[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 154 (Wednesday, August 12, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40614-40628]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-19299]



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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

Copyright Office


Notification of Agreements Under the Webcaster Settlement Act of 
2009

AGENCY: Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

ACTION: Notice of agreements.

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SUMMARY: The Copyright Office is publishing four agreements which set 
rates and terms for the reproduction and performance of sound 
recordings made by certain webcasters under two statutory licenses. 
Webcasters who meet the eligibility requirements may choose to operate 
under the statutory licenses in accordance with the rates and terms set 
forth in the agreements published herein rather than the rates and 
terms of any determination by the Copyright Royalty Judges.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen Ruwe, Attorney Advisor, or 
Tanya M. Sandros, Deputy General Counsel, Copyright Office, GC/I&R, 
P.O. Box 70400, Washington, DC 20024. Telephone: (202) 707-8380. 
Telefax: (202) 707-8366. See the final paragraph of the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION for information on where to direct questions regarding the 
rates and terms set forth in the agreement.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 30, 2009, President Obama signed 
into law the Webcaster Settlement Act of 2009 (``WSA''), Public Law 
111-36, which amends section 114 of the Copyright Act, title 17 of the 
United States Code, as it relates to webcasters. Section 114(f)(5) as 
amended by the WSA allows SoundExchange, the Receiving Agent designated 
by the Librarian of Congress in his June 20, 2002, order for collecting 
royalty payments made by eligible nonsubscription transmission services 
under the section 112 and section 114 statutory licenses, see 67 FR 
45239 (July 8, 2002), to enter into agreements on behalf of all 
copyright owners and performers to set rates, terms and conditions for 
webcasters operating under the section 112 and section 114 statutory 
licenses for a period of not more than 11 years beginning on January 1, 
2005. The authority to enter into such settlement agreements expired at 
11:59 p.m. Eastern time on July 30, 2009, the 30th day after the 
enactment of the WSA.
    Unless otherwise agreed to by the parties, the rates and terms set 
forth in the agreement apply only to the time periods specified in the 
agreement and have no precedential value in any proceeding concerned 
with the setting of rates and terms for the public performance or 
reproduction in ephemeral phonorecords. To make this point clear, 
Congress included language expressly addressing the precedential value 
of agreements made under the WSA. Specifically, section 114(f)(5)(C), 
states that: ``Neither subparagraph (A) nor any provisions of any 
agreement entered into pursuant to subparagraph (A), including any rate 
structure, fees, terms, conditions, or notice and recordkeeping 
requirements set forth therein, shall be admissible as evidence or 
otherwise taken into account in any administrative, judicial, or other 
government proceeding involving the setting or adjustment of the 
royalties payable for the public performance or reproduction in 
ephemeral recordings or copies of sound recordings, the determination 
of terms or conditions related thereto, or the establishment of notice 
and recordkeeping requirements by the Copyright Royalty Judges under 
paragraph (4) or section 112(e)(4). It is the intent of Congress that 
any royalty rates, rate structure, definitions, terms, conditions, or 
notice and recordkeeping requirements, included in such agreements 
shall be considered as a compromise motivated by the unique business, 
economic and political circumstances of webcasters, copyright owners, 
and performers rather than as matters that would have been negotiated 
in the marketplace between a willing buyer and a willing seller, or 
otherwise meet the objectives set forth in section 801(b). This 
subparagraph shall not apply to the extent that the receiving agent and 
a webcaster that are party to an agreement entered into pursuant to 
subparagraph (A) expressly authorize the submission of the agreement in 
a proceeding under this subsection.'' 17 U.S.C. 114(f)(5)(C) (2009).\1\
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    \1\ Appendix A (Section 5.3) & Appendix B (Section 6.2) 
expressly authorize the submission of the relevant agreements in a 
proceeding under 17 U.S.C. 114(f).
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    On July 30, 2009, SoundExchange notified the Copyright Office that 
it had negotiated four separate agreements for the reproduction and 
performance of sound recordings by certain webcasters under the section 
112 and section 114 statutory licenses. Thus, in accordance with the 
requirement set forth in section 114(f)(5)(B), the Copyright Office is 
publishing the submitted agreements, as Appendix A (Agreement with 
Sirius XM Radio Inc.); Appendix B (Agreement with College Broadcasters, 
Inc.); Appendix C (Agreement with the Corporation for Public 
Broadcasting); and Appendix D (Agreement with Northwestern College), 
thereby making the rates and terms in the agreements available to any 
webcasters meeting the respective eligibility conditions of the 
agreements as an alternative to the rates and terms of any 
determination by the Copyright Royalty Judges.
    The Copyright Office has no responsibility for administering the 
rates and terms of the agreements beyond the publication of this 
notice. For this reason, questions regarding the rates and terms set 
forth in the agreements should be directed to SoundExchange (for 
contact information, see http://www.soundexchange.com).

