[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 247 (Tuesday, December 24, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78510-78513]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-32419]


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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

Copyright Office


Notification of Agreement Under the Small Webcaster Settlement 
Act of 2002

AGENCY: Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

ACTION: Notice of agreement.

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SUMMARY: The Copyright Office is publishing an agreement which sets 
rates and terms for the performance of sound recordings under two 
statutory licenses by small commercial webcasters. Small commercial 
webcasters who meet the eligibility requirements may choose to operate 
under the statutory licenses in accordance with the rates and terms set 
forth in the agreement published herein rather than the rates and terms 
adopted by the Librarian of Congress in an earlier proceeding.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Grimes, CARP Specialist, 
Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel, P.O. Box 70977, Southwest Station, 
Washington, DC 20024. Telephone: (202) 707-8380. Telefax: (202) 252-
3423. See the final paragraph of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for 
information on where to direct questions regarding the rates and terms 
set forth in the agreement.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On Wednesday, December 4, 2002, President 
Bush signed into law the Small Webcaster Settlement Act of 2002 
(``SWSA''), Pub. L. 107-321, 116 Stat. 2780, which amends the section 
112 and section 114 statutory licenses in the Copyright Act, title 17 
of the United States Code, as they relate to small webcasters and 
noncommercial webcasters. Among other things, the SWSA allows 
SoundExchange, the Receiving Agent designated by the Librarian of 
Congress in his June 20, 2002, order for collecting royalty payments 
made by eligible nonsubscription transmission services under the 
section 112 and section 114 statutory licenses, see 67 FR 45239 (July 
8, 2002), to enter into agreements on behalf of all copyright owners 
and performers to set rates, terms and conditions for small commercial 
webcasters operating under the section 112 and section 114 statutory 
licenses.
    The rates and terms set forth in such agreements apply only to the 
time periods specified in the agreement and have no precedential value 
in any proceeding concerned with the setting of rates and terms for the 
public performance or reproduction in ephemeral phonorecords or copies 
of sound recordings. To make this point clear, Congress included 
language expressly addressing the precedential value of such 
agreements. Specifically, section 114(f)(5)(C), as added by the SWSA, 
states that:

    Neither subparagraph (A) nor any provisions of any agreement 
entered into pursuant to subparagraph (A), including any rate 
structure, fees, terms, conditions, or notice and recordkeeping 
requirements set forth therein, shall be admissible as evidence or 
otherwise taken into account in any administrative, judicial, or 
other government proceeding involving the setting or adjustment of 
the royalties payable for the public performance or reproduction in 
ephemeral recordings or copies of sound recordings, the 
determination of terms or conditions related thereto, or the 
establishment of notice and recordkeeping requirements by the 
Librarian of Congress under paragraph (4) or section 112(e)(4). It 
is the intent of Congress that any royalty rates, rate structure, 
definitions, terms, conditions, or notice and recordkeeping 
requirements, included in such agreements shall be considered as a 
compromise motivated by the unique business, economic and political 
circumstances of small webcasters, copyright owners, and performers 
rather than as matters that would have been negotiated in the 
marketplace between a willing buyer and a willing seller, or 
otherwise meet the objectives set forth in section 801(b).

17 U.S.C. 114(f)(5)(C) (2002).
    On December 13, 2002, SoundExchange and the Voice of Webcasters, a 
coalition of small commercial webcasters, notified the Copyright Office 
that they had negotiated such an agreement for the reproduction and 
performance of sound recordings by small commercial webcasters under 
the section 112 and section 114 statutory licenses and requested that 
the Copyright Office publish the Rates and Terms in the Federal 
Register, as required under section 114(f)(5)(B) of the Copyright Act, 
as amended by the SWSA.
    Thus, in accordance with the requirement set forth in amended 
section 114(f)(5)(B), the Copyright Office is publishing the submitted 
agreement, as Appendix A, thereby making the rates and terms in the 
agreement available to any small commercial webcasters meeting the 
eligibility conditions of the agreement as an alternative to the rates 
and terms

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announced by the Librarian in his July 8, 2002 order.
    The Copyright Office has no responsibility for administering the 
rates and terms of the agreement beyond the publication of this notice. 
For this reason, questions regarding the rates and terms set forth in 
the agreement should be directed to SoundExchange (for contact 
information, see http://www.soundexchange.com).

