Distribution of 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 Cable Royalty Funds; Distribution of 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 Satellite Royalty Funds, 65938-65940 [2024-18029]

Download as PDF 65938 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 156 / Tuesday, August 13, 2024 / Notices lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 Standards and Guidance, OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor; telephone (202) 693–2222. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Background The Department of Labor, as part of the continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent (i.e., employer) burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the public with an opportunity to comment on proposed and continuing information collection requirements in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This program ensures that information is in the desired format, reporting burden (time and costs) is minimal, the collection instruments are clearly understood, and OSHA’s estimate of the information collection burden is accurate. The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act) (29 U.S.C. 651 et seq.) authorizes information collection by employers as necessary or appropriate for enforcement of the OSH Act or for developing information regarding the causes and prevention of occupational injuries, illnesses, and accidents (29 U.S.C. 657). The OSH Act also requires that OSHA obtain such information with minimum burden upon employers, especially those operating small businesses, and to reduce to the maximum extent feasible unnecessary duplication of effort in obtaining information (29 U.S.C. 657). The following sections describe who uses the information collected under each requirement, as well as how they use it. The Standard protects workers from the adverse health effects that may result from their exposure to methylene chloride (MC). The requirements in the Standard include worker exposure monitoring, notifying workers of their MC exposures, administering medical examinations to workers, providing examining physicians with specific program and worker information, ensuring that workers receive a copy of their medical examination results, maintaining workers’ exposure monitoring and medical examination records for specific periods, and providing access to these records by OSHA, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, the affected workers, and their authorized representatives. II. Special Issues for Comment OSHA has a particular interest in comments on the following issues: • Whether the proposed information collection requirements are necessary VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:55 Aug 12, 2024 Jkt 262001 for the proper performance of the agency’s functions to protect workers, including whether the information is useful; • The accuracy of OSHA’s estimate of the burden (time and costs) of the information collection requirements, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; • The quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; and • Ways to minimize the burden on employers who must comply; for example, by using automated or other technological information, and transmission techniques. III. Proposed Actions OSHA is requesting that OMB extend the approval of the information collection requirements contained in the Methylene Chloride Standard. The agency is requesting an adjustment increase in the burden hours amount from 61,813 hours to 65,555 hours, a difference of 3,742 hours. This increase is due increase in the number of establishments from 84,595 to 89,760. OSHA will summarize the comments submitted in response to this notice and will include this summary in the request to OMB to extend the approval of the information collection requirements. Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection. Title: Methylene Chloride Standard. OMB Control Number: 1218–0179. Affected Public: Business or other forprofits. Number of Respondents: 89,760. Number of Responses: 251,235. Frequency of Responses: Varies. Average Time per Response: Varies. Estimated Total Burden Hours: 65,555. Estimated Cost (Operation and Maintenance): $22,271,728. IV. Public Participation—Submission of Comments on This Notice and Internet Access to Comments and Submissions You may submit comments in response to this document as follows: (1) electronically at https:// www.regulations.gov, which is the Federal eRulemaking Portal; or (2) by facsimile (fax), if your comments, including attachments, are not longer than 10 pages you may fax them to the OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693–1648. All comments, attachments, and other material must identify the agency name and the OSHA docket number for the ICR (OSHA–2011–0060). You may supplement electronic submission by uploading document files electronically. Comments and submissions are posted without change at https:// PO 00000 Frm 00103 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA cautions commenters about submitting personal information such as Social Security numbers and dates of birth. Although all submissions are listed in the https://www.regulations.gov index, some information (e.g., copyrighted material) is not publicly available to read or download from this website. All submissions, including copyrighted material, are available for inspection and copying at the OSHA Docket Office. Information on using the https:// www.regulations.gov website to submit comments and access the docket is