    Dated: August 5, 2009.
Marybeth Peters,
Register of Copyrights.

    Note: The following Appendix Will Not Be Codified in the Code of 
Federal Regulations.

Appendix A--Agreed Rates and Terms for Webcasts by Commercial 
Webcasters

Article 1--Definitions

    1.1 General. In general, words used in the rates and terms set 
forth herein (the ``Rates and Terms'') and defined in 17 U.S.C. 
112(e) or 114 or 37 CFR Part 380 shall have the meanings specified 
in those provisions as in effect on the date hereof, with such 
exceptions or clarifications set forth in Section 1.2.

1.2 Additional Definitions

    (a) ``Commercial Webcaster'' shall mean a webcaster as defined 
in 17 U.S.C. 114(f)(5)(E)(iii) that (i) has obtained a compulsory 
license under 17 U.S.C. 112(e) and 114 and the implementing 
regulations therefor to make Eligible Transmissions and related 
ephemeral recordings; (ii) complies with all applicable provisions 
of Sections 112(e) and 114 and applicable regulations; (iii) is not 
a Broadcaster (as defined in Section 1.2(a) of the agreement 
published in the Federal Register on March 3, 2009 at 74 FR 9299); 
(iv) is not a noncommercial webcaster as defined in 17 U.S.C. 
114(f)(5)(E)(i); and (v) has not elected to be subject to any other 
rates and terms adopted pursuant to the Webcaster Settlement Act of 
2008 or the Webcaster Settlement Act of 2009.
    (b) ``Eligible Transmission'' shall mean an eligible 
nonsubscription transmission, or a transmission through a new 
subscription service, made by a Commercial Webcaster over the 
Internet, that is in full compliance with the eligibility and other 
requirements of Sections 112(e) and 114 of the Copyright Act and 
their implementing regulations, except as expressly modified in 
these Rates and Terms, and of a type otherwise subject to the 
payment of royalties under 37 CFR Part 380.
    (c) ``SoundExchange'' shall mean SoundExchange, Inc. and shall 
include its successors and assigns.

