3.0.0 3649 2019-11-15T22:00:12Z 2019-11-15T22:00:12Z Senate S S 2008-09-29 110 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-09-29T16:30:51Z Webcaster Settlement Act of 2008 110 7084 HR 2008-10-16 Became Public Law No: 110-435. Related bill CRS 2008-09-29 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2008-09-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR N B000953 Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS] SAM BROWNBACK R KS 2008-09-29 True Commerce Arts, Culture, Religion Copyright Intellectual property Internet Science, Technology, Communications Sound recording and reproducing Web sites Commerce 00 2008-09-29 Introduced in Senate 2009-01-16T17:09:28Z Webcaster Settlement Act of 2008 - Allows a receiving agent (designated by the Librarian of Congress to collect royalties that ultimately are disbursed to sound recording copyright owners and performers) to enter into agreements with webcasters that establish royalty terms for the performance of sound recordings over the Internet. Provides that such agreements, which may be effective for a period of up to 11 years following January 1, 2005, are to be binding on all copyright owners of sound recordings and other persons entitled to payment, in lieu of any determination of compulsory license rates by the Copyright Royalty Judges.

Terminates the authority to negotiate settlement agreements under this Act on February 15, 2009.

Declares that nothing in this Act (or any agreement entered into under this Act) shall be taken into account by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in its review of the May 1, 2007, determination of royalty rates by the Copyright Royalty Judges.

]]> Webcaster Settlement Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Webcaster Settlement Act of 2008 Display Title Webcaster Settlement Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend section 114 of title 17, United States Code, to provide for agreements for the reproduction and performance of sound recordings by webcasters. Introduced in Senate 2008-09-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3649is/xml/BILLS-110s3649is.xml 2008-09-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.