[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 2 (Tuesday, January 5, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 325]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-29017]


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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

Copyright Royalty Board

[Docket No. 21-CRB-0001-PR (2023-2027)]


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

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, 2023, and 
ending December 31, 2027. 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, 2021.

ADDRESSES: The petition to participate form is available online in 
eCRB, the Copyright Royalty Board's online electronic filing 
application, at https://app.crb.gov/.
    Instructions: The petition to participate process has been 
simplified. Interested parties file a petition to participate by 
completing and filing the petition to participate form in eCRB and 
paying the fee in eCRB. Do not upload a petition to participate 
document.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read submitted documents, go to 
eCRB, the Copyright Royalty Board's electronic filing and case 
management system, at https://app.crb.gov/, and search for docket 
number 21-CRB-0001-PR (2023-2027).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anita Blaine, CRB Program Specialist, 
by telephone at (202) 707-7658 or by email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Copyright Act provides for the Copyright 
Royalty Judges (Judges) to 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, 803(b)(1)(A)(i)(V); 
804(b)(4).\1\ This notice commences the rate determination proceeding 
for the license period 2023-2027, inclusive.
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    \1\ In accordance with section 804(b)(4), a party may file a 
petition to initiate a proceeding to determine rates and terms for 
making and distributing phonorecords pursuant to the statutory 
license in 17 U.S.C. 115. However, no petition has been filed; 
consequently, section 803(b)(1)(A)(i)(V) requires the Judges to 
publish in the Federal Register by no later than January 5, 2021, a 
notice commencing this proceeding.
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Petitions To Participate

    Parties with a significant interest in the outcome of the 
phonorecords royalty rate proceeding must provide the information 
required by Sec.  351.1(b) of the Judges' regulations by completing and 
filing the Petition to Participate form in eCRB. Parties must pay the 
$150 filing fee when filing each Petition to Participate form. Parties 
must use the form in eCRB instead of uploading a document and must 
comply with the requirements of Sec.  351.1(b)(1) of the Copyright 
Royalty Board's regulations. 37 CFR 351.1(b)(1). 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 303.2.

    Dated: December 28, 2020.
Jesse M. Feder,
Chief Copyright Royalty Judge.
[FR Doc. 2020-29017 Filed 1-4-21; 8:45 am]
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