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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

Copyright Office
[Docket No. 94-1B]

 

Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panels; List of Arbitrator Names

AGENCY: Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

ACTION: Determination of CARP arbitrator list.

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SUMMARY: The Copyright Office of the Library of Congress is publishing 
the list of arbitrators eligible for selection to a Copyright 
Arbitration Royalty Panel (CARP) during 1994. This CARP arbitrator list 
will be used to select all arbitrators required for any royalty fee 
distribution proceeding initiated under 17 U.S.C. 802 and beginning 
during calendar year 1994.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 11, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marilyn Kretsinger, Acting General 
Counsel, U.S. Copyright Office, Library of Congress, Washington, DC 
20540, (202) 707-8380.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Copyright Royalty Tribunal Reform Act of 
1993, Public Law No. 103-198, 107 Stat. 2304 (1993), creates a system 
of Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panels (CARPs), administered by the 
Librarian of Congress and the Copyright Office, for the distribution of 
copyright royalty fees collected by the Copyright Office under the 
various compulsory licenses of the Copyright Code, 17 U.S.C., and for 
adjustment of compulsory license royalty rates. For royalty rate 
adjustments and distributions that are in controversy, section 802(b) 
of the Copyright Code requires the selection of a CARP consisting of 
three arbitrators from ``lists provided by professional arbitration 
associations.'' The Librarian selects two arbitrators, who in turn 
select the third to serve as their chairperson. If the two arbitrators 
cannot agree, the Librarian is instructed to select the third 
arbitrator.

List of Nominated Arbitrators

    To implement the CARP selection process of section 802(b), the 
Copyright Office recently issued a set of interim regulations. 59 FR 
23964 (1994). Subpart A of part 251 of these regulations describes the 
selection and organization of the CARPs. 37 CFR part 251. For 1994, 
arbitration associations were asked to submit a list of persons 
qualified to serve on a CARP, as described in Sec. 251.5, by May 6. The 
regulation required that the submitting arbitration association supply 
the following information for each person:
    (1) The full name, address, and telephone number of the person.
    (2) The current position and name of the person's employer, if any, 
along with a brief summary of the person's employment history, 
including areas of expertise, and, if available, a description of the 
general nature of clients represented and the types of proceedings in 
which the person represented clients.
    (3) A brief description of the educational background of the 
person, including teaching positions and membership in professional 
associations, if any.
    (4) A statement of facts and information which qualify the person 
to serve as an arbitrator under Sec. 251.5.
    (5) A description or schedule detailing fees proposed to be charged 
by the person for service on a CARP.
    (6) Any other information which the professional arbitration 
association or organization may consider relevant.
37 CFR 251.3(a).
    Section 251.3(b) directs:

    After May 6, 1994 * * * the Librarian of Congress shall publish 
in the Federal Register a list of at least 30, but not more than 75 
persons, submitted to the Librarian from at least three professional 
arbitration associations or organizations. The persons so listed 
must satisfy the qualifications and requirements of this subchapter 
and can reasonably be expected to be available to serve as 
arbitrators on a Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel during that 
calendar year. This list will constitute the ``arbitrator list'' 
referred to in this subchapter.

    The publication of today's list satisfies the requirements of 
Sec. 251.3. Although Sec. 251.3(b) sets an upper limit of 75 names, the 
Copyright Office is publishing an arbitrator list containing 107 names. 
The short period of time between receipt of the names from the 
arbitrator associations and the need to publish the arbitrator list 
precluded the possibility of prescreening the list to stay within the 
75 person maximum. The Office is therefore waiving the maximum 
limitation for this year and is publishing all the names submitted by 
the arbitration associations that met the eligibility criteria of 
Sec. 251.5. Arbitration associations submitted names of people that 
they found to satisfy the CARP eligibility requirements described in 
Sec. 251.5 including ability to serve on a CARP at any time during 
1994.\1\
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    \1\This also includes any ``spill over'' into 1995 that may 
occur as a result of a CARP proceeding beginning late this year.
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    As noted above in the quotation from Sec. 251.3(b), today's list 
constitutes the CARP ``arbitrator list'' for purposes of subchapter B. 
The information submitted by an arbitration association with respect to 
each person listed is available for copying and inspection at the 
Licensing Division of the Copyright Office. See Sec. 251.3(b) of the 
new regulations. Thus, for example, if the Librarian is required to 
convene a CARP this year for a royalty fee distribution, parties to 
that proceeding may contact the Licensing Division of the Copyright 
Office, LM-458, to review that information as a means of formulating 
objections to listed arbitrators under Sec. 251.4.

