Notice of SoundExchange's Intent To Audit Music Choice's “Preexisting” Subscription Service and Business Establishment Service for CY 2016, 34554-34555 [2017-15528]

Download as PDF mstockstill on DSK30JT082PROD with NOTICES 34554 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 141 / Tuesday, July 25, 2017 / Notices submit to the President of the United States a final report which details these strategies and proposals. Pursuant to the Executive Order, the report must specifically address the following four topics: • Federal initiatives to promote apprenticeships; • Administrative and legislative reforms that would facilitate the formation and success of apprenticeship programs; • The most effective strategies for creating industry-recognized apprenticeships; and • The most effective strategies for amplifying and encouraging privatesector initiatives to promote apprenticeships. The Task Force will be solely advisory in nature, and will consider testimony, reports, comments, research, evidence, and existing practices as appropriate to develop recommendations for inclusion in its final report to the President. While the Executive Order did not set forth a definite time frame by which the panel must complete its development of apprenticeship-related strategies and proposals and submit its final report to the President, it is important to note that the Task Force will not be continuing in nature. Pursuant to the Executive Order, the Task Force shall terminate 30 days after it submits its final report to the President. Under the Executive Order, the Secretary of Labor shall serve as the Chair of the Task Force. The Secretaries of Education and Commerce shall serve as Vice-Chairs of the Task Force. The Secretary of Labor shall appoint the other members of the Task Force, which shall consist of no more than twenty (20) individuals who work for or represent the perspectives of American companies, trade or industry groups, educational institutions, and labor unions, and such other persons as the Secretary of Labor may from time to time designate. 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The Secretary of Labor may also appoint members to fill any Task Force vacancies that may emerge while the panel is in existence. Nomination Process: Any interested person or organization may nominate one or more qualified individuals for membership on the Task Force. If you would like to nominate yourself or another person for appointment to the panel, you must include the following information as part of the application: • A copy of the nominee’s resume; • A cover letter that provides your reason(s) for nominating the individual, including a description of the relevant experience and subject-matter expertise of that person concerning the development of a skilled workforce through quality apprenticeship programs; and • Contact information for the nominee (name, title, business address, business phone, fax number, and business email address). In addition, the cover letter must represent that the Task Force nominee has agreed to be nominated and is willing to serve on the panel. Please do not include any information in your nomination submission that you do not want publicly disclosed. In selecting Task Force members, the Secretary of Labor will consider individuals nominated in response to this Federal Register notice, as well as other qualified individuals. Nominees will be appointed based upon their demonstrated qualifications, professional experience, and demonstrated knowledge of issues related to the scope and purpose of the Task Force, as well as the need to obtain a diverse range of views on this important subject. Byron Zuidema, Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Employment and Training Administration. [FR Doc. 2017–15682 Filed 7–24–17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510–FR–P PO 00000 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Copyright Royalty Board [Docket No. 17–0015–CRB–AU] Notice of SoundExchange’s Intent To Audit Music Choice’s ‘‘Preexisting’’ Subscription Service and Business Establishment Service for CY 2016 Copyright Royalty Board (CRB), Library of Congress. ACTION: Public notice of receipt of a notice of intent to audit statements of account. AGENCY: The Copyright Royalty Judges announce receipt of a notice of intent to audit the 2016 statements of account of Music Choice concerning the royalty payments its Preexisting Subscription Service and Business Establishments Service made pursuant to two statutory licenses. DATES: The notice of intent to audit was filed with the Copyright Royalty Board on June 27, 2017. ADDRESSES: Docket: For access to the docket to read the notice of intent to audit, go to eCRB, the Copyright Royalty Board’s electronic filing and case management system, at https:// app.crb.gov/ and search for docket number 17–0015–CRB–AU. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anita Brown, Program Specialist, by telephone at (202) 707–7658 or by email at crb@loc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Copyright Act, title 17 of the United States Code, grants to copyright owners of sound recordings the exclusive right to publicly perform sound recordings by means of certain digital audio transmissions, subject to limitations. Specifically, the right is limited by the statutory license in section 114 which allows nonexempt noninteractive digital subscription services, eligible nonsubscription services, and preexisting satellite digital audio radio services to perform publicly sound recordings by means of digital audio transmissions. 17 U.S.C. 114(f). In addition, a statutory license in section 112 allows a service to make necessary ephemeral reproductions to facilitate the digital transmission of the sound recording, including for transmissions to business establishments.1 17 U.S.C. 112(e). Licensees may operate under these licenses provided they pay the royalty fees and comply with the terms set by the Copyright Royalty Judges. The rates SUMMARY: 1 Subject to the limitations set forth in section 114(d)(1)(C)(iv). Frm 00083 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\25JYN1.SGM 25JYN1 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 141 / Tuesday, July 25, 2017 / Notices and terms for the section 112 and 114 licenses are set forth in 37 CFR parts 380 and 382–84. As part of the terms set for these licenses, the Judges designated SoundExchange, Inc. as the Collective, i.e., the organization charged with collecting the royalty payments and statements of account submitted by licensees, including those that operate preexisting subscription services and those that make ephemeral copies for transmission to business establishments. The Collective is also charged with distributing the