Article 2--Agreement Pursuant to Webcaster Settlement Act of 2009

    2.1 Availability of Rates and Terms. Pursuant to the Webcaster 
Settlement Act of

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2009, and subject to the provisions set forth below, Commercial 
Webcasters may elect to be subject to these Rates and Terms in their 
entirety, with respect to such Commercial Webcasters' Eligible 
Transmissions and related ephemeral recordings, for all of the 
period beginning on January 1, 2009, and ending on December 31, 
2015, in lieu of other rates and terms from time to time applicable 
under 17 U.S.C. 112(e) and 114, by complying with the procedure set 
forth in Section 2.2 hereof. Any person or entity that does not 
satisfy the eligibility criteria to be a Commercial Webcaster must 
comply with otherwise applicable rates and terms.
    2.2 Election Process in General. To elect to be subject to these 
Rates and Terms, in lieu of any royalty rates and terms that 
otherwise might apply under 17 U.S.C. 112(e) and 114, for all of the 
period beginning on January 1, 2009, and ending on December 31, 
2015, a Commercial Webcaster shall submit to SoundExchange a 
completed and signed election form (available on the SoundExchange 
Web site at http://www.soundexchange.com) by the later of (i) 15 
days after publication of these Rates and Terms in the Federal 
Register; or (ii) in the case of a Commercial Webcaster that is not 
making Eligible Transmissions as of the publication of these Rates 
and Terms in the Federal Register but begins doing so at a later 
time, 30 days after the Commercial Webcaster begins making such 
Eligible Transmissions. Notwithstanding anything else in these Rates 
and Terms, a person or entity otherwise qualifying as a Commercial 
Webcaster that is participating in any way in any appeal of the 
Final Determination of the Copyright Royalty Judges concerning 
royalty rates and terms under Sections 112(e) and 114 of the 
Copyright Act for the period January 1, 2006, through December 31, 
2010 published in the Federal Register at 72 FR 24084 (May 1, 2007) 
(the ``Final Determination''), any proceedings on remand from such 
appeal, Docket No. 2009-1 CRB Webcasting III, as noticed in the 
Federal Register at 74 FR 318-19 (Jan. 5, 2009), or any other 
proceedings to determine royalty rates and terms for Eligible 
Transmissions (as defined in Section 1.2(b)) or related ephemeral 
phonorecords under Section 112(e) or 114 of the Copyright Act for 
all or any part of the period January 1, 2006, through December 31, 
2015 shall not have the right to elect to be treated as a Commercial 
Webcaster or claim the benefit of these Rates and Terms, unless it 
withdraws from such proceedings prior to submitting to SoundExchange 
a completed and signed election form as contemplated by this Section 
2.2.
    2.3 Representation of Compliance and Non-waiver. By electing to 
operate pursuant to these Rates and Terms, an entity represents and 
warrants that it qualifies as a Commercial Webcaster. By accepting 
an election by a transmitting entity or payments or reporting made 
pursuant to these Rates and Terms, SoundExchange does not 
acknowledge that the transmitting entity qualifies as a Commercial 
Webcaster or that it has complied with the eligibility or other 
requirements of the statutory licenses under Sections 112(e) and 114 
of the Copyright Act (including these Rates and Terms). It is the 
responsibility of each transmitting entity to ensure that it is in 
full compliance with applicable requirements of the statutory 
licenses under Sections 112(e) and 114 of the Copyright Act. 
SoundExchange is not in a position to, and does not, make 
determinations as to whether each of the many services that rely on 
the statutory licenses is eligible for statutory licensing or any 
particular royalty payment classification, nor does it continuously 
verify that such services are in full compliance with all applicable 
requirements. Accordingly, a Commercial Webcaster agrees that 
SoundExchange's acceptance of its election, payment or reporting 
does not give or imply any acknowledgment that it is in compliance 
with the requirements of the statutory licenses (including these 
Rates and Terms) and shall not be used as evidence that it is in 
compliance with the requirements of the statutory licenses 
(including these Rates and Terms). SoundExchange and copyright 
owners reserve all their rights to take enforcement action against a 
transmitting entity that is not in compliance with all applicable 
requirements.

Article 3--Scope

    3.1 In General. Commercial Webcasters that have made a timely 
election to be subject to these Rates and Terms as provided in 
Section 2.2 are entitled to publicly perform sound recordings within 
the scope of the statutory license provided by Section 114 by means 
of Eligible Transmissions, and to make related ephemeral recordings 
for use solely for purposes of such Eligible Transmissions within 
the scope of Section 112(e), in accordance with and subject to the 
limitations set forth in these Rates and Terms and in strict 
conformity with the provisions of 17 U.S.C. 112(e) and 114 and their 
implementing regulations, in lieu of other rates and terms from time 
to time applicable under 17 U.S.C. 112(e) and 114, for all of the 
period beginning on January 1, 2009, and ending on December 31, 
2015.
    3.2 Applicability to All Eligible Services Operated by or for a 
Commercial Webcaster. If a Commercial Webcaster has made a timely 
election to be subject to these Rates and Terms as provided in 
Section 2.2, these Rates and Terms shall apply to all Eligible 
Transmissions made by or for the Commercial Webcaster.
    3.3 No Implied Rights. These Rates and Terms extend only to 
electing Commercial Webcasters and grant no rights, including by 
implication or estoppel, to any other person or except as 
specifically provided herein. Without limiting the generality of the 
foregoing, these Rates and Terms do not grant (i) any copyright 
ownership interest in any sound recording; (ii) any trademark or 
trade dress rights; (iii) any rights outside the United States (as 
defined in 17 U.S.C. 101); (iv) any rights of publicity or rights to 
any endorsement by SoundExchange or any other person; or (v) any 
rights with respect to performances or reproductions outside the 
scope of these Rates and Terms or the statutory licenses under 17 
U.S.C. 112(e) and 114.

