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the Copyright Royalty Board’s electronic
filing and case management system, at
https://app.crb.gov/ and search for
docket number CONSOLIDATED 16–
CRB–0009–CD (2014–17).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anita Blaine, Program Specialist, 202–
707–7658, crb@loc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Each year
cable systems must submit royalty
payments to the Register of Copyrights
as required by the statutory license set
forth in sec. 111 of the Copyright Act for
the retransmission to cable subscribers
of over-the-air television and radio
broadcast signals. See 17 U.S.C. 111(d).
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. 111(d)(4)(A).
If all claimants do not reach 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.
111(d)(4)(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.
111(d)(4)(C), 801(b)(3)(C).
On July 23, 2021, Worldwide Subsidy
Group LLC dba Multigroup Claimants
(MGC) filed with the Judges a motion
requesting partial distributions in the
amount of $893,086 from the 2015 cable
royalty fund, $842,586 from the 2016
cable royalty fund, and $839,111 from
the 2017 cable royalty fund, pursuant to
sec. 801(b)(3)(C) of the Copyright Act.
17 U.S.C. 801(b)(3)(C). Motion at 5.1
MGC represents that the partial
distribution amounts it requests are
based on a formula that MGC developed
that takes into consideration the amount
of cable funds that have been collected
for 2015, 2016, and 2017 and applying
a ‘‘blended percentage of the aggregate
cable funds attributable to 2010–2013
attributable to MGC’s devotional
programming claims.’’ Motion at 4–5.2
The Settling Devotional Claimants
(SDC) opposed the Motion as well as a
1 The Motion can be found at https://app.crb.gov/
document/download/25502.
2 According to MGC, applying its formula to the
cable royalties collected for 2015, 2016, and 2017,
yields $1,786,172 (for 2015), $1,685,172 (for 2016),
and $1,678,223 (for 2017). MGC requests 50% of
these amounts. Motion at 5.
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separate motion that MGC filed in the
companion satellite docket. Settling
Devotional Claimants’ Opposition to
Multigroup Claimants’ Motion for
Partial Distribution of 2015–2017 Cable
and Satellite Royalty Funds
(Opposition).3 MGC filed a Reply in
support of its Motion. See Multigroup
Claimants’ Reply in Support of Motion
for Partial Distribution of 2015–2017
Cable Royalties (Aug. 13, 2021).4
Prior to ruling on a motion for partial
distribution filed under § 801(b)(3)(C) of
the Copyright Act, the Judges must
publish a notice in the Federal Register
to determine whether any interested
claimant entitled to receive such royalty
fees has a reasonable objection to the
partial distribution. Accordingly, this
Notice seeks comments from interested
claimants on whether any reasonable
objection exists that would preclude the
distribution to MGC of the requested
amounts from the 2015–2017 cable
royalty funds. As the Judges have
commenced a distribution proceeding
concerning 2014–2017 cable royalties,
only claimants that have filed petitions
to participate in the proceeding (or are
included in a petition to participate
filed on their behalf) are ‘‘interested
claimants’’ for purposes of this Notice.
Interested claimants objecting to the
partial distribution must advise the
Judges of the existence and extent of all
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.5
Dated: September 8, 2021.
Jesse M. Feder,
Chief Copyright Royalty Judge.
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Copyright Royalty Board
[Docket No. CONSOLIDATED 16–CRB–
0010–SD (2014–17)]
Distribution of Satellite Royalty Funds
Copyright Royalty Board,
Library of Congress.
AGENCY:
3 The Opposition can be found at https://
app.crb.gov/document/download/25571.
4 The Reply can be found at https://app.crb.gov/
document/download/25602.
5 The Judges deem the SDC’s Opposition and
MGC’s Reply to constitute timely comments and
will consider them, together with any other
comments they receive during the comment period,
in determining whether any reasonable objection
exists that would preclude the requested
distribution to MGC.
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ACTION:
Notice requesting comments.
The Copyright Royalty Judges
solicit comments on a motion of
Multigroup Claimants for partial
distribution of 2015–2017 satellite
royalty funds.
DATES: Comments are due on or before
October 13, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Interested claimants must
submit timely comments using eCRB,
the Copyright Royalty Board’s online
electronic filing application, at https://
app.crb.gov/.
Instructions: All submissions must
include a reference to the CRB and
docket number CONSOLIDATED 16–
CRB–0010–SD (2014–17). All
submissions will be posted without
change to eCRB at https://app.crb.gov/
including any personal information
provided.
