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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Copyright Royalty Board
37 CFR Part 381
[Docket No. 24–CRB–0009–PBR (2023–
2027) COLA (2025)]
Cost of Living Adjustment to Public
Broadcasters Compulsory License
Royalty Rate
Copyright Royalty Board,
Library of Congress.
ACTION: Final rule; cost of living
adjustment.
AGENCY:
The Copyright Royalty Judges
announce a cost of living adjustment
(COLA) to the royalty rate that
noncommercial radio stations at certain
colleges, universities, and other
educational institutions that are not
affiliated with National Public Radio
must pay for the use in 2025 of
published nondramatic musical
compositions in the SESAC Performing
Rights, LLC (SESAC) and Global Music
Rights, LLC (GMR) repertories pursuant
to the statutory license under the
Copyright Act for noncommercial
broadcasting.
SUMMARY:
DATES:
Effective date: November 29, 2024.
Applicability dates: These rates are
applicable to the period January 1, 2025,
through December 31, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anita Brown, CRB Program Assistant,
(202) 707–7658, crb@loc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
118 of the Copyright Act, title 17 of the
United States Code, creates a statutory
license for the use of published
nondramatic musical works and
published pictorial, graphic, and
sculptural works in connection with
noncommercial broadcasting.
On June 28, 2023, the Copyright
Royalty Judges (Judges) adopted final
regulations governing the rates and
terms of copyright royalty payments
under section 118 of the Copyright Act
for the license period 2023–2027. See 88
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FR 41827. Pursuant to these regulations,
on or before December 1 of each year,
the Judges shall publish in the Federal
Register notice of the change in the cost
of living and a revised schedule of the
rates codified at § 381.5(c)(3) and (4)
relating to compositions in the repertory
of SESAC and GMR. The adjustment,
fixed to the nearest dollar, shall be the
greater of (1) the change in the cost of
living as determined by the Consumer
Price Index (all consumers, all items)
(‘‘CPI–U’’) ‘‘during the period from the
most recent index published prior to the
previous notice to the most recent index
published prior to December 1 of that
year’’ or (2) 1.5%. 37 CFR 381.10.
The change in the cost of living as
determined by the CPI–U during the
period from the most recent index
published prior to the previous notice,
i.e., before December 1, 2023, to the
most recent index published before
December 1, 2024, is 2.6%.1 In
accordance with 37 CFR 381.10(b), the
Judges announce that the COLA for
calendar year 2025 shall be 2.6%.
Application of the 2.6% COLA to the
2024 rates for the performance of
published nondramatic musical
compositions in the repertory of SESAC
and GMR—$194 per station—results in
an adjusted rate of $199 per station,
rounded to the nearest dollar.
List of Subjects in 37 CFR Part 381
Copyright, Music, Radio, Rates,
Television.
Final Regulations
In consideration of the foregoing, the
Copyright Royalty Judges amend part
381 of title 37 of the Code of Federal
Regulations as follows:
PART 381—USE OF CERTAIN
COPYRIGHTED WORKS IN
CONNECTION WITH
NONCOMMERCIAL EDUCATIONAL
BROADCASTING
1. The authority citation for part 381
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 17 U.S.C. 118, 801(b)(1) and
803.
2. Section 381.5 is amended by
revising paragraphs (c)(3)(iii) and
(c)(4)(iii) as follows:
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§ 381.5 Performance of musical
compositions by public broadcasting
entities licensed to colleges and
universities.
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1 On November 13, 2024, the Bureau of Labor
Statistics announced that the CPI–U increased 2.6%
over the last 12 months.
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(iii) 2025: $199 per station.
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Dated: November 21, 2024.
David P. Shaw,
Chief Copyright Royalty Judge.
[FR Doc. 2024–27722 Filed 11–27–24; 8:45 am]
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Copyright Royalty Board
37 CFR Part 386
[Docket No. 24–CRB–0011–SA–COLA
(2025)]
Cost of Living Adjustment to Satellite
Carrier Compulsory License Royalty
Rates
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) of 2.6% in the royalty rates
satellite carriers pay for a compulsory
license under the Copyright Act. The
COLA is based on the change in the
Consumer Price Index from October
2023 to October 2024.
DATES:
Effective date: November 29, 2024.
Applicability dates: These rates are
applicable to the period January 1, 2025,
through December 31, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anita Brown, (202) 707–7658, crb@
loc.gov.
SUMMARY:
The
satellite carrier compulsory license
establishes a statutory copyright
licensing scheme for the distant
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retransmission of television
programming by satellite carriers. 17
U.S.C. 119. Congress created the license
in 1988 and reauthorized the license for
additional five-year periods until 2019
when it made the license permanent.1
On August 31, 2010, the Copyright
Royalty Judges (Judges) adopted rates
for the section 119 compulsory license
for the 2010–2014 term. See 75 FR
53198. The rates were proposed by
Copyright Owners and Satellite
Carriers 2 and were unopposed. Id.
Section 119(c)(2) of the Copyright Act
provides that, effective January 1 of each
year, the Judges shall adjust the royalty
fee payable under section 119(b)(1)(B)
‘‘to reflect any changes occurring in the
cost of living as determined by the most
recent Consumer Price Index (for all
consumers and for all items) [CPI–U]
published by the Secretary of Labor
before December 1 of the preceding
year.’’ Section 119 also requires that
‘‘[n]otification of the adjusted fees shall
be published in the Federal Register at
least 25 days before January 1.’’ 17
U.S.C. 119(c)(2).
