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[H.R. 7084 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]

        H.R.7084

                       One Hundred Tenth Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE SECOND SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday,
            the third day of January, two thousand and eight


                                 An Act


 
  To amend section 114 of title 17, United States Code, to provide for 
 agreements for the reproduction and performance of sound recordings by 
                               webcasters.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Webcaster Settlement Act of 2008''.
SEC. 2. AGREEMENTS ON BEHALF OF WEBCASTERS.
    Section 114(f)(5) of title 17, United States Code, is amended--
        (1) in subparagraph (A)--
            (A) by striking ``small commercial'' each place it appears 
        and inserting ``commercial'';
            (B) by striking ``during the period beginning on October 
        28, 1998, and ending on December 31, 2004'' and inserting ``for 
        a period of not more than 11 years beginning on January 1, 
        2005'';
            (C) by striking ``a copyright arbitration royalty panel or 
        decision by the Librarian of Congress'' and inserting ``the 
        Copyright Royalty Judges''; and
            (D) in the second sentence, by striking ``webcasters shall 
        include'' and inserting ``webcasters may include'';
        (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``small commercial'' and 
    inserting ``commercial'';
        (3) in subparagraph (C)--
            (A) by striking ``Librarian of Congress'' and inserting 
        ``Copyright Royalty Judges'';
            (B) by striking ``small webcasters'' and inserting 
        ``webcasters''; and
            (C) by adding at the end the following: ``This subparagraph 
        shall not apply to the extent that the receiving agent and a 
        webcaster that is party to an agreement entered into pursuant 
        to subparagraph (A) expressly authorize the submission of the 
        agreement in a proceeding under this subsection.'';
        (4) in subparagraph (D)--
            (A) by striking ``the Small Webcasters Settlement Act of 
        2002'' and inserting ``the Webcaster Settlement Act of 2008'' ; 
        and
            (B) by striking ``Librarian of Congress of July 8, 2002'' 
        and inserting ``Copyright Royalty Judges of May 1, 2007''; and
        (5) in subparagraph (F), by striking ``December 15, 2002'' and 
    all that follows through ``2003'' and inserting ``February 15, 
    2009''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.