Copyright Law Updates | New Statutes, Regulations and Rules
December 14, 2007
Final Rule on Royalty Rates and Terms
Docket No. 2006–2 CRB NCBRA, 37 CFR Part 381, 11/30/2007
The Copyright Royalty Judges issued on November 30, 2007 final regulations setting the royalty rates and terms under the Copyright Act for the non-commercial educational broadcasting statutory license period 2008-2012. The targeted date of effectivity of these regulations is January 1, 2008. These new rates are applicable to the license period January 1, 2008 through December 31, 20012.
By way of a backgrounder on these new regulations, under Section 118 of the Copyright Act, title 17 of the U.S. Code, it is required that a statutory license be secured for use of certain copyrighted works relating to non-commercial television and radio…
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