The change in the cost of living as
determined by the CPI–U during the
period from the most recent index
published before December 1, 2023, to
the most recent index published before
December 1, 2024, is 2.6%.3 Application
of the 2.6% COLA to the current rate for
the secondary transmission of broadcast
stations by satellite carriers for private
1 The most recent five-year reauthorization was
pursuant to the STELA Reauthorization Act of 2014,
Public Law 113–200. The license was made
permanent by the Satellite Television Community
Protection and Promotion Act of 2019, Public Law
116–94, div. P, title XI, section 1102(a), (c)(1), 133
Stat. 3201, 3203.
2 Program Suppliers and Joint Sports Claimants
comprised the Copyright Owners while DIRECTV,
Inc., DISH Network, LLC, and National
Programming Service, LLC, comprised the Satellite
Carriers.
3 On November 13, 2024, the Bureau of Labor
Statistics announced that the CPI–U increased 2.6%
over the last 12 months.
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home viewing—35 cents per subscriber
per month—results in a rate of 36 cents
per subscriber per month (rounded to
the nearest cent). See 37 CFR
386.2(b)(1). Application of the 2.6%
COLA to the current rate for viewing in
commercial establishments—72 cents
per subscriber per month—results in a
rate of 74 cents per subscriber per
month (rounded to the nearest cent). See
37 CFR 386.2(b)(2).
List of Subjects in 37 CFR Part 386
Copyright, Satellites, Television.
Final Regulations
In consideration of the foregoing, the
Copyright Royalty Judges amend part
386 of title 37 of the Code of Federal
Regulations as follows:
PART 386—ADJUSTMENT OF
ROYALTY FEES FOR SECONDARY
TRANSMISSIONS BY SATELLITE
CARRIERS
1. The authority citation for part 386
continues to read as follows:
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Authority: 17 U.S.C. 119(c), 801(b)(1).
2. Section 386.2 is amended by adding
paragraphs (b)(1)(xvi) and (b)(2)(xvi) to
read as follows:
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§ 386.2 Royalty fee for secondary
transmission by satellite carriers.
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(xvi) 2025: 36 cents per subscriber per
month.
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(xvi) 2025: 74 cents per subscriber per
month.
Dated: November 21, 2024.
David P. Shaw,
Chief Copyright Royalty Judge.
[FR Doc. 2024–27737 Filed 11–27–24; 8:45 am]
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Copyright Royalty Board
37 CFR Part 381
[Docket No. 24-CRB-0009-PBR (2023-2027) COLA (2025)]
Cost of Living Adjustment to Public Broadcasters Compulsory
License Royalty Rate
AGENCY: Copyright Royalty Board, 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) to the royalty rate that noncommercial radio stations
at certain colleges, universities, and other educational institutions
that are not affiliated with National Public Radio must pay for the use
in 2025 of published nondramatic musical compositions in the SESAC
Performing Rights, LLC (SESAC) and Global Music Rights, LLC (GMR)
repertories pursuant to the statutory license under the Copyright Act
for noncommercial broadcasting.
DATES:
Effective date: November 29, 2024.
Applicability dates: These rates are applicable to the period
January 1, 2025, through December 31, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anita Brown, CRB Program Assistant,
(202) 707-7658, [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 118 of the Copyright Act, title 17
of the United States Code, creates a statutory license for the use of
published nondramatic musical works and published pictorial, graphic,
and sculptural works in connection with noncommercial broadcasting.
On June 28, 2023, the Copyright Royalty Judges (Judges) adopted
final regulations governing the rates and terms of copyright royalty
payments under section 118 of the Copyright Act for the license period
2023-2027. See 88 FR 41827. Pursuant to these regulations, on or before
December 1 of each year, the Judges shall publish in the Federal
Register notice of the change in the cost of living and a revised
schedule of the rates codified at Sec. 381.5(c)(3) and (4) relating to
compositions in the repertory of SESAC and GMR. The adjustment, fixed
to the nearest dollar, shall be the greater of (1) the change in the
cost of living as determined by the Consumer Price Index (all
consumers, all items) (``CPI-U'') ``during the period from the most
recent index published prior to the previous notice to the most recent
index published prior to December 1 of that year'' or (2) 1.5%. 37 CFR
381.10.
The change in the cost of living as determined by the CPI-U during
the period from the most recent index published prior to the previous
notice, i.e., before December 1, 2023, to the most recent index
published before December 1, 2024, is 2.6%.\1\ In accordance with 37
CFR 381.10(b), the Judges announce that the COLA for calendar year 2025
shall be 2.6%. Application of the 2.6% COLA to the 2024 rates for the
performance of published nondramatic musical compositions in the
repertory of SESAC and GMR--$194 per station--results in an adjusted
rate of $199 per station, rounded to the nearest dollar.
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\1\ On November 13, 2024, the Bureau of Labor Statistics
announced that the CPI-U increased 2.6% over the last 12 months.
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List of Subjects in 37 CFR Part 381
Copyright, Music, Radio, Rates, Television.
Final Regulations
In consideration of the foregoing, the Copyright Royalty Judges
amend part 381 of title 37 of the Code of Federal Regulations as
follows:
PART 381--USE OF CERTAIN COPYRIGHTED WORKS IN CONNECTION WITH
NONCOMMERCIAL EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTING
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1. The authority citation for part 381 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 17 U.S.C. 118, 801(b)(1) and 803.
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2. Section 381.5 is amended by revising paragraphs (c)(3)(iii) and
(c)(4)(iii) as follows:
Sec. 381.5 Performance of musical compositions by public broadcasting
entities licensed to colleges and universities.
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(c) * * *
(3) * * *
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(iii) 2025: $199 per station.
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(4) * * *
(iii) 2025: $199 per station.
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Dated: November 21, 2024.
David P. Shaw,
Chief Copyright Royalty Judge.
[FR Doc. 2024-27722 Filed 11-27-24; 8:45 am]
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