Deadline for Filing Financial Disclosure Statement

    Publication of today's list also triggers a requirement imposed by 
the new regulation on the individuals named in the list. Section 
251.32(a) of the CARP rules provides that, within one month of date of 
publication in Federal Register, each listed person must ``file with 
the Librarian of Congress a confidential financial disclosure statement 
as provided by the Library of Congress.'' The Copyright Office is 
sending a financial disclosure statement, with specific instructions 
for completing and filing the statement, to every arbitrator on the 
CARP arbitrator list. The disclosure statement will be used by the 
Librarian for purposes of determining what conflicts of interest, if 
any, may preclude the person from serving as an arbitrator in a CARP 
proceeding. Unlike the information submitted by arbitration 
associations under Sec. 251.3(a), the information contained in the 
financial disclosure statements is confidential and is not available to 
the public or to the parties to the proceeding.
    The arbitrators identified on the arbitrator list published today 
have until June 13, 1994, to file their financial disclosure statement 
with the Librarian. Failure to file the statement on time may preclude 
consideration of the person to serve on a CARP.

The CARP arbitrator list for 1994 includes:

Name and Affiliation

Mark Aarons, Esq.--American Arbitration Association
Eugene N. Aleinikoff, Esq.--American Arbitration Association
Allen H. Arrow, Esq.--American Arbitration Association
John S. Barr, Esq.--American Arbitration Association
Professor Hadley Batchelder--``Judge-Net''
Gerald E. Battist, Esq.--American Intellectual Property Law 
Association
William W. Becker, Esq.--American Arbitration Association
Rosalyn B. Bell, Esq.--American Arbitration Association
Richard Bennett, Esq.--American Arbitration Association
Richard M. Berman, Esq.--American Arbitration Association
Terrell C. Birch, Esq.--American Arbitration Association
Bruce Brickman, Esq.--American Arbitration Association
Stuart N. Brotman, Esq.--American Arbitration Association
The Honorable J. Robert Brown--Judicate, Inc.
E. Fulton Brylawski, Esq.--American Film Martketing Association
The Honorable Charles Clark--Center for Public Resources, Inc.
Herbert B. Cohn, Esq.--American Arbitration Association
Edward T. Colbert, Esq.--American Arbitration Association
Joel Davidow, Esq.--American Arbitration Association
James F. Davis, Esq.--Center for Public Resources, Inc.
Robert E. Donnelly, Esq.--American Arbitration Association
The Honorable Michael Dontzin--Endispute, Inc.
Edward Dreyfus, Esq.--American Arbitration Association
Corydon B. Dunham, Esq.--American Arbitration Association
Katheryn M. Dutenhaver, Esq.--Endispute, Inc.
Stuart D. Dwork, Esq.--American Arbitration Association
The Honorable Lenore G. Ehrig--Judicate, Inc. and American 
Arbitration Association
The Honorable Jesse Etelson--Judicate, Inc.
John B. Farmakides, Esq.--American Arbitration Association
Paul W. Fish, Esq.--American Intellectual Property Law Association
The Honorable Marvin E. Frankel--Endispute, Inc.
The Honorable Donald W. Frenzen--American Arbitration Association
The Honorable George R. Gallagher--Judicate, Inc.
David A. Gauntlett, Esq.--``Judge-Net''
Charles L. Gholz, Esq.--American Intellectual Property Law 
Association
Eric D. Green, Esq.--Endispute, Inc.
Joseph A. Greenwald, Esq.--American Arbitration Association
The Honorable Philip A. Gruccio--Endispute, Inc.
The Honorable Jeffery S. Gulin--Judicate, Inc.
Michael R. Hafitz, Esq.--American Arbitration Association
William E. Hartgering, Esq.--Endispute, Inc.
Joseph S. Hellman, Esq.--Endispute, Inc.
David C. Hilliard, Esq.--Center for Public Resources, Inc.
Lawrence K. Harris, Esq.--American Arbitration Association