    Dated: December 18, 2002.
Marybeth Peters,
Register of Copyrights.

    Note: This Appendix Will Not Be Codified in Title 37, Part 261, 
of the Code of Federal Regulations.

Appendix A

Rates and Terms Available to Certain Small Commercial Webcasters

1. General

    (a) As an option, an eligible small webcaster (as defined in 
Section 8(f) hereof), may elect to be subject to the rates and terms 
set forth herein (the ``Rates and Terms'') in their entirety, in 
lieu of other rates and terms applicable under 17 U.S.C. 112 and 
114, by complying with the procedure set forth in Section 2 hereof.
    (b) Any eligible small webcaster relying upon the statutory 
licenses set forth in 17 U.S.C. 112 and 114 shall comply with the 
requirements of those sections, these Rates and Terms and other 
governing provisions established by the Copyright Office.
    (c) These Rates and Terms are without prejudice to, and subject 
to, any voluntary agreements that an eligible small webcaster may 
have entered into with any sound recording copyright owner.
    (d) An eligible small webcaster that elects to be subject to the 
Rates and Terms agrees that it has elected these terms in lieu of 
participating in a copyright arbitration royalty panel (``CARP'') 
proceeding to set rates for the 2003-2004 period and in lieu of any 
different rates and terms that may be determined through such a CARP 
proceeding. Thus, once a webcaster has elected the Rates and Terms, 
it cannot opt out of these Rates and Terms in order to elect 
different rates and terms arrived at by a CARP. However, should 
there be any voluntarily negotiated rates and terms arrived at 
between copyright owners and webcasters that are adopted by the 
Librarian of Congress as rates and terms for eligible 
nonsubscription transmission services following publication of such 
rates and terms in the Federal Register pursuant to 37 CFR Sec.  
251.63(b), any eligible small webcaster that qualifies for such 
rates and terms may by written notice to SoundExchange elect, for 
any calendar year which has not yet begun, to pay royalties under 
the rates and terms adopted by the Librarian in lieu of the Rates 
and Terms applicable hereunder.

2. Election for Treatment as Eligible Small Webcaster

    (a) Election Process. An eligible small webcaster that wishes to 
elect the royalty rates specified in these Rates and Terms in lieu 
of any other royalty rates that otherwise might apply under 17 
U.S.C. 112 and 114 for the period beginning on October 28, 1998, and 
ending on December 31, 2002, or the period 2003 and 2004, shall 
submit to SoundExchange a completed and signed election form 
(available on the SoundExchange Web site at http://www.soundexchange.com by no later than the first date on which the 
webcaster would be obligated under these Rates and Terms to make a 
royalty payment for such period. An eligible small webcaster that 
fails to make a timely election shall pay royalties as otherwise 
provided in 17 U.S.C. 112 and 114. If a webcaster timely elects to 
be treated as an eligible small webcaster for the period beginning 
on October 28, 1998, and ending on December 31, 2002, or for 2003 
and 2004, the webcaster shall thereafter be obligated to pay 
royalties under and comply with the provisions of these Rates and 
Terms as an eligible small webcaster through December 31, 2004, 
without need to submit any further election form, provided that such 
webcaster continues to meet the conditions for eligibility as an 
eligible small webcaster, as set forth in Section 8(f), except to 
the extent that the eligible small webcaster elects otherwise in 
accordance with Section 1(d).
    (b) Default. As a condition of the election provided in Section 
2(a), an eligible small webcaster shall comply with all the 
requirements of these Rates and Terms. If it fails to do so, 
SoundExchange may give written notice to the eligible small 
webcaster that, unless the breach is remedied within thirty days 
from the date of notice and not repeated, the eligible small 
webcaster's authorization to make public performances and ephemeral 
reproductions under these Rates and Terms will be automatically 
terminated. Such termination renders any public performances and 
ephemeral reproductions as to which the breach relates actionable as 
acts of infringement under 17 U.S.C. 501 and fully subject to the 
remedies provided by 17 U.S.C. 502-506 and 509.