available at the website’s ‘‘User Tips’’ link. Contact the OSHA Docket Office at (202) 693–2350, (TTY (877) 889–5627) for information about materials not available from the website, and for assistance in using the internet to locate docket submissions. V. Authority and Signature James S. Frederick, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, directed the preparation of this notice. The authority for this notice is the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3506 et seq.) and Secretary of Labor’s Order No. 8–2020 (85 FR 58393). Signed at Washington, DC, on August 6, 2024. James S. Frederick, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health. [FR Doc. 2024–17972 Filed 8–12–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510–26–P LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Copyright Royalty Board [Docket Nos. 19–CRB–0010–CD (2018– 2021), 19–CRB–0011–SD (2018–2021)] Distribution of 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 Cable Royalty Funds; Distribution of 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 Satellite Royalty Funds Copyright Royalty Board (CRB), Library of Congress. ACTION: Notice announcing commencement of distribution proceedings with request for Petitions to Participate. AGENCY: The Copyright Royalty Judges (Judges) announce the commencement of proceedings to determine distribution of 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021 royalties deposited with the Copyright Office under the cable service statutory license and the satellite carrier license. The Judges also set the date by which all parties wishing to participate and share SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\13AUN1.SGM 13AUN1 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 156 / Tuesday, August 13, 2024 / Notices lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 in the distribution of cable or satellite retransmission royalties for 2018 through 2021, inclusive, must file Petitions to Participate and pay the accompanying $150 filing fee. The Judges seek a single Petition to Participate in either or both the allocation phase and distribution phase of the cable royalty proceeding and a separate Petition to Participate in either or both the allocation phase and the distribution phase of the satellite royalty proceeding. Any party that fails to file a petition to participate by the time set forth in this notice shall not be a participant at any stage of either proceeding. DATES: Petitions to Participate, the filing fee, and the additional required filing are due on or before September 12, 2024. 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 completing and filing the petition to participate form in eCRB and paying the fee in eCRB. Do not upload a petition to participate document. Additional required information regarding claims shall be filed in eCRB separately from the form and no later than the deadline for filing the petition to participate. Docket: For access to the dockets, go to eCRB, the Copyright Royalty Board’s electronic filing and case management system, at https://app.crb.gov/, and search for Docket Nos. 19–CRB–0010– CD (2018–2021) and 19–CRB–0011–SD (2018–2021). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anita Brown, CRB Program Specialist, (202) 707–7658, crb@loc.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background Twice each year, cable services and satellite carriers deposit with the Copyright Office royalties payable for the privilege of retransmitting over-theair television and radio broadcast signals via cable and satellite. 17 U.S.C. 111, 119. The Copyright Royalty Judges (Judges) oversee distribution of the royalties to copyright owners whose works are included in the retransmissions and who have filed a timely claim for royalties. Pursuant to 17 U.S.C. 803(b)(1), the Judges hereby give notice of the commencement of proceedings for distribution of cable and satellite royalties deposited for broadcasts retransmitted in 2018 VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:55 Aug 12, 2024 Jkt 262001 through 2021 and call for interested parties to file Petitions to Participate. Any party wishing to receive royalties payable for 2018 through 2021 must file a Petition to Participate in each proceeding no later than September 12, 2024. If an interested party fails to file a Petition to Participate in response to this notice, that party will not be eligible for distribution of royalties for 2018 through 2021 from either the cable or the satellite fund. The Judges will resolve all issues relating to distribution of cable and satellite royalty funds for 2018 through 2021 in these proceedings, Docket No. 19–CRB–0010–CD (2018– 2021) and Docket No. 19–CRB–0011–SD (2018–2021). See 37 CFR 351.1(b)(2). Commencement of Distribution Proceedings The Judges have determined that controversies exist with regard to distribution of the cable and satellite retransmission royalties that licensees deposited for 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021. Therefore, pursuant to Section 804(b)(8) of the Copyright Act, the Judges are causing this notice to be published in the Federal Register to announce the commencement of cable and satellite distribution proceedings for the years 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021. The Judges base their conclusion regarding 2018–2021 cable and satellite fund controversies upon the entirety of the records, including initial motions for partial distribution and the silence following orders granting some of those motions. The parties have not moved for further partial distribution despite reserving in their motions ‘‘the right to move for additional partial distributions . . . after . . . any . . . disputes come into better focus.’’ See, e.g., Motion of the Allocation Phase Parties for Partial Distribution of 2020 Satellite Royalty Funds, Docket No. 21–CRB–0009–SD (2020 SD) (Mar. 9, 2023). Groups of claimants to the royalty funds, acting together and represented by joint counsel, have surely by now made an effort to negotiate a distribution scheme agreeable to all claimants. Apparently unable to reach an agreement, the claimants have taken no further action to seek further partial or final distribution of the funds. In the present proceedings, groups of claimants have identified themselves as arranged into program categories: Program Suppliers, Joint Sports Claimants, Public Television Claimants/ Public Broadcasting Service, Commercial Television Claimants/ National Association of Broadcasters, Devotional Claimants, Canadian Claimants, American Society of PO 00000 Frm 00104 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 65939 Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI), SESAC, Inc., and National Public Radio. The Judges recognize that other claimants might not be represented by joint counsel for the groups of claimants. The Judges, therefore, provide this public notice to alert anyone who claims an interest in cable or satellite retransmission royalties deposited for royalty years 2018 through 2021, inclusive. In order to share in the royalties at issue, any claimant not joined in one of the groups identified above must file a Petition to Participate, individually or jointly with other claimants. If, at a later point in the proceedings, a claimant chooses to join a group participating through joint counsel, that claimant may withdraw its individual Petition to Participate. The prerequisites to participation in a distribution proceeding are (1) the filing (individually or jointly) of a valid claim for each royalty year at issue and (2) the filing (individually or jointly) of a valid Petition to Participate. Only attorneys who are members in good standing of the bar of one or more states may represent parties before the Judges. All corporate parties must appear through counsel. Only if the petitioning party is an individual, may he or she represent himself or herself without legal counsel. 37 CFR 303.2. The Judges previously assigned separate docket numbers to the cable and satellite distribution proceedings for the period 2018 through 2021. Upon receipt of all Petitions to Participate, the Judges anticipate consolidating all cable proceedings for the years 2018 through 2021 under the captioned docket number 19–CRB–0010–CD (2018–2021) and all satellite proceedings for the years 2018 through 2021 under the captioned docket number 19–CRB– 0011–SD (2018–2021). Petitions To Participate Parties filing Petitions to Participate must comply with the requirements of section 351.1(b) of the Copyright Royalty Board’s regulations. In addition, each Petition to Participate filing must be accompanied by a filing that sets forth for each claim year, the name of each claimant, the corresponding claim number, an indication of whether the claim is an individual or joint claim, and the program category into which the claim may fall. Each Petition to Participate shall be accompanied by a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet in electronic form consisting of the following columns: Claimant; Claim Year; Claim Number; Claim Type; Allocation Phase Category. E:\FR\FM\13AUN1.SGM 13AUN1 65940 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 156 / Tuesday, August 13, 2024 / Notices lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 For ‘‘Claim Type,’’ participants shall enter ‘‘I’’ for an individual claimant, ‘‘J’’ for a joint claimant, and ‘‘W’’ for a claimant listed within a joint claim. The information in the column for ‘‘Claim Category’’ shall be coded 1 for syndicated programming and movies, 2 for live college and professional team sports, 3 for programs produced by local commercial television stations, 4 for public broadcasting, 5 for programs of a religious or devotional character, 6 for Canadian programs retransmitted within the United States, 7 for musical works carried on broadcast television signals, and 8 for National Public Radio (all nonmusic content broadcast on NPR stations). Claimants’ characterization of their claims at this juncture is for ease of administration only and is not dispositive of the ultimate disposition of any claim. Petitioners who seek to categorize any claim in a category not listed in the previous paragraph shall assign a number (starting with 9) to each new category and shall include a brief description of each new proposed category. Claimants, or claimant representatives, that have filed claims in multiple years shall list the claims in separate rows for each year. Claimants, or claimant representatives, that will seek royalties in multiple claim categories shall list each claim in a separate row for each separate claim category. Similarly, claimants, or claimant representatives, that assert multiple claims in a given claim year shall list each claim and claim number in a separate row. Petitioners are responsible to make a sufficient showing of a ‘‘significant interest’’ in the royalty funds at issue to avoid dismissal of the Petition to Participate. Claimants whose claims do not exceed $1,000 in value and who include a statement in their