[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 5 (Monday, January 9, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 1455]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-169]


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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

Copyright Royalty Board

[Docket No. 2006-1 CRB DSTRA]


Adjustment of Rates and Terms for Preexisting Subscription and 
Satellite Digital Audio Radio Services

AGENCY: Copyright Royalty Board, Library of Congress.

ACTION: Notice announcing commencement of proceeding with request for 
Petitions to Participate.

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SUMMARY: The Copyright Royalty Board of the Library of Congress is 
announcing the commencement of the proceeding to determine the 
reasonable rates and terms for preexisting subscription and satellite 
digital audio radio services. The Board is also announcing the date by 
which a party who wishes to participate in the new rate proceeding must 
file its Petition to Participate and the accompanying $150 filing fee.

DATES: Petitions to Participate and the filing fee are due no later 
than February 8, 2006.

ADDRESSES: If hand delivered by a private party, an original and five 
copies of a Petition to Participate along with the $150 filing fee 
should be brought to Room LM-401 of the James Madison Memorial Building 
between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. and the envelope should be addressed as 
follows: Copyright Royalty Board, Library of Congress, James Madison 
Memorial Building, Room LM-401, 101 Independence Avenue, SE., 
Washington, DC 20559-6000. If delivered by a commercial carrier, an 
original and five copies of a Petition to Participate along with the 
$150 filing fee must be delivered to the Congressional Courier 
Acceptance Site located at 2nd and D Street, NE., between 8:30 a.m. and 
4 p.m. The envelope should be addressed as follows: Copyright Royalty 
Board, Library of Congress, Room 403, James Madison Memorial Building, 
101 Independence Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20559-6000. If sent by 
mail (including overnight delivery using U.S. Postal Service Express 
Mail), an original and five copies of a Petition to Participate along 
with the $150 filing fee should be addressed to: Copyright Royalty 
Board, P.O. Box 70977, Southwest Station, Washington, DC 20024-0977. 
Petitions to Participate and the $150 filing fee may not be delivered 
by means of overnight delivery services such as Federal Express, United 
Parcel Service, etc., due to delays in processing receipt of such 
deliveries.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Abioye E. Oyewole, CRB Program 
Specialist. Telephone: (202) 707-8380. Telefax: (202) 252-3423.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    This Notice is issued pursuant to 17 U.S.C. 804(b)(3)(B), which 
requires the commencement of proceedings ``in January 2006 to determine 
reasonable terms and rates of royalty payments under sections 114 and 
112 for the activities of preexisting subscription services, to be 
effective during the period beginning on January 1, 2008, and ending on 
December 31, 2012, and preexisting satellite digital audio radio 
services, to be effective during the period beginning on January 1, 
2007, and ending on December 31, 2012.'' 17 U.S.C. 803(b)(1)(A)(i)(V) 
requires the Copyright Royalty Judges publish a Federal Register notice 
no later than January 5, 2006, commencing this proceeding.

Petitions To Participate

    Any party who wishes to participate in this proceeding must submit 
to the Board a Petition to Participate by no later than February 8, 
2006. 17 U.S.C. 803(b)(1)(A)(ii). The single or joint Petition to 
Participate must provide all of the information required by 37 CFR 
351.1(b). See 70 FR 30906-07 (May 31, 2005). The Petition to 
Participate must be accompanied by a $150 filing fee. Cash will not be 
accepted; therefore, parties must pay the filing fee with a check or 
money order made payable to ``Copyright Royalty Board.'' If a check 
received in payment of the filing fee is returned for lack of 
sufficient funds, the corresponding Petition to Participate will be 
dismissed. Note that in any Copyright Royalty Board proceeding, unlike 
in Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel proceedings, according to 37 CFR 
350.2 (Representation), only attorneys who are members of the bar in 
one or more states and in good standing will be allowed to represent 
parties before the Copyright Royalty Board if a party does not solely 
represent him or herself.

    Dated: January 4, 2006.
Bruce G. Forrest,
Interim Chief Copyright Royalty Board Judge.
[FR Doc. 06-169 Filed 1-6-06; 8:45 am]
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