[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 2 (Tuesday, January 5, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 256-257]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-33120]


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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

Copyright Royalty Board

[Docket No. 16-CRB-0002-PBR (2018-2022)]


Determination of Rates and Terms for Public Broadcasting (PB III) 
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    \1\ The case name for this proceeding differs in format from the 
prior two proceedings for this license. The prior names used 
``noncommercial educational broadcasting'' and related acronyms. 
``Public broadcasting'' is more accurate.
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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 the use of 
certain copyrighted works by public broadcasting entities \2\ 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.
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    \2\ ``Public broadcasting entity'' is defined in 17 U.S.C. 
118(f).

DATES: Petitions to Participate and the filing fee are due no later 
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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, 
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 the reproduction, distribution, 
performance or display of certain works by public broadcasting entities 
(as defined in 17 U.S.C. 118(f)) in the course of the activities 
described in 17 U.S.C. 118(c). 17 U.S.C. 803(b)(1)(A)(i)(V); see also 
804(b)(6). 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 this royalty 
rate proceeding must file Petitions to Participate in accordance with 
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 (CRB) will not accept payment by cash; 
therefore, 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 who are admitted to the bar in one or more states or 
the District of Columbia and are 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 
cable royalty rates for 2015 through 2019 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

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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. 2015-33120 Filed 1-4-16; 8:45 am]
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