Petitions to Participate that they will not seek distribution of more than $1,000 may file the Petition to Participate without payment of the filing fee. Participants should conform filed electronic documents to the Judges’ Guidelines for Electronic Documents, available online at https://www.crb.gov/ docs/Guidelines_for_Electronic_ Documents.pdf. Dated: August 8, 2024. David P. Shaw, Chief Copyright Royalty Judge. [FR Doc. 2024–18029 Filed 8–12–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 1410–72–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:55 Aug 12, 2024 Jkt 262001 OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET Notice of Training Session: Effective Participation in Executive Order 12866 Meetings With the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (in Spanish) Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President. ACTION: Notice of training session. AGENCY: Interested members of the public may request a meeting with the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) to present their views about a regulatory action that is under OIRA review. These meetings, known as E.O. 12866 meetings, serve as listening sessions for OIRA officials and representatives from the agency or agencies taking the regulatory action. To assist members of the public seeking to request an E.O. 12866 meeting, OIRA has modified its website and posted an instructional video and a step-by-step guide to requesting a meeting, in English and Spanish, on its website. Moreover, to encourage participation by those who have not historically requested E.O. 12866 meetings, including those from underserved communities, OIRA will offer periodic and accessible trainings on effective participation in E.O. 12866 meetings. OIRA has recently held two training sessions on E.O. 12866 meeting participation. To assist Spanishspeaking members of the public who may wish to request an E.O. 12866 meeting in the future, OIRA will hold a training session in Spanish. DATES: The training session will be held on August 14, 2024, at 3 to 3:45 p.m., Eastern Time. ADDRESSES: Information to access the virtual training sessions will be provided upon registration. Members of the public may register by sending an email to publicparticipation@ omb.eop.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Please email the Office of Management and Budget at publicparticipation@ omb.eop.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Executive Order 12866 establishes and governs the process under which OIRA reviews agencies’ significant regulatory actions. E.O. 12866 provides that members of the public may meet with OIRA during OIRA’s review of draft proposed and final rules. These meetings, known as E.O. 12866 meetings, offer an opportunity for members of the public to present their views on regulatory actions under review. OIRA invites SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00105 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 representatives from the agency or agencies taking the regulatory action to these meetings, though participation may be limited by scheduling or other considerations. E.O. 12866 meetings serve as listening sessions for OIRA and agency representatives, and both the identity of meeting attendees and any written materials provided by the meeting requestors are disclosed on OIRA’s website. In an effort to facilitate meeting requests, OIRA has modified its website to simplify the request form and to provide several avenues through which outside parties can request meetings.1 In addition, OIRA has provided detailed written step-by-step instructions in English and Spanish,2 as well as a video (also translated into Spanish),3 on its website, RegInfo.gov, on how to schedule a meeting. To facilitate broader participation in E.O. 12866 meetings, including by requestors who have not historically requested such meetings or face challenges in traveling to Washington, DC, OIRA holds E.O. 12866 meetings virtually, primarily as teleconferences. To encourage participation by members of the public who have not historically requested E.O. 12866 meetings, including members of underserved communities, OIRA will offer periodic and accessible trainings on effective participation in E.O. 12866 meetings. OIRA recently held two training sessions. To assist Spanishspeaking members of the public, OIRA will hold a training session in Spanish on August 14, 2024, at 3 to 3:45 p.m., Eastern Time. The training session will be conducted entirely in Spanish, and will include a question-and-answer period. At the training sessions OIRA will describe (1) what an E.O. 12866 meeting is; (2) how members of the public may request and schedule a meeting; (3) the format of E.O. 12866 meetings; (4) what type of information or input is most helpful to receive during an E.O. 12866 meeting; and (5) what makes for an effective presentation during an E.O. 12866 meeting. Richard L. Revesz, Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. [FR Doc. 2024–17154 Filed 8–12–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3110–01–P 1 https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eo/ neweomeeting. 2 https://www.reginfo.gov/public/jsp/Utilities/EO12866-Video-Transcript-english.pdf (in English); and https://www.reginfo.gov/public/jsp/Utilities/ EO-12866-Video-Transcript-spanish.pdf (in Spanish). 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zxsAFsgJ3I (in English) and https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=9dRt4XxZ78c (in Spanish). E:\FR\FM\13AUN1.SGM 13AUN1

