Copyright Law Updates | New Proposed Legislation

September 14, 2007

To Delay the Applicability To Webcasters of Rates and Terms

H.R. 3015, 7/12/2007

To Delay the Applicability To Webcasters of Rates and Terms

This proposed legislation was introduced in the House of Representatives by Rep. Steve Chabot (Oh.) on July 12, 2007.  On that same day, it was referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.  It extends for a sixty-day period beginning on July 15, 2007 the rates and terms determined by the Copyright Royalty Judges for statutory licenses for the transmission of sound recordings.

It states that the “rates and terms determined by the Copyright Royalty Judges for the statutory licenses under sections 112(e) and 114(f) of title 17, United States Code, as published in the Federal Register on May 1, 2007, shall not be effective with respect to webcasters until the end of the 60-day period beginning on July 15, 2007.

Until the end of that 60-day period, the rates and terms that applied to webcasters for such statutory licenses under section 6(b)(3) of the Copyright Royalty and Distribution Reform Act of 2004 (17 U.S.C. 801 note) shall apply to webcasters for such statutory licenses as if the determination published on May 1, 2007, had not been made.”

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Companies Mentioned

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The following companies are mentioned in Copyright Law Updates:

MGA Entertainment (HK) Ltd.

Mattel, Inc.

MGA Entertainment Inc.

UMG Recordings, Inc.

American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers

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

Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Turner Network Sales, Inc.

Turner Classic Movies, LP, LLLP

Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.

The Cartoon Network LP, LLP

Paramount Pictures Corp.

NBC Studios, Inc.

Veoh Networks, Inc.

Disney Enterprises, Inc.

CSC Holdings, Inc.

CBS Broadcasting Inc.

Cablevision Systems Corp.

Cable News Network LP, LLLP

American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.

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

Westbound Records, Inc.

All Headline News Corp.

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

American Software Development Company, Inc.

Bad Boy Records LLC

Affordable Video Systems, Ltd.

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

Dream Games of Arizona, Inc.

Yahoo! Inc.

Frank Diana City Entertainment

Television Music License Committee

PC Onsite

SESAC, Inc.

RealNetworks, Inc.

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

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

Nicotext A.B.

Dezer Development, LLC

John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Home Shopping Network, Inc.

Miramax Film Corp.

J.D. Salinger Trust

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