[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 2 (Tuesday, January 5, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 255-256]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-33118]


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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

Copyright Royalty Board

[Docket No. 16-CRB-0003-PR (2018-2022)]


Determination of Rates and Terms for Making and Distributing 
Phonorecords (Phonorecords III)

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 Judges announce commencement of a 
proceeding to determine reasonable rates and terms for making and 
distributing phonorecords for the period beginning January 1, 2018, and 
ending December 31, 2022. The Copyright Royalty Judges also announce 
the date by which a party wishing to participate in the rate 
determination 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 4, 2016.

ADDRESSES: This notice and request is also posted on the agency's Web 
site (www.loc.gov/crb) and on Regulations.gov (www.regulations.gov). 
Parties who plan to participate should see How to Submit Petitions to 
Participate in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below for physical 
addresses and further instructions.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: LaKeshia Keys, CRB Program Specialist,

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by telephone at (202) 707-7658 or email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Copyright Act provides that the 
Copyright Royalty Judges (Judges) commence a proceeding every fifth 
year to determine rates and terms for making and distributing 
phonorecords pursuant to the statutory license in 17 U.S.C. 115. 17 
U.S.C. See 803(b)(1)(A)(i)(V); 804(b)(4). This notice commences the 
rate determination proceeding for the license period 2018-2022, 
inclusive.

Petitions To Participate

    Parties with a significant interest in the outcome of the 
phonorecords royalty rate proceeding must file Petitions to Participate 
in accordance with Sec.  351.1(b) of the Judges' regulations. See 37 
CFR 351.1(b). Parties must send the $150 filing fee with each Petition 
to Participate. The Copyright Royalty Board will not accept payment by 
cash. Parties must pay the filing fee with a check or money order made 
payable to the ``Copyright Royalty Board.'' If a check received in 
payment of the filing fee is returned for lack of sufficient funds, the 
Judges will dismiss the corresponding Petition to Participate.
    Only attorneys admitted to the bar in one or more states or the 
District of Columbia and members in good standing will be allowed to 
represent parties before the Judges. Only an individual may represent 
herself or himself and appear without legal counsel. 37 CFR 350.2.

How To Submit Petitions To Participate

    Any party wishing to participate in the proceeding to determine 
phonorecord royalty rates for 2018 through 2022 must submit to the 
Copyright Royalty Board the filing fee (US $150), an original (paper) 
Petition to Participate, five paper copies, and an electronic copy on a 
CD or other portable memory device in Portable Document Format (PDF) 
that contains searchable, accessible text (not a scanned image of 
text). Participants should conform all filed electronic documents to 
the Judges' Guidelines for Electronic Documents posted on the Copyright 
Royalty Board Web site at www.loc.gov/crb/docs/Guidelinesfor_Electronic_Documents.pdf. Participants shall deliver 
Petitions to Participate to only one of the following addresses.
    U.S. mail: Copyright Royalty Board, P.O. Box 70977, Washington, DC 
20024-0977; or
    Overnight service (only USPS Express Mail is acceptable): Copyright 
Royalty Board, P.O. Box 70977, Washington, DC 20024-0977; or
    Commercial courier: Address package to: Copyright Royalty Board, 
Library of Congress, James Madison Memorial Building, LM-403, 101 
Independence Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20559-6000. Deliver to: 
Congressional Courier Acceptance Site, 2nd Street NE. and D Street NE., 
Washington, DC; or
    Hand delivery: Library of Congress, James Madison Memorial 
Building, LM-401, 101 Independence Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20559-
6000.

    Dated: December 29, 2015.
Suzanne M. Barnett,
Chief Copyright Royalty Judge.
[FR Doc. 2015-33118 Filed 1-4-16; 8:45 am]
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