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 156 (Tuesday, August 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65938-65940]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-18029]


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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

Copyright Royalty Board

[Docket Nos. 19-CRB-0010-CD (2018-2021), 19-CRB-0011-SD (2018-2021)]


Distribution of 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 Cable Royalty Funds; 
Distribution of 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 Satellite Royalty Funds

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

ACTION: Notice announcing commencement of distribution proceedings with 
request for Petitions to Participate.

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SUMMARY: The Copyright Royalty Judges (Judges) announce the 
commencement of proceedings to determine distribution of 2018, 2019, 
2020, and 2021 royalties deposited with the Copyright Office under the 
cable service statutory license and the satellite carrier license. The 
Judges also set the date by which all parties wishing to participate 
and share

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in the distribution of cable or satellite retransmission royalties for 
2018 through 2021, inclusive, must file Petitions to Participate and 
pay the accompanying $150 filing fee. The Judges seek a single Petition 
to Participate in either or both the allocation phase and distribution 
phase of the cable royalty proceeding and a separate Petition to 
Participate in either or both the allocation phase and the distribution 
phase of the satellite royalty proceeding. Any party that fails to file 
a petition to participate by the time set forth in this notice shall 
not be a participant at any stage of either proceeding.

DATES: Petitions to Participate, the filing fee, and the additional 
required filing are due on or before September 12, 2024.

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 
completing and filing the petition to participate form in eCRB and 
paying the fee in eCRB. Do not upload a petition to participate 
document. Additional required information regarding claims shall be 
filed in eCRB separately from the form and no later than the deadline 
for filing the petition to participate.
    Docket: For access to the dockets, go to eCRB, the Copyright 
Royalty Board's electronic filing and case management system, at 
https://app.crb.gov/, and search for Docket Nos. 19-CRB-0010-CD (2018-
2021) and 19-CRB-0011-SD (2018-2021).

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    Twice each year, cable services and satellite carriers deposit with 
the Copyright Office royalties payable for the privilege of 
retransmitting over-the-air television and radio broadcast signals via 
cable and satellite. 17 U.S.C. 111, 119. The Copyright Royalty Judges 
(Judges) oversee distribution of the royalties to copyright owners 
whose works are included in the retransmissions and who have filed a 
timely claim for royalties. Pursuant to 17 U.S.C. 803(b)(1), the Judges 
hereby give notice of the commencement of proceedings for distribution 
of cable and satellite royalties deposited for broadcasts retransmitted 
in 2018 through 2021 and call for interested parties to file Petitions 
to Participate.
    Any party wishing to receive royalties payable for 2018 through 
2021 must file a Petition to Participate in each proceeding no later 
than September 12, 2024. If an interested party fails to file a 
Petition to Participate in response to this notice, that party will not 
be eligible for distribution of royalties for 2018 through 2021 from 
either the cable or the satellite fund. The Judges will resolve all 
issues relating to distribution of cable and satellite royalty funds 
for 2018 through 2021 in these proceedings, Docket No. 19-CRB-0010-CD 
(2018-2021) and Docket No. 19-CRB-0011-SD (2018-2021). See 37 CFR 
351.1(b)(2).

