Adjustment of Cable Statutory License Royalty Rates, 34467 [2020-12096]
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Copyright Royalty Board
[Docket No. 20–CRB–0008–CA (2020–2025)]
Adjustment of Cable Statutory License
Royalty Rates
Copyright Royalty Board,
Library of Congress.
ACTION: Notice announcing
commencement of proceeding with
request for petitions to participate.
AGENCY:
The Copyright Royalty Judges
(Judges) announce the commencement
of a proceeding to adjust the rates for
the cable statutory license described in
section 111 of the Copyright Act. The
Judges also announce the date by which
a party who wishes to participate in the
proceeding must file its Petition to
Participate and pay the $150 filing fee.
DATES: Petitions to Participate and the
filing fee are due no later than July 6,
2020.
ADDRESSES: The petition to participate
form is available online in eCRB, the
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Copyright Royalty Board’s online
electronic filing application, at https://
app.crb.gov/.
Instructions: The petition to
participate process has been simplified.
Interested parties file a petition to
participate by filling out the petition to
participate form in eCRB and paying the
fee in eCRB. Do not upload a petition to
participate document.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read submitted documents, go to eCRB,
the Copyright Royalty Board’s electronic
filing and case management system, at
https://app.crb.gov/, and search for
docket number 20–CRB–0008–CA.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anita Blaine, CRB Program Specialist,
by telephone at (202) 707–7658, or by
email at crb@loc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Section 111 of the Copyright Act
grants a statutory copyright license to
cable television systems for the
retransmission of over-the-air television
and radio broadcast stations to their
subscribers. 17 U.S.C. 111(c). In
exchange for the license, cable operators
submit royalty payments and statements
of account detailing their
retransmissions semiannually to the
Copyright Office. 17 U.S.C. 111(d)(1).
The Copyright Office deposits the
royalties into the United States Treasury
for later distribution to copyright
owners of the broadcast programming
that the cable systems retransmit. 17
U.S.C. 111(d)(2).
A cable system calculates its royalty
payments in accordance with the
statutory formula described in 17 U.S.C.
111(d)(1). See 37 CFR 387. Royalty rates
are based upon a cable system’s gross
receipts from subscribers who receive
retransmitted broadcast signals. For rate
calculation purposes, cable systems are
divided into three tiers based on their
gross receipts (small, medium, and
large). 17 U.S.C. 111(d)(1)(B) through
(F). Both the applicable rates and the
tiers are subject to adjustment. 17 U.S.C.
801(b)(2). Every five years persons with
a significant interest in the royalty rates
may file petitions to initiate a
proceeding to adjust the rates. 17 U.S.C.
804(a) and (b). No person with a
significant interest has filed a petition to
initiate a proceeding in 2020.1 The
Judges must, therefore, publish notice in
the Federal Register announcing the
commencement of a proceeding and
1 With respect to the rates for the 2015–2019
period, the Judges adopted a settlement proposed
by the participants to leave the then-current rates
unchanged. 81 FR 62813, 62814 (Sept. 13, 2016).
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calling for Petitions to Participate. See
17 U.S.C. 803(b)(1).
Petitions To Participate
Parties filing Petitions to Participate
must use the form in eCRB instead of
uploading a document and must comply
with the requirements of § 351.1(b) of
the Copyright Royalty Board’s
regulations. 37 CFR 351.1(b).
Dated: June 1, 2020.
Jesse M. Feder,
Chief Copyright Royalty Judge.
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Copyright Royalty Board
[Docket No. 20-CRB-0008-CA (2020-2025)]
Adjustment of Cable Statutory License Royalty Rates
AGENCY: Copyright Royalty Board, Library of Congress.
ACTION: Notice announcing commencement of proceeding with request for
petitions to participate.
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SUMMARY: The Copyright Royalty Judges (Judges) announce the
commencement of a proceeding to adjust the rates for the cable
statutory license described in section 111 of the Copyright Act. The
Judges also announce the date by which a party who wishes to
participate in the proceeding must file its Petition to Participate and
pay the $150 filing fee.
DATES: Petitions to Participate and the filing fee are due no later
than July 6, 2020.
ADDRESSES: The petition to participate form is available online in
eCRB, the Copyright Royalty Board's online electronic filing
application, at https://app.crb.gov/.
Instructions: The petition to participate process has been
simplified. Interested parties file a petition to participate by
filling out the petition to participate form in eCRB and paying the fee
in eCRB. Do not upload a petition to participate document.
Docket: For access to the docket to read submitted documents, go to
eCRB, the Copyright Royalty Board's electronic filing and case
management system, at https://app.crb.gov/, and search for docket
number 20-CRB-0008-CA.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anita Blaine, CRB Program Specialist,
by telephone at (202) 707-7658, or by email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Section 111 of the Copyright Act grants a statutory copyright
license to cable television systems for the retransmission of over-the-
air television and radio broadcast stations to their subscribers. 17
U.S.C. 111(c). In exchange for the license, cable operators submit
royalty payments and statements of account detailing their
retransmissions semiannually to the Copyright Office. 17 U.S.C.
111(d)(1). The Copyright Office deposits the royalties into the United
States Treasury for later distribution to copyright owners of the
broadcast programming that the cable systems retransmit. 17 U.S.C.
111(d)(2).
A cable system calculates its royalty payments in accordance with
the statutory formula described in 17 U.S.C. 111(d)(1). See 37 CFR 387.
Royalty rates are based upon a cable system's gross receipts from
subscribers who receive retransmitted broadcast signals. For rate
calculation purposes, cable systems are divided into three tiers based
on their gross receipts (small, medium, and large). 17 U.S.C.
111(d)(1)(B) through (F). Both the applicable rates and the tiers are
subject to adjustment. 17 U.S.C. 801(b)(2). Every five years persons
with a significant interest in the royalty rates may file petitions to
initiate a proceeding to adjust the rates. 17 U.S.C. 804(a) and (b). No
person with a significant interest has filed a petition to initiate a
proceeding in 2020.\1\ The Judges must, therefore, publish notice in
the Federal Register announcing the commencement of a proceeding and
calling for Petitions to Participate. See 17 U.S.C. 803(b)(1).
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\1\ With respect to the rates for the 2015-2019 period, the
Judges adopted a settlement proposed by the participants to leave
the then-current rates unchanged. 81 FR 62813, 62814 (Sept. 13,
2016).
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Petitions To Participate
Parties filing Petitions to Participate must use the form in eCRB
instead of uploading a document and must comply with the requirements
of Sec. 351.1(b) of the Copyright Royalty Board's regulations. 37 CFR
351.1(b).
Dated: June 1, 2020.
Jesse M. Feder,
Chief Copyright Royalty Judge.
[FR Doc. 2020-12096 Filed 6-3-20; 8:45 am]
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