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 CONSOLIDATED 16–
CRB–0010–SD (2014–17).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anita Blaine, Program Specialist, 202–
707–7658, 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 July 23, 2021, Worldwide Subsidy
Group LLC dba Multigroup Claimants
(MGC) filed with the Judges a motion
SUMMARY:
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requesting partial distributions of an
amount confidentially calculated by the
Licensing Division that equals 50% of
the average satellite royalty awarded to
MGC for 2010–2013, as applied against
the 2015–2017 satellite royalties
collected. Motion at 4.1
The Settling Devotional Claimants
(SDC) opposed the Motion as well as a
separate motion that MGC filed in the
companion cable docket. See Settling
Devotional Claimants’ Opposition to
Multigroup Claimants’ Motion for
Partial Distribution of 2015–2017 Cable
and Satellite Royalty Funds
(Opposition).2 MGC filed a Reply in
support of its Motion. See Multigroup
Claimants’ Reply in Support of Motion
for Partial Distribution of 2015–2017
Satellite Royalties (Aug. 13, 2021).3
Prior to ruling on a motion for partial
distribution filed under § 801(b)(3)(C) of
the Copyright Act, the Judges must
publish a notice in the Federal Register
to determine whether any interested
claimant entitled to receive such royalty
fees has a reasonable objection to the
partial distribution. Accordingly, this
Notice seeks comments from interested
claimants on whether any reasonable
objection exists that would preclude the
distribution to MGC of the requested
amounts from the 2015–2017 satellite
royalty funds. As the Judges have
commenced a distribution proceeding
concerning 2014–2017 satellite
royalties, only claimants that have filed
petitions to participate in the
proceeding (or are included in a petition
to participate filed on their behalf) are
‘‘interested claimants’’ for purposes of
this Notice. Interested claimants
objecting to the partial distribution must
advise the Judges of the existence and
extent of all 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.4
Dated: September 8, 2021.
Jesse M. Feder,
Chief Copyright Royalty Judge.
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1 The Motion can be found at https://app.crb.gov/
document/download/25503.
2 The Opposition can be found at https://
app.crb.gov/document/download/25572.
3 The Reply can be found at https://app.crb.gov/
document/download/25603.
4 The Judges deem the SDC’s Opposition and
MGC’s Reply to constitute timely comments and
will consider them, together with any other
comments they receive during the comment period,
in determining whether any reasonable objection
exists that would preclude the requested
distribution to MGC.
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MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE
CORPORATION
[MCC FR 21–08]
Report on Countries That Are
Candidates for Millennium Challenge
Account Eligibility in Fiscal Year 2022
and Countries That Would Be
Candidates But for Legal Prohibitions
Millennium Challenge
Corporation.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Millennium Challenge
Act of 2003 requires the Millennium
Challenge Corporation to publish a
report that identifies countries that are
‘‘candidate countries’’ for Millennium
Challenge Account assistance during
fiscal year 2022. The report is set forth
in full below.
SUMMARY:
(Authority: Section 608(a) of the Millennium
Challenge Act of 2003, as amended, 22 U.S.C.
7701, 7707(a))
Dated: September 8, 2021.
Thomas G. Hohenthaner,
Acting VP/General Counsel and Corporate
Secretary.
Report on Countries That Are
Candidates for Millennium Challenge
Compact Eligibility for Fiscal Year 2022
and Countries That Would Be
Candidates But for Legal Prohibitions
Summary
This report to Congress is provided in
accordance with section 608(a) of the
Millennium Challenge Act of 2003, as
amended, 22 U.S.C. 7701, 7707(a) (the
Act).
The Act authorizes the provision of
assistance for global development
through the Millennium Challenge
Corporation (MCC) for countries that
enter into a Millennium Challenge
Compact with the United States to
support policies and programs that
advance the progress of such countries
to achieve lasting economic growth and
poverty reduction. The Act requires
MCC to take a number of steps in
selecting countries with which MCC
will seek to enter into a compact,
including determining the countries that
will be eligible countries for fiscal year
(FY) 2022 based on (a) a country’s
demonstrated commitment to (i) just
and democratic governance, (ii)
economic freedom, and (iii) investments
in its people, (b) the opportunity to
reduce poverty and generate economic
growth in the country, and (c) the
availability of funds to MCC. These
steps include the submission to the
congressional committees specified in
the Act and publication in the Federal
Register of reports on the following:
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• The countries that are ‘‘candidate
countries’’ for FY 2022 based on their
per capita income levels and their
eligibility to receive assistance under
U.S. law and countries that would be
candidate countries but for specified
legal prohibitions on assistance (section
608(a) of the Act);
• The criteria and methodology that
the MCC Board of Directors (the Board)
will use to measure and evaluate the
relative policy performance of the
‘‘candidate countries’’ consistent with
the requirements of subsections (a) and
(b) of section 607 of the Act in order to
determine ‘‘eligible countries’’ from
among the ‘‘candidate countries’’
(section 608(b) of the Act); and
• The list of countries determined by
the Board to be ‘‘eligible countries’’ for
FY 2022, identification of such
countries with which the Board will
seek to enter into compacts, and a
justification for such eligibility
determination and selection for compact
negotiation (section 608(d) of the Act).
