Cost of Living Adjustment to Royalty Rates for Webcaster Statutory License; Correction, 88253 [2023-28098]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 244 / Thursday, December 21, 2023 / Rules and Regulations ■ 2. Add § 177.T200 to read as follows: § 117.T200 Turner Cut. The draw of the Zuckerman Brothers (McDonald Island) bridge, mile 2.3, near Stockton need not open for the passage of vessels. [FR Doc. 2023–28098 Filed 12–20–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 1410–72–P Dated: December 15, 2023. Andrew M. Sugimoto, Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard Commander, Eleventh Coast Guard District. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS [FR Doc. 2023–28146 Filed 12–20–23; 8:45 am] 37 CFR Part 385 BILLING CODE 9110–04–P [Docket No. 23–CRB–0014–PR–COLA (2024)] LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Copyright Royalty Board Cost of Living Adjustment to Royalty Rates and Terms for Making and Distributing Phonorecords; Correction 37 CFR Part 380 AGENCY: [Docket No. 19–CRB–0005–WR (2021–2025) COLA (2024) Cost of Living Adjustment to Royalty Rates for Webcaster Statutory License; Correction khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with RULES Dated: December 15, 2023. David P. Shaw, Chief Copyright Royalty Judge. Copyright Royalty Board Copyright Royalty Board, Library of Congress. ACTION: Correcting amendments; cost of living adjustment. On December 12, 2023, the Copyright Royalty Judges amended regulations governing royalty rates for AGENCY: Copyright Royalty Board (CRB), making and distributing physical phonorecords and Permanent Library of Congress. Downloads of nondramatic musical ACTION: Final rule; correction. works pursuant to statutory license. SUMMARY: On November 30, 2023, the That document inadvertently omitted Copyright Royalty Judges amended figures related to calculation of the regulations governing royalty rates that adjusted rates and listed an incorrect commercial and noncommercial per-minute rate. noninteractive webcasters pay for DATES: eligible transmissions pursuant to the Effective date: December 21, 2023. statutory licenses for the public Applicability date: These rates and performance of and for the making of terms are applicable during the period ephemeral reproductions of sound from January 1, 2024, through December recordings. That document contained an 31, 2024. incorrect reference to a rate. This FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: document corrects that reference. Anita Brown, Program Specialist, (202) DATES: 707–7658, crb@loc.gov. Effective date: This correction is SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This effective December 20, 2023. Applicability dates: The adjusted rates document provides an amplification of as published on November 30, 2023, are the information in the SUPPLEMENTARY applicable to the period January 1, 2024, INFORMATION section and a correction to through December 31, 2024. a rate in the Final Regulations in the final rule/cost of living adjustment FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: document published in the Federal Anita Brown, (202) 707–7658, crb@ Register on December 12, 2023 (88 FR loc.gov. 86058). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On Section 115 of the Copyright Act, title November 30, 2023, at 88 FR 83508, the 17 of the United States Code, creates a Copyright Royalty Judges published a statutory license for making and rule that contained an incorrect reference to a rate in the SUPPLEMENTARY distributing phonorecords of nondramatic musical works. On INFORMATION section. This document December 16, 2022, the Copyright corrects that reference. Royalty Judges (Judges) adopted final Correction regulations governing the rates and terms of copyright royalty payments In the Federal Register of Thursday, under that license for the license period November 30, 2023, in FR Rule Doc. 2024–2027 for making and distributing 2023–26221, appearing on page 83508, phonorecords of nondramatic musical make the following correction: 1. On page 85309, in the first column, works. See 87 FR 76942. Pursuant to those regulations, at least in the fourth paragraph, correct 25 days before January 1 of each year, ‘‘$0.20025’’ to read ‘‘$0.0025’’. VerDate Sep<11>2014 15:43 Dec 20, 2023 Jkt 262001 SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 88253 the Judges shall publish in the Federal Register notice of a cost of living adjustment (COLA) applicable to the royalty fees for making and distributing physical phonorecords and Permanent Downloads. See 37 CFR 385.11. The adjustment in the royalty fee shall be based on a calculation of the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI–U) published in November 2022 (298.012) 1 (‘‘base rate’’) according to the formulas: for the per-work rate, (1 + (Cy ¥ 298.012 2)/298.012) × 12¢, rounded to the nearest tenth of a cent; for the perminute rate, (1 + (Cy ¥ 298.012)/ 298.012) × 2.31¢, rounded to the nearest hundredth of a cent; where Cy is the CPI–U published by the Secretary of Labor before December 1 of the preceding year. 37 CFR 385.11(a)(2). The CPI–U published by the Secretary of Labor from the most recent index published before December 1, 2023, is 307.671.3 Applying the formulas in 37 CFR 385.11(a)(2) results in an increase in the rates for 2024. The adjusted rates for 2024 are 12.4 cents for the per-work rate and 2.38 cents for the per-minute rate. Details of the required calculations were inadvertently omitted from the document published in the Federal Register on December 12, 2023 (88 FR 86058). This document provides, in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section herein, additional details of and results of the calculations, and corrects the amount for the per-minute rate in the Final Regulations herein. List of Subjects in 37 CFR Part 385 Copyright, Phonorecords, Recordings. Final Regulations In consideration of the foregoing, the Judges correct part 385 of title 37 of the Code of Federal Regulations by making the following correcting amendment: PART 385—RATES AND TERMS FOR USE OF NONDRAMATIC MUSICAL WORKS IN THE MAKING AND DISTRIBUTING OF PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL PHONORECORDS 1. The authority citation for part 385 continues to read as follows: ■ Authority: 17 U.S.C. 115, 801(b)(1), 804(b)(4). 1 The CPI–U published in November 2022 is available at https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ archives/cpi_11102022.htm at Table 1. 2 Base rate. 3 The CPI–U announced on November 14, 2023, by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in its Consumer Price Index News Release—Consumer Price Index, is available at https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ archives/cpi_11142023.htm at Table 1. E:\FR\FM\21DER1.SGM 21DER1

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 244 (Thursday, December 21, 2023)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 88253]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-28098]


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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

Copyright Royalty Board

37 CFR Part 380

[Docket No. 19-CRB-0005-WR (2021-2025) COLA (2024)


Cost of Living Adjustment to Royalty Rates for Webcaster 
Statutory License; Correction

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

ACTION: Final rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: On November 30, 2023, the Copyright Royalty Judges amended 
regulations governing 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. That document contained 
an incorrect reference to a rate. This document corrects that 
reference.

DATES: 
    Effective date: This correction is effective December 20, 2023.
    Applicability dates: The adjusted rates as published on November 
30, 2023, are applicable to the period January 1, 2024, through 
December 31, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anita Brown, (202) 707-7658, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 30, 2023, at 88 FR 83508, the 
Copyright Royalty Judges published a rule that contained an incorrect 
reference to a rate in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section. This 
document corrects that reference.

Correction

    In the Federal Register of Thursday, November 30, 2023, in FR Rule 
Doc. 2023-26221, appearing on page 83508, make the following 
correction:
    1. On page 85309, in the first column, in the fourth paragraph, 
correct ``$0.20025'' to read ``$0.0025''.

    Dated: December 15, 2023.
David P. Shaw,
Chief Copyright Royalty Judge.
[FR Doc. 2023-28098 Filed 12-20-23; 8:45 am]
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