Commencement of Distribution Proceedings

    The Judges have determined that controversies exist with regard to 
distribution of the cable and satellite retransmission royalties that 
licensees deposited for 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021. Therefore, pursuant 
to Section 804(b)(8) of the Copyright Act, the Judges are causing this 
notice to be published in the Federal Register to announce the 
commencement of cable and satellite distribution proceedings for the 
years 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021.
    The Judges base their conclusion regarding 2018-2021 cable and 
satellite fund controversies upon the entirety of the records, 
including initial motions for partial distribution and the silence 
following orders granting some of those motions. The parties have not 
moved for further partial distribution despite reserving in their 
motions ``the right to move for additional partial distributions . . . 
after . . . any . . . disputes come into better focus.'' See, e.g., 
Motion of the Allocation Phase Parties for Partial Distribution of 2020 
Satellite Royalty Funds, Docket No. 21-CRB-0009-SD (2020 SD) (Mar. 9, 
2023).
    Groups of claimants to the royalty funds, acting together and 
represented by joint counsel, have surely by now made an effort to 
negotiate a distribution scheme agreeable to all claimants. Apparently 
unable to reach an agreement, the claimants have taken no further 
action to seek further partial or final distribution of the funds.
    In the present proceedings, groups of claimants have identified 
themselves as arranged into program categories: Program Suppliers, 
Joint Sports Claimants, Public Television Claimants/Public Broadcasting 
Service, Commercial Television Claimants/National Association of 
Broadcasters, Devotional Claimants, Canadian Claimants, American 
Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), Broadcast Music, 
Inc. (BMI), SESAC, Inc., and National Public Radio. The Judges 
recognize that other claimants might not be represented by joint 
counsel for the groups of claimants. The Judges, therefore, provide 
this public notice to alert anyone who claims an interest in cable or 
satellite retransmission royalties deposited for royalty years 2018 
through 2021, inclusive.
    In order to share in the royalties at issue, any claimant not 
joined in one of the groups identified above must file a Petition to 
Participate, individually or jointly with other claimants. If, at a 
later point in the proceedings, a claimant chooses to join a group 
participating through joint counsel, that claimant may withdraw its 
individual Petition to Participate. The prerequisites to participation 
in a distribution proceeding are (1) the filing (individually or 
jointly) of a valid claim for each royalty year at issue and (2) the 
filing (individually or jointly) of a valid Petition to Participate.
    Only attorneys who are members in good standing of the bar of one 
or more states may represent parties before the Judges. All corporate 
parties must appear through counsel. Only if the petitioning party is 
an individual, may he or she represent himself or herself without legal 
counsel. 37 CFR 303.2.
    The Judges previously assigned separate docket numbers to the cable 
and satellite distribution proceedings for the period 2018 through 
2021. Upon receipt of all Petitions to Participate, the Judges 
anticipate consolidating all cable proceedings for the years 2018 
through 2021 under the captioned docket number 19-CRB-0010-CD (2018-
2021) and all satellite proceedings for the years 2018 through 2021 
under the captioned docket number 19-CRB-0011-SD (2018-2021).

Petitions To Participate

    Parties filing Petitions to Participate must comply with the 
requirements of section 351.1(b) of the Copyright Royalty Board's 
regulations.
    In addition, each Petition to Participate filing must be 
accompanied by a filing that sets forth for each claim year, the name 
of each claimant, the corresponding claim number, an indication of 
whether the claim is an individual or joint claim, and the program 
category into which the claim may fall. Each Petition to Participate 
shall be accompanied by a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet in electronic 
form consisting of the following columns: Claimant; Claim Year; Claim 
Number; Claim Type; Allocation Phase Category.

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For ``Claim Type,'' participants shall enter ``I'' for an individual 
claimant, ``J'' for a joint claimant, and ``W'' for a claimant listed 
within a joint claim. The information in the column for ``Claim 
Category'' shall be coded 1 for syndicated programming and movies, 2 
for live college and professional team sports, 3 for programs produced 
by local commercial television stations, 4 for public broadcasting, 5 
for programs of a religious or devotional character, 6 for Canadian 
programs retransmitted within the United States, 7 for musical works 
carried on broadcast television signals, and 8 for National Public 
Radio (all non-music content broadcast on NPR stations). Claimants' 
characterization of their claims at this juncture is for ease of 
administration only and is not dispositive of the ultimate disposition 
of any claim.
    Petitioners who seek to categorize any claim in a category not 
listed in the previous paragraph shall assign a number (starting with 
9) to each new category and shall include a brief description of each 
new proposed category. Claimants, or claimant representatives, that 
have filed claims in multiple years shall list the claims in separate 
rows for each year. Claimants, or claimant representatives, that will 
seek royalties in multiple claim categories shall list each claim in a 
separate row for each separate claim category. Similarly, claimants, or 
claimant representatives, that assert multiple claims in a given claim 
year shall list each claim and claim number in a separate row. 
Petitioners are responsible to make a sufficient showing of a 
``significant interest'' in the royalty funds at issue to avoid 
dismissal of the Petition to Participate.
    Claimants whose claims do not exceed $1,000 in value and who 
include a statement in their Petitions to Participate that they will 
not seek distribution of more than $1,000 may file the Petition to 
Participate without payment of the filing fee.
    Participants should conform filed electronic documents to the 
Judges' Guidelines for Electronic Documents, available online at 
https://www.crb.gov/docs/Guidelines_for_Electronic_Documents.pdf.

    Dated: August 8, 2024.
David P. Shaw,
Chief Copyright Royalty Judge.
[FR Doc. 2024-18029 Filed 8-12-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 1410-72-P


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