Article 4--Royalties

    4.1 Minimum Fees. Each Commercial Webcaster will pay an annual, 
nonrefundable minimum fee of $500 for each of its individual 
channels, including each of its individual side channels, and each 
of its individual stations, through which (in each case) it makes 
Eligible Transmissions, for each calendar year or part of a calendar 
year during 2009-2015 during which the Commercial Webcaster is a 
licensee pursuant to licenses under 17 U.S.C. 112(e) and 114, 
provided that a Commercial Webcaster shall not be required to pay 
more than $50,000 in minimum fees in the aggregate (for 100 or more 
channels or stations) in any one year. Upon payment of the minimum 
fee, the Commercial Webcaster will receive a credit in the amount of 
the minimum fee against any royalties payable for the same calendar 
year for the same channel or station.
    4.2 Royalty Rates. Royalties for Eligible Transmissions made 
pursuant to 17 U.S.C. 114, and the making of related ephemeral 
recordings pursuant to 17 U.S.C. 112(e), shall be payable on a per-
performance basis, as follows:

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                                                             Rate per
                          Year                              performance
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2009....................................................         $0.0016
2010....................................................          0.0017
2011....................................................          0.0018
2012....................................................          0.0020
2013....................................................          0.0021
2014....................................................          0.0022
2015....................................................          0.0024
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    4.3 Ephemeral Royalty. The royalty payable under 17 U.S.C. 
112(e) for any ephemeral reproductions made by a Commercial 
Webcaster and covered hereby is deemed to be included within the 
royalty payments set forth above. SoundExchange may allocate 
payments hereunder between the statutory licenses under Sections 
112(e) and 114 in the same manner as statutory webcasting royalties 
for the period 2011-2015.
    4.4 Payment. Payments of all amounts specified in these Rates 
and Terms shall be made to SoundExchange. Minimum fees shall be paid 
by January 31 of each year. Once a Commercial Webcaster's royalty 
obligation under Section 4.2 with respect to a channel or station 
for a year exceeds the minimum fee it has paid for that channel or 
station and year, thereby recouping the credit provided by Section 
4.1, the Commercial Webcaster shall make monthly payments at the 
per-performance rates provided in Section 4.2 beginning with the 
month in which the minimum fee first was recouped.
    4.5 Monthly Obligations. Commercial Webcasters must make monthly 
payments where required by Section 4.4 and provide statements of 
account and reports of use, for each month on the 45th day following 
the end of the month in which the Eligible Transmissions subject to 
the payments, statements of account, and reports of use were made.
    4.6 Past Periods. Notwithstanding Sections 4.4 and 4.5, a 
Commercial Webcaster's first monthly payment after

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electing to be subject to these Rates and Terms shall be adjusted to 
reflect any differences between (i) the amounts payable under these 
Rates and Terms for all of 2009 to the end of the month for which 
the payment is made and (ii) the Commercial Webcaster's previous 
payments for all of 2009 to the end of the month for which the 
payment is made. Late fees under 37 CFR 380.4(e) shall apply to any 
payment previously due and not made on time, or to any late payment 
hereunder.