3. Royalty Rates for Eligible Small Webcasters

    (a) For the Period 1998-2002. For eligible nonsubscription 
transmissions made by an eligible small webcaster during the period 
beginning on October 28, 1998, and ending on December 31, 2002, the 
royalty rate shall be 8 percent of the webcaster's gross revenues 
during such period, or 5 percent of the webcaster's expenses during 
such period, whichever is greater, except that an eligible small 
webcaster that is a natural person shall exclude from expenses those 
expenses not incurred in connection with the operation of a service 
that makes eligible nonsubscription transmissions, and an eligible 
small webcaster that is a natural person shall exclude from gross 
revenues his or her income during such period, other than income 
derived from--
    (1) A media or entertainment related business that provides 
audio or other entertainment programming, or
    (2) A business that primarily operates an Internet or wireless 
service, that is in either case directly or indirectly controlled by 
such natural person, or of which such natural person beneficially 
owns 5 percent or more of the outstanding voting or non-voting 
stock.
    (b) For 2003 and 2004. For eligible nonsubscription 
transmissions made by an eligible small webcaster during 2003 or 
2004, the royalty rate shall be 10 percent of the eligible small 
webcaster's first $250,000 in gross revenues and 12 percent of any 
gross revenues in excess of $250,000 during the applicable year, or 
7 percent of the webcaster's expenses during the applicable year, 
whichever is greater.
    (c) Ephemeral Recordings. The royalty payable under 17 U.S.C. 
112(e) for any reproduction of a phonorecord made during the period 
beginning on October 28, 1998, and ending on December 31, 2004, and 
used solely by an eligible small webcaster to facilitate 
transmissions for which it pays royalties as and when provided in 
Sections 3 and 4 hereof shall be deemed to be included within, and 
to comprise 9 percent of, such royalty payments.

4. Payment of Royalties

    (a) For the Period 1998--November 2002. Except as provided in 
Sections 5(a)(1), 5(a)(2) and 5(b), the balance of any amounts 
specified in Section 3(a) for eligible nonsubscription transmissions 
made by an eligible small webcaster during the period beginning on 
October 28, 1998, and ending on November 30, 2002, which has not 
already been paid, shall be paid in three equal installments, with 
the first due by January 15, 2003, the second due by May 31, 2003, 
and the third due by October 31, 2003.
    (b) For the Period December 2002-2004. The amounts specified in 
Section 3 for eligible nonsubscription transmissions made by an 
eligible small webcaster during December 2002 or any month 
thereafter shall be paid on or before the last day of the month next 
succeeding such month.
    (c) Qualification To Make Current Payments as Eligible Small 
Webcaster in 2003 and 2004. If the gross revenues, plus the third 
party participation revenues and revenues from the operation of new 
subscription services, of a transmitting entity and its affiliates 
have not exceeded $1,250,000 in any year, and the transmitting 
entity expects to be an eligible small webcaster in 2003 and 2004, 
the transmitting entity may make payments for 2003 or 2004, as the 
case may be, on the assumption that it will be an eligible small 
webcaster for that year for so long as that assumption is 
reasonable.
    (d) True-Up Between Gross Revenues and Expenses. In making 
payments under Section 3, an eligible small webcaster shall, at the 
time a payment is due, calculate its gross revenues and expenses for 
the year through the end of the applicable month and pay the 
applicable percentage of gross revenues or expenses, as the case may 
be, for the year through the end of the applicable month, less any 
amounts previously paid for such year.
    (e) True-Up if Eligibility Condition Is Exceeded. If a 
transmitting entity has made payments under Section 3(b) for 2003 or 
2004 based on the assumption that it will qualify as an eligible 
small webcaster, as provided in Section 4(c), but the actual gross 
revenues in 2003, or the actual gross revenues plus third