This report is the first of three
required reports listed above.
Candidate Countries for FY 2022
The Act requires the identification of
all countries that are candidate
countries for FY 2022 and the
identification of all countries that would
be candidate countries but for specified
legal prohibitions on assistance. Under
sections 606(a) and (b) of the Act,
candidate countries must qualify as low
income or lower middle income
countries as defined in the Act.
Specifically, a country will be a
candidate country in the low income
category for FY 2022 if it
• has a per capita income that is not
greater than the World Bank’s lower
middle income country threshold for
such fiscal year ($4,095 gross national
income per capita for FY 2022);
• is among the 75 countries identified
by the World Bank as having the lowest
per capita income; and
• is not ineligible to receive United
States economic assistance under part I
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
as amended (the Foreign Assistance
Act), by reason of the application of the
Foreign Assistance Act or any other
provision of law.
A country will be a candidate country
in the lower middle income category for
FY 2022 if it
• has a per capita income that is not
greater than the World Bank’s lower
middle income country threshold for
such fiscal year ($4,095 gross national
income per capita for FY 2022);
• is not among the 75 countries
identified by the World Bank as having
the lowest per capita income; and
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 174 (Monday, September 13, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50910-50911]
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Copyright Royalty Board
[Docket No. CONSOLIDATED 16-CRB-0010-SD (2014-17)]
Distribution of 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
Multigroup Claimants for partial distribution of 2015-2017 satellite
royalty funds.
DATES: Comments are due on or before October 13, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Interested claimants must submit timely comments using eCRB,
the Copyright Royalty Board's online electronic filing application, at
https://app.crb.gov/.
Instructions: All submissions must include a reference to the CRB
and docket number CONSOLIDATED 16-CRB-0010-SD (2014-17). All
submissions will be posted without change to eCRB at https://app.crb.gov/ including any personal information provided.
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
CONSOLIDATED 16-CRB-0010-SD (2014-17).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anita Blaine, Program Specialist, 202-
707-7658, [email protected].
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 July 23, 2021, Worldwide Subsidy Group LLC dba Multigroup
Claimants (MGC) filed with the Judges a motion
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requesting partial distributions of an amount confidentially calculated
by the Licensing Division that equals 50% of the average satellite
royalty awarded to MGC for 2010-2013, as applied against the 2015-2017
satellite royalties collected. Motion at 4.\1\
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\1\ The Motion can be found at https://app.crb.gov/document/download/25503.
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The Settling Devotional Claimants (SDC) opposed the Motion as well
as a separate motion that MGC filed in the companion cable docket. See
Settling Devotional Claimants' Opposition to Multigroup Claimants'
Motion for Partial Distribution of 2015-2017 Cable and Satellite
Royalty Funds (Opposition).\2\ MGC filed a Reply in support of its
Motion. See Multigroup Claimants' Reply in Support of Motion for
Partial Distribution of 2015-2017 Satellite Royalties (Aug. 13,
2021).\3\
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\2\ The Opposition can be found at https://app.crb.gov/document/download/25572.
\3\ The Reply can be found at https://app.crb.gov/document/download/25603.
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Prior to ruling on a motion for partial distribution filed under
Sec. 801(b)(3)(C) of the Copyright Act, the Judges must publish a
notice in the Federal Register to determine whether any interested
claimant entitled to receive such royalty fees has a reasonable
objection to the partial distribution. Accordingly, this Notice seeks
comments from interested claimants on whether any reasonable objection
exists that would preclude the distribution to MGC of the requested
amounts from the 2015-2017 satellite royalty funds. As the Judges have
commenced a distribution proceeding concerning 2014-2017 satellite
royalties, only claimants that have filed petitions to participate in
the proceeding (or are included in a petition to participate filed on
their behalf) are ``interested claimants'' for purposes of this Notice.
Interested claimants objecting to the partial distribution must advise
the Judges of the existence and extent of all 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.\4\
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\4\ The Judges deem the SDC's Opposition and MGC's Reply to
constitute timely comments and will consider them, together with any
other comments they receive during the comment period, in
determining whether any reasonable objection exists that would
preclude the requested distribution to MGC.
Dated: September 8, 2021.
Jesse M. Feder,
Chief Copyright Royalty Judge.
[FR Doc. 2021-19702 Filed 9-10-21; 8:45 am]
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