Article 5--Additional Provisions

    5.1 Applicable Regulations. To the extent not inconsistent with 
the Rates and Terms herein, all applicable regulations, including 37 
CFR Parts 370 and 380, shall apply to activities subject to these 
Rates and Terms.
    5.2 Participation in Specified Proceedings. A Commercial 
Webcaster that elects to be subject to these Rates and Terms agrees 
that it has elected to do so in lieu of any different statutory 
rates and terms that may otherwise apply during any part of the 
2009-2015 period and in lieu of participating at any time in a 
proceeding to set rates and terms for Eligible Transmissions and 
related ephemeral recordings for any part of the 2006-2015 period. 
Thus, once a Commercial Webcaster has elected to be subject to these 
Rates and Terms, it shall not at any time participate as a party, 
intervenor, amicus curiae or otherwise, or give evidence or 
otherwise support or assist, in Intercollegiate Broadcasting Sys. v. 
Copyright Royalty Board (DC Circuit Docket Nos. 07-1123, 07-1168, 
07-1172, 07-1173, 07-1174, 07-1177, 07-1178, 07-1179), any 
proceedings on remand from such appeal, Digital Performance Right in 
Sound Recordings and Ephemeral Recordings (Copyright Royalty Judges' 
Docket No. 2009-1 CRB Webcasting III), or any other proceedings to 
determine royalty rates and terms for Eligible Transmissions and 
reproduction of related ephemeral phonorecords under Section 112(e) 
or 114 of the Copyright Act for all or any part of the period 2006-
2015, including any appeal of the foregoing or any proceedings on 
remand from such an appeal, unless subpoenaed on petition of a third 
party (without any action by a Commercial Webcaster to encourage or 
suggest such a subpoena or petition) and ordered to testify or 
provide documents in such proceeding.
    5.3 Use of Agreement in Future Proceedings. Pursuant to 17 
U.S.C. 114(f)(5)(C), submission of these Rates and Terms in a 
proceeding under 17 U.S.C. 114(f) is expressly authorized.
    5.4 Effect of Direct Licenses. Any copyright owner may enter 
into a voluntary agreement with any Commercial Webcaster setting 
alternative rates and terms governing the Commercial Webcasters' 
transmission of copyrighted works owned by the copyright owner, and 
such voluntary agreement may be given effect in lieu of the Rates 
and Terms set forth herein.

Article 6--Miscellaneous

    6.1 Acknowledgement. The parties acknowledge this agreement was 
entered into knowingly and willingly. The parties further 
acknowledge that any transmission made by a Commercial Webcaster in 
violation of these Rates and Terms or Section 112(e) or 114 or their 
implementing regulations (except to the extent such implementing 
regulations are inconsistent with these Rates and Terms), outside 
the scope of these Rates and Terms or Section 112(e) or 114, or 
after the expiration or termination of these Rates and Terms shall 
be fully subject to, among other things, the copyright owners' 
rights under 17 U.S.C. 106 and the remedies in 17 U.S.C. 501-506, 
and all limitations, exceptions and defenses available with respect 
thereto.
    6.2 Applicable Law and Venue. These Rates and Terms shall be 
governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the 
District of Columbia (without giving effect to conflicts of law 
principles thereof). All actions or proceedings arising directly or 
indirectly from or in connection with these Rates and Terms shall be 
litigated only in the United States District Court for the District 
of Columbia located in Washington, DC. SoundExchange and Commercial 
Webcasters consent to the jurisdiction and venue of the foregoing 
court, waive any objection thereto on forum non conveniens or 
similar grounds, and consent that any process or notice of motion or 
other application to said court or a judge thereof may be served 
inside or outside the District of Columbia by registered mail, 
return receipt requested, directed to the person for which it is 
intended at its last known address (and service so made shall be 
deemed complete five (5) days after the same has been posted as 
aforesaid) or by personal service or in such other manner as may be 
permissible under the rules of that court.
    6.3 Rights Cumulative. The rights, remedies, limitations, and 
exceptions provided in these Rates and Terms and available under 
applicable law shall be cumulative and shall not preclude assertion 
by any party of any other rights, defenses, limitations, or 
exceptions or the seeking of any other remedies against another 
party hereto. These Rates and Terms shall not constitute a waiver of 
any violation of Section 112 or 114 or their implementing 
regulations. No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising any 
right, power or privilege shall operate as a waiver of such right, 
power or privilege. No single or partial exercise of any right, 
power or privilege granted under these Rates and Terms or available 
under applicable law shall preclude any other or further exercise 
thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. No 
waiver by any party of full performance by another party in any one 
or more instances shall be a waiver of the right to require full and 
complete performance of these Rates and Terms and of obligations 
under applicable law thereafter.
    6.4 Entire Agreement. These Rates and Terms represent the entire 
and complete agreement between SoundExchange and a Commercial 
Webcaster with respect to their subject matter and supersede all 
prior and contemporaneous agreements and undertakings of 
SoundExchange and a Commercial Webcaster with respect to the subject 
matter hereof.