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party participation revenues and revenues from the operation of new 
subscription services in 2004, of the eligible small webcaster and 
its affiliates, exceed the maximum amounts provided in Section 8(f), 
then the transmitting entity shall immediately commence to pay 
monthly royalties based on the royalty rates otherwise applicable 
under 17 U.S.C. 112 and 114, and on the third payment date after the 
month in which such maximum amounts are exceeded, it shall pay an 
amount of royalties based on such otherwise applicable rates for the 
whole year through the end of the immediately preceding month, less 
any amounts previously paid under Section 3(b) for such year.
    (f) Remittance. Payments of all amounts specified in Section 3 
shall be made to SoundExchange and shall under no circumstances be 
refundable, but if an eligible small webcaster makes overpayments 
during a year, it shall be entitled to a credit in the amount of its 
overpayment, and such credit shall be applicable to its payments in 
subsequent years. Payments shall be accompanied by a statement of 
account in the form made available on the SoundExchange Web site 
located at http://www.soundexchange.com.

5. Minimum Fee

    (a) Minimum Amounts. Notwithstanding Section 3, eligible small 
webcasters that elect the royalty rates specified in Section 3 shall 
pay a minimum fee for the periods specified in this Section 5(a), as 
follows:
    (1) For eligible nonsubscription transmissions made by an 
eligible small webcaster during the period beginning on October 28, 
1998, and ending on December 31, 1998, the minimum fee for the year 
shall be $500.
    (2) For eligible nonsubscription transmissions made by an 
eligible small webcaster in any part of calendar years 1999 through 
2002, the minimum fee for each year in which such transmissions are 
made shall be $2,000.
    (3) For eligible nonsubscription transmissions made by an 
eligible small webcaster in any part of calendar years 2003 and 
2004, the minimum fee for each year in which such transmissions are 
made shall be $2,000 if the eligible small webcaster had gross 
revenues during the immediately preceding year of not more than 
$50,000 and expects to have gross revenues during the applicable 
year of not more than $50,000.
    (4) For eligible nonsubscription transmissions made by an 
eligible small webcaster in any part of calendar years 2003 and 
2004, the minimum fee for each year in which such transmissions are 
made shall be $5,000 if the eligible small webcaster had gross 
revenues during the immediately preceding year of more than $50,000 
or expects to have gross revenues during the applicable year of more 
than $50,000.
    (b) Time of Payment. The minimum fees specified in Sections 
5(a)(1) and (2) shall be paid by January 15, 2003, except in the 
case of an eligible small webcaster with gross revenues during the 
period beginning on November 1, 1998, and ending on November 30, 
2002, of not more than $100,000, which may pay such minimum fees in 
three equal installments at the times specified in Section 4(a). The 
minimum fees specified in Sections 5(a)(3) and (4) shall be paid in 
two equal installments, with the first due by January 31 of the 
applicable year and the second due by June 30 of the applicable 
year.
    (c) Remittance. Payments of all amounts specified in this 
Section 5 shall be made to SoundExchange and shall under no 
circumstances be refundable.
    (d) Credit Toward Royalties. All amounts paid under this Section 
5 shall be fully creditable toward amounts due under Section 3 for 
the year for which such amounts are paid under this Section 5, but 
not any subsequent year.

