Copyright Royalty Board News, Issue 204
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November 29, 2018
Issue 204
COPYRIGHT ROYALTY JUDGES ANNOUNCE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT TO ROYALTY RATES FOR WEBCASTER STATUTORY LICENSES
The Copyright Royalty Judges announce a cost of living adjustment (COLA) in the 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. For details, click here.
COPYRIGHT ROYALTY JUDGES ANNOUNCE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT TO PUBLIC BROADCASTERS COMPULSORY LICENSE ROYALTY RATES
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 2019 of published nondramatic musical compositions in the SESAC repertory pursuant to the statutory license under the Copyright Act. Because the current rates did not become final until January 2018, the revised regulation includes the revised rate for 2018 that reflects the cost of living adjustment announced in 2017. For details, click here.
COPYRIGHT ROYALTY JUDGES ANNOUNCE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT TO SATELLITE CARRIER COMPULSORY LICENSE ROYALTY RATES
The Copyright Royalty Judges announce a cost of living adjustment (COLA) of 2.5 percent in the royalty rates satellite carriers pay for a compulsory license under the Copyright Act for the distant retransmission of television programming. The COLA is based on the change in the Consumer Price Index from October 2017 to October 2018. For details, click here.
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December 10, 2018: Comments and proposals due regarding notice of inquiry regarding modifications and amendments to CRB regulations following enactment of the Music Modernization Act (83 FR 55334).
December 10, 2018: Comments and proposals due regarding whether controversies exist among claimants relating to distribution of the cable and satellite television retransmission royalty funds deposited with the U.S. Copyright Office for royalty years 2014 through 2017 (83 FR 56106).
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