the partial distribution motion that come to
their attention after the close of the comment period.
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\1\ The ``Phase I Claimants'' are Program Suppliers, Joint
Sports Claimants, Broadcaster Claimants Group, Music Claimants
(represented by American Society of Composers, Authors and
Publishers, Broadcast Music, Inc., and SESAC, Inc.), and Devotional
Claimants. In what has become known as ``Phase I'' of a satellite
royalty distribution proceeding, the Judges allocate royalties among
certain categories of broadcast programming that have been
retransmitted by satellite systems. Traditionally, the categories
seeking satellite royalties have been movies and syndicated
television series, sports programming, commercial broadcaster-owned
programming, religious programming, and music. In Phase II of a
satellite royalty distribution proceeding, the Judges determine how
the allocated royalties are to be distributed among claimants within
each of the Phase I categories.
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The Judges have caused the Motion of the Phase I Claimants for
Partial Distribution to be posted on the Copyright Royalty Board Web
site at https://www.loc.gov/crb.
Dated: February 5, 2015.
Suzanne M. Barnett,
Chief U.S. Copyright Royalty Judge.
[FR Doc. 2015-02777 Filed 2-10-15; 8:45 am]
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