6. Notice and Recordkeeping

    (a) Reports to Be Provided. For either or both of calendar years 
2003 and 2004, an eligible small webcaster that makes an election 
pursuant to Section 2 covering that year shall, for that year, keep 
records, and make available to each designated agent of copyright 
owners of sound recordings and other persons entitled to payment 
under 17 U.S.C. 114(g), reports of use, covering the following on a 
channel by channel basis:
    (1) The featured recording artist, group or orchestra;
    (2) The sound recording title;
    (3) The title of the retail album or other product (or, in the 
case of compilation albums created for commercial purposes, the name 
of the retail album identified by the eligible small webcaster for 
purchase of the sound recording);
    (4) The marketing label of the commercially available album or 
other product on which the sound recording is found--
    (A) For all albums or other products commercially released after 
2002; and
    (B) In the case of albums or other products commercially 
released before 2003, for 67 percent of the eligible small 
webcaster's digital audio transmissions of such pre-2003 releases 
during 2003 and all of the eligible small webcaster's digital audio 
transmissions during 2004;
    (5) The International Standard Recording Code (``ISRC'') 
embedded in the sound recording, if available--
    (A) For all albums or other products commercially released after 
2002; and
    (B) In the case of albums or other products commercially 
released before 2003, for 50 percent of the eligible small 
webcaster's digital audio transmissions of such pre-2003 releases 
during 2003, and for 75 percent of the eligible small webcaster's 
digital audio transmissions of such pre-2003 releases during 2004, 
to the extent that such information concerning such pre-2003 
releases can be provided using commercially reasonable efforts;
    (6) The copyright owner information provided in the copyright 
notice on the retail album or other product (e.g., following the 
symbol (P) (the letter P in a circle) or, in the case of compilation 
albums created for commercial purposes, in the copyright notice for 
the individual track)--
    (A) For all albums or other products commercially released after 
2002; and
    (B) In the case of albums or other products commercially 
released before 2003, for 50 percent of an eligible small 
webcaster's digital audio transmissions of such pre-2003 releases 
during 2003, and for 75 percent of an eligible small webcaster's 
digital audio transmissions of such pre-2003 releases during 2004, 
to the extent that such information concerning such pre-2003 
releases can be provided using commercially reasonable efforts;
    (7) The aggregate tuning hours, on a monthly basis, for each 
channel provided by the eligible small webcaster as computed by a 
recognized industry ratings service or as computed by the eligible 
small webcaster from its server logs;
    (8) The channel for each transmission of each sound recording; 
and
    (9) The start date and time of each transmission of each sound 
recording.
    (b) Computation of Percentages. For purposes of Sections 
6(a)(4)(B), 6(a)(5)(B), and 6(a)(6)(B), all percentages shall be 
computed for the full year, rather than on a monthly basis.
    (c) Provision of Reports. Reports of use described in Section 
6(a) shall be provided, at the same time royalty payments are due 
under Section 4(b), to the designated agents.
    (d) Other Matters as Provided by Regulation. For calendar years 
2003 and 2004, details of the means by which copyright owners may 
receive notice of the use of their sound recordings, and details of 
the requirements under which reports of use concerning the matters 
identified in Section 6(a) shall be made available, shall be as 
provided in regulations issued by the Librarian of Congress under 17 
U.S.C. 114(f)(4)(A).

7. Additional Requirements

    (a) Proof of Eligibility. An eligible small webcaster that makes 
an election pursuant to Section 2 shall make available to 
SoundExchange, within 30 days after SoundExchange's written request 
at any time during the 3 years following a period during which it is 
to be treated as an eligible small webcaster for purposes of these 
Rates and Terms, sufficient evidence to support its eligibility as 
an eligible small webcaster during that period. Any proof of 
eligibility provided hereunder shall be provided with a 
certification signed by the eligible small webcaster if a natural 
person, or by an officer or partner of the eligible small webcaster 
if the eligible small webcaster is a corporation or partnership, 
stating, under penalty of perjury, that the information provided is 
accurate and the person signing is authorized to act on behalf of 
the eligible small webcaster.
    (b) Third Party Participation Revenues. An eligible small 
webcaster that makes an election pursuant to Section 2 shall provide 
to SoundExchange, by not later than January 31 of the year following 
a period during which it is to be treated as an eligible small 
webcaster for purposes of these Rates and Terms, a good faith 
estimate of its third party participation revenues for the previous 
year. For the year 2004, the eligible small webcaster shall provide 
an accounting of such third party participation revenues.