Appendix B--Agreed Rates and Terms for Noncommercial Educational 
Webcasters

Article 1--Definitions

    1.1 General. In general, words used in the rates and terms set 
forth herein (the ``Rates and Terms'') and defined in 17 U.S.C. 
112(e) or 114 or 37 CFR Part 380 shall have the meanings specified 
in those provisions as in effect on the date hereof, with such 
exceptions or clarifications set forth in Section 1.2.

1.2 Additional Definitions

    1.2.1 ``Noncommercial Educational Webcaster'' shall mean a 
Noncommercial Webcaster (as defined in 17 U.S.C. 114(f)(5)(E)(i)) 
that (i) has obtained a compulsory license under 17 U.S.C. 112(e) 
and 114 and the implementing regulations therefor to make Eligible 
Transmissions and related ephemeral recordings; (ii) complies with 
all applicable provisions of Sections 112(e) and 114 and applicable 
regulations; (iii) is directly operated by, or is affiliated with 
and officially sanctioned by, and the digital audio transmission 
operations of which are staffed substantially by students enrolled 
at, a domestically-accredited primary or secondary school, college, 
university or other post-secondary degree-granting educational 
institution, and (iv) is not a ``public broadcasting entity'' (as 
defined in 17 U.S.C. 118(g)) qualified to receive funding from the 
Corporation for Public Broadcasting pursuant to the criteria set 
forth in 47 U.S.C. 396.
    1.2.2 ``Eligible Transmission'' shall mean an eligible 
nonsubscription transmission made by a Noncommercial Educational 
Webcaster over the Internet.
    1.2.3 ``SoundExchange'' shall mean SoundExchange, Inc. and shall 
include its successors and assigns.
    1.2.4 ``ATH'' or ``Aggregate Tuning Hours'' shall mean the total 
hours of programming that a Noncommercial Educational Webcaster has 
transmitted during the relevant period to all listeners within the 
United States over all channels and stations that provide audio 
programming consisting, in whole or in part, of Eligible 
Transmissions, including from any archived programs, less the actual 
running time of any sound recordings for which the Noncommercial 
Educational Webcaster has obtained direct licenses apart from 17 
U.S.C. 114(d)(2) or which do not require a license under United 
States copyright law. By way of example, if a Noncommercial 
Educational Webcaster transmitted one hour of programming to 10 
simultaneous listeners, the Noncommercial Educational Webcaster's 
Aggregate Tuning Hours would equal 10. If three minutes of that hour 
consisted of transmission of a directly licensed recording, the 
Noncommercial Educational Webcaster's Aggregate Tuning Hours would 
equal 9 hours and 30 minutes. As an additional example, if one 
listener listened to a Noncommercial Educational Webcaster for 10 
hours (and none of the recordings transmitted during that time was 
directly licensed), the Noncommercial Educational Webcaster's 
Aggregate Tuning Hours would equal 10.

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Article 2--Agreement Pursuant to Webcaster Settlement Act of 2009

    2.1 Availability of Rates and Terms. Pursuant to the Webcaster 
Settlement Act of 2009, and subject to the provisions set forth 
below, Noncommercial Educational Webcasters may elect to be subject 
to the rates and terms set forth herein in their entirety, with 
respect to Eligible Transmissions and related ephemeral recordings, 
for all of any one or more calendar years during the period 
beginning on January 1, 2011, and ending on December 31, 2015 (the 
``Term''), in lieu of other rates and terms from time to time 
applicable under 17 U.S.C. 112(e) and 114, by complying with the 
procedure set forth in Section 2.2.1 hereof. In addition, 
Noncommercial Educational Webcasters may elect to be subject to the 
provisions of Article 5 only, for all of the period beginning on 
January 1, 2009, and ending on December 31, 2010 (the ``Special 
Reporting Term''), in lieu of reporting under 37 CFR Part 370.3, by 
complying with the procedure set forth in Section 2.2.3 hereof. Any 
person or entity that does not satisfy the eligibility criteria to 
be a Noncommercial Educational Webcaster must comply with otherwise 
applicable rates and terms.

