Cost of Living Adjustment to Royalty Rates for Webcaster Statutory License, 61125 [2018-25908]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 229 / Wednesday, November 28, 2018 / Rules and Regulations print, audiotape or compact disc) on request to the program contact person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf or a text telephone, call the Federal Relay Service, toll free, at 1–800–877–8339. Electronic Access to This Document: The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. You may access the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations via the Federal Digital System at: www.gpo.gov/ fdsys. At this site you can view this document, as well as all other documents of this Department published in the Federal Register, in text or Portable Document Format (PDF). To use PDF you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available free at the site. You may also access documents of the Department published in the Federal Register by using the article search feature at: www.federalregister.gov. Specifically, through the advanced search feature at this site, you can limit your search to documents published by the Department. Dated: November 23, 2018. Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education. [FR Doc. 2018–25929 Filed 11–23–18; 4:15 pm] BILLING CODE 4000–01–P LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Copyright Royalty Board 37 CFR Part 380 [Docket No. 14–CRB–0001–WR (2016–2020) COLA 2019] Cost of Living Adjustment to Royalty Rates for Webcaster Statutory License Copyright Royalty Board (CRB), Library of Congress. ACTION: Final rule; cost of living adjustment. AGENCY: The Copyright Royalty Judges announce a cost of living adjustment (COLA) in the royalty rates that commercial and noncommercial noninteractive webcasters pay for eligible transmissions pursuant to the statutory licenses for the public performance of and for the making of ephemeral reproductions of sound recordings. SUMMARY: DATES: Effective date: January 1, 2019. VerDate Sep<11>2014 15:57 Nov 27, 2018 Jkt 247001 Applicability dates: These rates are applicable to the period January 1, 2019, through December 31, 2019. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anita Blaine, CRB Program Assistant, by telephone at (202) 707–7658 or by email at crb@loc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Sections 112(e) and 114(f) of the Copyright Act, title 17 of the United States Code, create statutory licenses for certain digital performances of sound recordings and the making of ephemeral reproductions to facilitate transmission of those sound recordings. On May 2, 2016, the Copyright Royalty Judges (Judges) adopted final regulations governing the rates and terms of copyright royalty payments under those licenses for the license period 2016–2020 for performances of sound recordings via eligible transmissions by commercial and noncommercial noninteractive webcasters. See 81 FR 26316. Pursuant to those regulations, at least 25 days before January 1 of each year from 2017 to 2020, the Judges shall publish in the Federal Register notice of a COLA applicable to the royalty fees for performances of sound recordings via eligible transmissions by commercial and noncommercial noninteractive webcasters. 37 CFR 380.10. The adjustment in the royalty fee shall be based on a calculation of the percentage increase in the CPI–U from the CPI–U published in November 2015 (237.838), according to the formula (1 + (Cy¥237.838)/237.838) × R2016, where Cy is the CPI–U published by the Secretary of Labor before December 1 of the preceding year and R2016 is the royalty rate for 2016; i.e., for commercial webcasters $0.0022 per subscription performance or $0.0017 per nonsubscription performance, or for noncommercial webcasters $0.0018 per performance for all digital audio transmissions in excess of 159,140 Aggregate Tuning Hours (ATH) in a month on a channel or station. The adjustment shall be rounded to the nearest fourth decimal place. 37 CFR 380.10(c). The CPI–U published by the Secretary of Labor from the most recent index published before December 1, 2018, is 252.885.1 Applying the formula in 37 CFR 380.10(c) and rounding to the nearest fourth decimal place results in an increase in the rates for 2019. The 2019 rate for eligible transmission of sound recordings by commercial webcasters is a rate of $0.0023 per subscription performance and a rate of 1 As announced on November 14, 2018, by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in its News Release— Consumer Price Index October 2018, available at https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cpi.pdf at 4. PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 9990 61125 $0.0018 per nonsubscription performance. Application of the increase to rates for noncommercial webcasters results in a 2019 rate of $0.0019 per performance for all digital audio transmissions in excess of 159,140 ATH in a month on a channel or station. As provided in 37 CFR 380.10(d), the royalty fee for making ephemeral recordings under section 112 of the Copyright Act to facilitate digital transmission of sound recordings under section 114 of the Copyright Act is included in the section 114 royalty fee and comprises 5% of the total fee. List of Subjects in 37 CFR Part 380 Copyright, Sound recordings. Final Regulations In consideration of the foregoing, the Judges amend part 380 of title 37 of the Code of Federal Regulations as follows: PART 380—RATES AND TERMS FOR TRANSMISSIONS BY ELIGIBLE NONSUBSCRIPTION SERVICES AND NEW SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES AND FOR THE MAKING OF EPHEMERAL REPRODUCTIONS TO FACILITATE THOSE TRANSMISSIONS 1. The authority citation for part 380 continues to read as follows: ■ Authority: 17 U.S.C. 112(e), 114(f), 804(b)(3). 2. Section 380.10 is amended by revising paragraph (a) to read as follows: ■ § 380.10 Royalty fees for the public performance of sound recordings and the making of ephemeral recordings. (a) Royalty fees. For the year 2019, Licensees must pay royalty fees for all Eligible Transmissions of sound recordings at the following rates: (1) Commercial webcasters: $0.0023 per performance for subscription services and $0.0018 per performance for nonsubscription services. (2) Noncommercial webcasters. $500 per year for each channel or station and $0.0019 per performance for all digital audio transmissions in excess of 159,140 ATH in a month on a channel or station. * * * * * Suzanne M. Barnett, Chief Copyright Royalty Judge. [FR Doc. 2018–25908 Filed 11–27–18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 1410–72–P E:\FR\FM\28NOR1.SGM 28NOR1

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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

Copyright Royalty Board

37 CFR Part 380

[Docket No. 14-CRB-0001-WR (2016-2020) COLA 2019]


Cost of Living Adjustment to Royalty Rates for Webcaster 
Statutory License

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

ACTION: Final rule; cost of living adjustment.