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SoundExchange may share with individual copyright owners the 
accounting provided by an eligible small webcaster under this 
Section 7(b) if SoundExchange does so in such a way that the 
eligible small webcaster cannot readily be identified.
    (c) Regulations Applicable. Any otherwise applicable terms 
determined in accordance with 17 U.S.C. Sec. Sec.  112 and 114 and 
applicable to payments under 17 U.S.C. 112 and 114 shall apply to 
payments under these Rates and Terms except to the extent 
inconsistent with these Rates and Terms.
    (d) Cooperation in Study. An eligible small webcaster that makes 
an election pursuant to Section 2 shall use commercially reasonable 
efforts to cooperate with the Comptroller General of the United 
States and the Register of Copyrights in preparing their report to 
Congress concerning the economic arrangements among eligible small 
webcasters and third parties, and the effect of those arrangements 
on royalty fees payable on a percentage of revenue or expense basis, 
as required by Section 6 of the Small Webcaster Settlement Act of 
2002. For purposes of this Section 7(d), ``commercially reasonable 
efforts'' shall not be interpreted to include any requirement that 
any principal or employee of an eligible small webcaster travel to 
attend any proceedings held in connection with such study, or 
provide confidential business information unless that information 
will only be disclosed to the public in such a way that the eligible 
small webcaster cannot readily be identified.