royalties to the copyright owners and performers entitled to receive them. See 37 CFR 382.2, 384.4(b). As the Collective, SoundExchange may, not more than once a calendar year, conduct an audit of a licensee for any or all of the prior three years in order to verify royalty payments. SoundExchange must first file with the Judges a notice of intent to audit a licensee and deliver the notice to the licensee. The Judges must publish notice in the Federal Register within 30 days of receipt of a notice announcing the Collective’s intent to conduct an audit. See 37 CFR 382.6, 384.6. On June 27, 2017, SoundExchange filed with the Judges a notice of intent to audit Music Choice’s Preexisting Subscription Service and Business Establishment Service for calendar year 2016. Today’s notice fulfills the Judges’ publication obligation with respect to SoundExchange’s June 27, 2017 notice of intent to audit. Dated: July 19, 2017. Suzanne M. Barnett, Chief Copyright Royalty Judge. [FR Doc. 2017–15528 Filed 7–24–17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 1410–72–P NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION [NARA–2017–057] Records Schedules; Availability and Request for Comments National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). ACTION: Notice of availability of proposed records schedules; request for comments. mstockstill on DSK30JT082PROD with NOTICES AGENCY: The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) publishes notice at least once monthly of certain Federal agency requests for records disposition authority (records schedules). Once approved by NARA, records schedules provide mandatory instructions on what happens to records SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:30 Jul 24, 2017 Jkt 241001 when agencies no longer need them for current Government business. The records schedules authorize agencies to preserve records of continuing value in the National Archives of the United States and to destroy, after a specified period, records lacking administrative, legal, research, or other value. NARA publishes notice in the Federal Register for records schedules in which agencies propose to destroy records they no longer need to conduct agency business. NARA invites public comments on such records schedules. DATES: NARA must receive requests for copies in writing by August 24, 2017. Once NARA finishes appraising the records, we will send you a copy of the schedule you requested. We usually prepare appraisal memoranda that contain additional information concerning the records covered by a proposed schedule. You may also request these. If you do, we will also provide them once we have completed the appraisal. You have 30 days after we send to you these requested documents in which to submit comments. ADDRESSES: You may request a copy of any records schedule identified in this notice by contacting Records Appraisal and Agency Assistance (ACRA) using one of the following means: Mail: NARA (ACRA); 8601 Adelphi Road; College Park, MD 20740–6001. Email: request.schedule@nara.gov. FAX: 301–837–3698. You must cite the control number, which appears in parentheses after the name of the agency that submitted the schedule, and a mailing address. If you would like an appraisal report, please include that in your request. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Margaret Hawkins, Director, by mail at Records Appraisal and Agency Assistance (ACRA), National Archives and Records Administration, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740– 6001, by phone at 301–837–1799, or by email at request.schedule@nara.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NARA publishes notice in the Federal Register for records schedules they no longer need to conduct agency business. NARA invites public comments on such records schedules, as required by 44 U.S.C. 3303a(a). Each year, Federal agencies create billions of records on paper, film, magnetic tape, and other media. To control this accumulation, agency records managers prepare schedules proposing records retention periods and submit these schedules for NARA’s approval. These schedules provide for timely transfer into the National Archives of historically valuable records PO 00000 Frm 00084 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 34555 and authorize the agency to dispose of all other records after the agency no longer needs them to conduct its business. Some schedules are comprehensive and cover all the records of an agency or one of its major subdivisions. Most schedules, however, cover records of only one office or program or a few series of records. Many of these update previously approved schedules, and some include records proposed as permanent. The schedules listed in this notice are media neutral unless otherwise specified. An item in a schedule is media neutral when an agency may apply the disposition instructions to records regardless of the medium in which it creates or maintains the records. Items included in schedules submitted to NARA on or after December 17, 2007, are media neutral unless the item is expressly limited to a specific medium. (See 36 CFR 1225.12(e).) Agencies may not destroy Federal records without Archivist of the United States’ approval. The Archivist approves destruction only after thoroughly considering the records’ administrative use by the agency of origin, the rights of the Government and of private people directly affected by the Government’s activities, and whether or not the records have historical or other value. In addition to identifying the Federal agencies and any subdivisions requesting disposition authority, this notice lists the organizational unit(s) accumulating the records (or notes that the schedule has agency-wide applicability when schedules cover records that may be accumulated throughout an agency); provides the control number assigned to each schedule, the total number of schedule items, and the number of temporary items (the records proposed for destruction); and includes a brief description of the temporary records. The records schedule itself contains a full description of the records at the file unit level as well as their disposition. If NARA staff has prepared an appraisal memorandum for the schedule, it also includes information about the records. You may request additional information about the disposition process at the addresses above. Schedules Pending 1. Department of Defense, Defense Logistics Agency (DAA–0361–2017– 0004, 1 item, 1 temporary item). 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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 141 (Tuesday, July 25, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34554-34555]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-15528]