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SUMMARY: The Copyright Royalty Judges announce a cost of living 
adjustment (COLA) in the royalty rates that commercial and 
noncommercial noninteractive webcasters pay for eligible transmissions 
pursuant to the statutory licenses for the public performance of and 
for the making of ephemeral reproductions of sound recordings.

DATES: 
    Effective date: January 1, 2019.
    Applicability dates: These rates are applicable to the period 
January 1, 2019, through December 31, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anita Blaine, CRB Program Assistant, 
by telephone at (202) 707-7658 or by email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Sections 112(e) and 114(f) of the Copyright 
Act, title 17 of the United States Code, create statutory licenses for 
certain digital performances of sound recordings and the making of 
ephemeral reproductions to facilitate transmission of those sound 
recordings. On May 2, 2016, the Copyright Royalty Judges (Judges) 
adopted final regulations governing the rates and terms of copyright 
royalty payments under those licenses for the license period 2016-2020 
for performances of sound recordings via eligible transmissions by 
commercial and noncommercial noninteractive webcasters. See 81 FR 
26316.
    Pursuant to those regulations, at least 25 days before January 1 of 
each year from 2017 to 2020, the Judges shall publish in the Federal 
Register notice of a COLA applicable to the royalty fees for 
performances of sound recordings via eligible transmissions by 
commercial and noncommercial noninteractive webcasters. 37 CFR 380.10.
    The adjustment in the royalty fee shall be based on a calculation 
of the percentage increase in the CPI-U from the CPI-U published in 
November 2015 (237.838), according to the formula (1 + (Cy-
237.838)/237.838) x R2016, where Cy is the CPI-U 
published by the Secretary of Labor before December 1 of the preceding 
year and R2016 is the royalty rate for 2016; i.e., for 
commercial webcasters $0.0022 per subscription performance or $0.0017 
per nonsubscription performance, or for noncommercial webcasters 
$0.0018 per performance for all digital audio transmissions in excess 
of 159,140 Aggregate Tuning Hours (ATH) in a month on a channel or 
station. The adjustment shall be rounded to the nearest fourth decimal 
place. 37 CFR 380.10(c). The CPI-U published by the Secretary of Labor 
from the most recent index published before December 1, 2018, is 
252.885.\1\ Applying the formula in 37 CFR 380.10(c) and rounding to 
the nearest fourth decimal place results in an increase in the rates 
for 2019.
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    \1\ As announced on November 14, 2018, by the Bureau of Labor 
Statistics in its News Release--Consumer Price Index October 2018, 
available at https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cpi.pdf at 4.
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    The 2019 rate for eligible transmission of sound recordings by 
commercial webcasters is a rate of $0.0023 per subscription performance 
and a rate of $0.0018 per nonsubscription performance.
    Application of the increase to rates for noncommercial webcasters 
results in a 2019 rate of $0.0019 per performance for all digital audio 
transmissions in excess of 159,140 ATH in a month on a channel or 
station.
    As provided in 37 CFR 380.10(d), the royalty fee for making 
ephemeral recordings under section 112 of the Copyright Act to 
facilitate digital transmission of sound recordings under section 114 
of the Copyright Act is included in the section 114 royalty fee and 
comprises 5% of the total fee.

List of Subjects in 37 CFR Part 380

    Copyright, Sound recordings.

Final Regulations

    In consideration of the foregoing, the Judges amend part 380 of 
title 37 of the Code of Federal Regulations as follows:

PART 380--RATES AND TERMS FOR TRANSMISSIONS BY ELIGIBLE 
NONSUBSCRIPTION SERVICES AND NEW SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES AND FOR THE 
MAKING OF EPHEMERAL REPRODUCTIONS TO FACILITATE THOSE TRANSMISSIONS

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1. The authority citation for part 380 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 17 U.S.C. 112(e), 114(f), 804(b)(3).

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2. Section 380.10 is amended by revising paragraph (a) to read as 
follows:


Sec.  380.10   Royalty fees for the public performance of sound 
recordings and the making of ephemeral recordings.

    (a) Royalty fees. For the year 2019, Licensees must pay royalty 
fees for all Eligible Transmissions of sound recordings at the 
following rates:
    (1) Commercial webcasters: $0.0023 per performance for subscription 
services and $0.0018 per performance for nonsubscription services.
    (2) Noncommercial webcasters. $500 per year for each channel or 
station and $0.0019 per performance for all digital audio transmissions 
in excess of 159,140 ATH in a month on a channel or station.
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Suzanne M. Barnett,
Chief Copyright Royalty Judge.
[FR Doc. 2018-25908 Filed 11-27-18; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 1410-72-P

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