8. Definitions

    As used in these Rates and Terms, the following terms shall have 
the following meanings:
    (a) An ``affiliate'' of a transmitting entity is a person or 
entity that directly, or indirectly through one or more 
intermediaries--
    (1) Has securities or other ownership interests representing 
more than 50 percent of such person's or entity's voting interests 
beneficially owned by--
    (A) Such transmitting entity; or
    (A) A person or entity beneficially owning securities or other 
ownership interests representing more than 50 percent of the voting 
interests of the transmitting entity;
    (2) Beneficially owns securities or other ownership interests 
representing more than 50 percent of the voting interests of the 
transmitting entity; or
    (3) Otherwise controls, is controlled by, or is under common 
control with the transmitting entity.
    (b) The term ``aggregate tuning hours'' has the meaning given 
that term in section 261.2 of title 37, Code of Federal Regulations, 
as published in the Federal Register on July 8, 2002.
    (c) A ``beneficial owner'' of a security or other ownership 
interest is any person or entity who, directly or indirectly, 
through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship, or 
otherwise, has or shares voting power with respect to such security 
or other ownership interest.
    (d) The term ``control'' means the possession, direct or 
indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the 
management and policies of a person or entity, whether through the 
ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
    (e) The term ``designated agent'' shall have the meaning given 
that term in section 261.2 of title 37, Code of Federal Regulations, 
as published in the Federal Register on July 8, 2002.
    (f) An ``eligible small webcaster'' means a person or entity 
that has obtained a compulsory license under 17 U.S.C. 112 or 114 
and the implementing regulations therefor to make eligible 
nonsubscription transmissions and ephemeral recordings that--
    (1) For the period beginning on October 28, 1998, and ending on 
December 31, 2002, has gross revenues during the period beginning on 
November 1, 1998, and ending on June 30, 2002, of not more than 
$1,000,000;
    (2) For 2003, together with its affiliates, has gross revenues 
during 2003 of not more than $500,000; and
    (3) For 2004, together with its affiliates, has gross revenues 
plus third party participation revenues and revenues from the 
operation of new subscription services during 2004 of not more than 
$1,250,000.
    In determining qualification under this Section 8(f), a 
transmitting entity shall exclude--
    (A) Income of an affiliate that is a natural person, other than 
income such natural person derives from another affiliate of such 
natural person that is either a media or entertainment related 
business that provides audio or other entertainment programming, or 
a business that primarily operates an Internet or wireless service; 
and
    (B) Gross revenues of any affiliate that is not engaged in a 
media or entertainment related business that provides audio or other 
entertainment programming, and is not engaged in a business that 
primarily operates an Internet or wireless service, if the only 
reason such affiliate is affiliated with the transmitting entity is 
that (i) it is under common control of the same natural person or 
(ii) both are beneficially owned by the same natural person.
    (g) The term ``expenses''--
    (1) Means all costs incurred (whether actually paid or not) by 
an eligible small webcaster, except that capital costs shall be 
treated as expenses allocable to a period only to the extent of 
charges for amortization or depreciation of such costs during such 
period as are properly allocated to such period in accordance with 
United States generally accepted accounting principles (``GAAP'');
    (2) Includes the fair market value of all goods, services, or 
other non-cash consideration (including real, personal, tangible, 
and intangible property) provided by an eligible small webcaster to 
any third party in lieu of a cash payment and the fair market value 
of any goods or services purchased for or provided to an eligible 
small webcaster by an affiliate of such webcaster; and
    (3) Shall not include--
    (A) The imputed value of personal services rendered by up to 5 
natural persons who are, directly or indirectly, owners of the 
eligible small webcaster, and for which no compensation has been 
paid;
    (B) The imputed value of occupancy of residential property for 
which no Federal income tax deduction is claimed as a business 
expense;
    (C) Costs of purchasing phonorecords of sound recordings used in 
the eligible small webcaster's service;
    (D) Royalties paid for the public performance of sound 
recordings; or
    (E) The reasonable costs of collecting overdue accounts 
receivable, provided that the reasonable costs of collecting any 
single overdue account receivable may not exceed the actual account 
receivable.
    (h) The term ``gross revenues''--
    (1) Means all revenue of any kind earned by a person or entity, 
less--
    (A) Revenue from sales of phonorecords and digital phonorecord 
deliveries of sound recordings;
    (B) The person or entity's actual costs of other products and 
services actually sold through a service that makes eligible 
nonsubscription transmissions, and related sales and use taxes 
imposed on such transactions, costs of shipping such products, 
allowance for bad debts, and credit card and similar fees paid to 
unrelated third parties;
    (C) Revenue from the operation of a new subscription service for 
which royalties are paid in accordance with provisions of 17 U.S.C. 
112 and 114; and
    (D) Revenue from the sale of assets in connection with the sale 
of all or substantially all of the assets of such person's or 
entity's business, or from the sale of capital assets; and
    (2) Includes--
    (A) All cash or cash equivalents;
    (B) The fair market value of goods, services, or other non-cash 
consideration (including real, personal, tangible, and intangible 
property);
    (C) In-kind and cash donations and other gifts (but not capital 
contributions made in exchange for an equity interest in the 
recipient); and
    (D) Amounts earned by such person or entity but paid to an 
affiliate of such person or entity in lieu of payment to such person 
or entity.
    Gross revenues shall be calculated in accordance with GAAP, 
except that a transmitting entity that computes Federal taxable 
income on the basis of the cash receipts and disbursements method of 
accounting for any taxable year may compute its gross receipts for 
any period included in such taxable year on the same basis.
    (i) The term ``new subscription service'' has the meaning given 
that term in 17 U.S.C. 114(j)(8).
    (j) The ``third party participation revenues'' of a transmitting 
entity are revenues of any kind earned by a person or entity, other 
than the transmitting entity, including those:
    (1) That relate to the public performance of sound recordings 
and are subject to an economic arrangement in which the transmitting 
entity receives anything of value; or
    (2) That are earned by such person or entity from the sale of 
advertising of any kind in connection with the transmitting entity's 
eligible nonsubscription transmissions.

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