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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

Copyright Royalty Board

[Docket No. 17-0015-CRB-AU]


Notice of SoundExchange's Intent To Audit Music Choice's 
``Preexisting'' Subscription Service and Business Establishment Service 
for CY 2016

AGENCY: Copyright Royalty Board (CRB), Library of Congress.

ACTION: Public notice of receipt of a notice of intent to audit 
statements of account.

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SUMMARY: The Copyright Royalty Judges announce receipt of a notice of 
intent to audit the 2016 statements of account of Music Choice 
concerning the royalty payments its Preexisting Subscription Service 
and Business Establishments Service made pursuant to two statutory 
licenses.

DATES: The notice of intent to audit was filed with the Copyright 
Royalty Board on June 27, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Docket: For access to the docket to read the notice of 
intent to audit, go to eCRB, the Copyright Royalty Board's electronic 
filing and case management system, at https://app.crb.gov/ and search 
for docket number 17-0015-CRB-AU.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anita Brown, Program Specialist, by 
telephone at (202) 707-7658 or by email at crb@loc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Copyright Act, title 17 of the United 
States Code, grants to copyright owners of sound recordings the 
exclusive right to publicly perform sound recordings by means of 
certain digital audio transmissions, subject to limitations. 
Specifically, the right is limited by the statutory license in section 
114 which allows nonexempt noninteractive digital subscription 
services, eligible nonsubscription services, and preexisting satellite 
digital audio radio services to perform publicly sound recordings by 
means of digital audio transmissions. 17 U.S.C. 114(f). In addition, a 
statutory license in section 112 allows a service to make necessary 
ephemeral reproductions to facilitate the digital transmission of the 
sound recording, including for transmissions to business 
establishments.\1\ 17 U.S.C. 112(e).
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114(d)(1)(C)(iv).
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    Licensees may operate under these licenses provided they pay the 
royalty fees and comply with the terms set by the Copyright Royalty 
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and terms for the section 112 and 114 licenses are set forth in 37 CFR 
parts 380 and 382-84.
    As part of the terms set for these licenses, the Judges designated 
SoundExchange, Inc. as the Collective, i.e., the organization charged 
with collecting the royalty payments and statements of account 
submitted by licensees, including those that operate preexisting 
subscription services and those that make ephemeral copies for 
transmission to business establishments. The Collective is also charged 
with distributing the royalties to the copyright owners and performers 
entitled to receive them. See 37 CFR 382.2, 384.4(b).
    As the Collective, SoundExchange may, not more than once a calendar 
year, conduct an audit of a licensee for any or all of the prior three 
years in order to verify royalty payments. SoundExchange must first 
file with the Judges a notice of intent to audit a licensee and deliver 
the notice to the licensee. The Judges must publish notice in the 
Federal Register within 30 days of receipt of a notice announcing the 
Collective's intent to conduct an audit. See 37 CFR 382.6, 384.6.
    On June 27, 2017, SoundExchange filed with the Judges a notice of 
intent to audit Music Choice's Preexisting Subscription Service and 
Business Establishment Service for calendar year 2016. Today's notice 
fulfills the Judges' publication obligation with respect to 
SoundExchange's June 27, 2017 notice of intent to audit.

    Dated: July 19, 2017.
Suzanne M. Barnett,
Chief Copyright Royalty Judge.
[FR Doc. 2017-15528 Filed 7-24-17; 8:45 am]
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