Copyright Law Updates | New Federal Register Notices

December 12, 2007

Digital Performance Right in Sound Recordings and Ephemeral Recordings

Docket No. 2005-1 CRB DTRA37, CFR Part 380, 5/1/2007

The Copyright royalty Board has issued new regulations governing the rates and terms for two statutory licenses.  These licenses refer to the grant of certain digital performances of sound recordings and the making of ephemeral recordings.  The new regulation applies to license apply to the license beginning January 1, 2006 and ending on December 31, 2010.

The highlights of this new regulation is that it establishes the rates and terms of royalty payments for the public performance of sound recordings in certain digital transmissions by licensees in U.S.C. 114, and the making of Ephemeral Recordings by licensees pursuant to the provisions…

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MGA Entertainment (HK) Ltd.

Mattel, Inc.

MGA Entertainment Inc.

American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers

Paramount Pictures Corp.

NBC Studios, Inc.

Disney Enterprises, Inc.

CSC Holdings, Inc.

CBS Broadcasting Inc.

Cablevision Systems Corp.

Cable News Network LP, LLLP

American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.

Westbound Records, Inc.

Kamind Associates, Inc. a.k.a. KAM Industries

UMG Recordings, Inc.

Janice Combs Publishing, Inc. d.b.a. Justin Combs Publishing

All Headline News Corp.

Bad Boy Records LLC

American Software Development Company, Inc.

Bad Boy Entertainment, Inc. d.b.a. Bad Boy Records

Affordable Video Systems, Ltd.

Yahoo! Inc.

Dream Games of Arizona, Inc.

Television Music License Committee

Frank Diana City Entertainment

SESAC, Inc.

Simon & Schuster, Inc.

PC Onsite

RealNetworks, Inc.

AOL LLC f.k.a. America Online, Inc.

Northern Lights Products, Inc. d.b.a. GlowProducts.com

Litecubes, LLC

Poof Apparel Corp.

Derek Andrew, Inc.

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, Inc.

Geoffrey Productions, Inc.

Universal City Studios LLLP

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.

Turner Network Television LP, LLLP

Turner Network Sales, Inc.

Turner Classic Movies, LP, LLLP

Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.

The Cartoon Network LP, LLP

Dow Jones & Company, Inc.

IO Group, Inc.

Apple, Inc.

MLE Music

Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive, LLC

Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

Psystar Corp.