James R. Hobson, Esq.--American Arbitration Association
David H. Horowitz, Esq.--American Arbitration Association
George A. Hovanec, Esq.--American Intellectual Property Law 
Association
Scott Hunter, Esq.--``Judge-Net''
The Honorable Laurance M. Hyde, Jr., (Retired)--``Judge-Net''
The Honorable Bernard H. Jackson--Endispute, Inc.
The Honorable Mel R. Jiganti--Endispute, Inc.
James H. Johnston, Esq.--American Arbitration Association
John J. Jordan, Esq.--American Arbitration Association
Judy A. Julian, Esq.--Endispute, Inc.
The Honorable Catherine B. Kelly--Judicate, Inc.
Robin Rae, Kravitz, Esq.--American Arbitration Association
Robert M. Landis, Esq.--Center for Public Resources, Inc.
The Honorable William B. Lawless, (Retired)--``Judge-Net''
Allen Lenchek, Esq.--Judicate, Inc.
Arthur J. Levine, Esq.--Center for Public Resources, Inc.
Michael K. Lewis, Esq.--Center for Public Resources, Inc.
Burton L. Litwin, Esq.--American Arbitration Association
Lee Loevinger, Esq.--American Arbitration Association
The Honorable Reuben Lozner--Judicate, Inc.
The Honorable James P. Lynch, Jr.--Endispute, Inc.
Thomas J. Macpeak, Esq.--American Intellectual Property Law 
Association
Jonathan A. Marks, Esq.--Endispute, Inc.
The Honorable Frank J. McGarr--Center for Public Resources, Inc. and 
Endispute, Inc.
The Honorable H. Curtis Meanor--Center for Public Resources, Inc.
Bernard A. Meany, Esq.--American Intellectual Property Law 
Association and American Arbitration Association
Barry William Messinger, Esq.--American Arbitration Association
The Honorable Andrew Gill Meyer--Endispute, Inc.
Frederick G. Michaud, Esq.--American Intellectual Property Law 
Association
Kenneth E. Milan, Esq.--Center for Public Resources, Inc.
Charles B. Molineaux, Esq.--American Arbitration Association
Albert I. Moon, Jr., Esq.--``Judge-Net''
The Honorable Sharon T. Nelson--Judicate, Inc. and American 
Arbitration Association
Larry S. Nixon, Esq.--American Intellectual Property Law Association
Harry R. Olsson, Jr., Esq.--American Arbitration Association
The Honorable Paul N. Pfeiffer--Judicate, Inc.
Robert R. Priddy, Esq.--American Intellectual Property Law 
Association
G. Franklin Rothwell, Esq.--American Intellectual Property Law 
Association
E. Leonard Rubin, Esq.--Center for Public Resources, Inc.
Joseph B. Russell, Esq.--American Arbitration Association
The Honorable James V. Ryan--Endispute, Inc.
Perry J. Saidman, Esq.--American Intellectual Property Law 
Association
Jeffrey M. Samuels, Esq.--American Intellectual Property Law 
Association
The Honorable Alex H. Sands, Jr.--Judicate, Inc.
The Honorable Herbert Silberman--Judicate, Inc.
Linda R. Singer, Esq.--Center for Public Resources, Inc.
Michael R. Slobasky, Esq.--American Intellectual Property Law 
Association
The Honorable Harvey Smith--Endispute, Inc.
The Honorable Louis Spector--Judicate, Inc.
Jeffrey L. Squires, Esq.--American Arbitration Association
The Honorable Alfred T. Sulmonetti, (Retired)--``Judge-Net''
Patricia A. Szervo, Esq.--American Arbitration Association
The Honorable Robert E. Tarleton--Endispute, Inc.
The Honorable J. Owen Todd--Endispute, Inc.
John M. Townsend, Esq.--American Arbitration Association
Paul C. Van Slyke, Esq.--Center for Public Resources, Inc.
James C. Wray, Esq.--American Intellectual Property Law Association
The Honorable Ronald P. Wertheim--Judicate, Inc.
Mary L. Wilson, Esq.--American Arbitration Association
James C. Wray, Esq.--American Intellectual Property Law Association
Michael D. Young, Esq.--Endispute, Inc.
Bruce Zagaris, Esq.--American Arbitration Association

    Dated: May 6, 1996.
Barbara Ringer,
Acting Register of Copyrights.

    Approved:
James H. Billington,
The Librarian of Congress.
[FR Doc. 94-11542 Filed 5-10-94; 8:45 am]
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