[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3015 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3015

To delay the applicability to webcasters of rates and terms determined 
 by the Copyright Royalty Judges for certain statutory licenses under 
                     title 17, United States Code.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 12, 2007

  Mr. Chabot (for himself and Ms. Velazquez) introduced the following 
       bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To delay the applicability to webcasters of rates and terms determined 
 by the Copyright Royalty Judges for certain statutory licenses under 
                     title 17, United States Code.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. DELAY OF COPYRIGHT ROYALTY RATES AND TERMS FOR WEBCASTERS.

    (a) Delay.--The rates and terms determined by the Copyright Royalty 
Judges for the statutory licenses under sections 112(e) and 114(f) of 
title 17, United States Code, as published in the Federal Register on 
May 1, 2007, shall not be effective with respect to webcasters until 
the end of the 60-day period beginning on July 15, 2007. Until the end 
of that 60-day period, the rates and terms that applied to webcasters 
for such statutory licenses under section 6(b)(3) of the Copyright 
Royalty and Distribution Reform Act of 2004 (17 U.S.C. 801 note) shall 
apply to webcasters for such statutory licenses as if the determination 
published on May 1, 2007, had not been made.
    (b) Definition.--In this section, the term ``webcaster'' has the 
meaning given that term in section 114(f)(5)(E)(iii) of title 17, 
United States Code.
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