2.2 Election Process

    2.2.1 In General. To elect to be subject to these Rates and 
Terms, in their entirety, in lieu of any royalty rates and terms 
that otherwise might apply under 17 U.S.C. 112(e) and 114, for any 
calendar year during the Term, a Noncommercial Educational Webcaster 
shall submit to SoundExchange a completed and signed election form 
(available on the SoundExchange Web site at http://www.soundexchange.com) by January 31st of each such calendar year 
or, in the case of a Noncommercial Educational Webcaster that has 
not made Eligible Transmissions as of January 31st of a calendar 
year within the Term but begins doing so at a later time that year 
and seeks to be subject to these Rates and Terms for that year, 45 
days after the end of the month in which the Noncommercial 
Educational Webcaster begins making such Eligible Transmissions. 
Even if an entity has once elected to be treated as a Noncommercial 
Educational Webcaster, it must make a separate, timely election in 
each subsequent calendar year in which it wishes (and is eligible) 
to be treated as such. A Noncommercial Educational Webcaster may 
instead elect other available rates for which it is eligible. 
However, a Noncommercial Educational Webcaster may not elect 
different rates for a given calendar year after it has elected to be 
subject to these Rates and Terms or for any year in which it has 
already paid royalties.
    2.2.2 Contents of Election Form. On its election form(s) 
pursuant to Section 2.2.1, the Noncommercial Educational Webcaster 
must, among other things, provide a certification, signed by an 
officer or another duly authorized faculty member or administrator 
of the institution with which the Noncommercial Educational 
Webcaster is affiliated, on a form provided by SoundExchange, that 
the Noncommercial Educational Webcaster (i) qualifies as a 
Noncommercial Educational Webcaster for the relevant year, and (ii) 
did not exceed 159,140 total ATH in any month of the prior year for 
which the Noncommercial Educational Webcaster did not submit a 
Statement of Account and pay required Usage Fees. At the same time 
the Noncommercial Educational Webcaster must identify all its 
stations making Eligible Transmissions. If, subsequent to making an 
election, there are changes in the Noncommercial Educational 
Webcaster's corporate name or stations making Eligible 
Transmissions, or other changes in its corporate structure that 
affect the application of these Rates and Terms, the Noncommercial 
Educational Webcaster shall promptly notify SoundExchange thereof. 
On its election form(s), the Noncommercial Educational Webcaster 
must, among other things, identify which of the reporting options 
set forth in Section 5.1 it elects for the relevant year (provided 
that it must be eligible for the option it elects).
    2.2.3 Election for Special Reporting Term. A Noncommercial 
Educational Webcaster may elect to be subject to the provisions of 
Article 5 only, for all of the Special Reporting Term, in lieu of 
reporting under 37 CFR Part 370.3 as it may from time to time exist. 
To do so, the Noncommercial Educational Webcaster shall submit to 
SoundExchange a completed and signed election form (available on the 
SoundExchange Web site at http://www.soundexchange.com), which 
SoundExchange may combine with its form of Statement of Account. 
Such form must be submitted with timely payment of the Noncommercial 
Educational Webcaster's minimum fee for 2010 under 37 CFR 380.4(d) 
and the Proxy Fee described in Section 5.1.1 for both 2009 and 2010 
if applicable. On any such election form, the Noncommercial 
Educational Webcaster must, among other things, provide (i) a 
certification, signed by an officer or another duly authorized 
faculty member or administrator of the institution with which the 
Noncommercial Educational Webcaster is affiliated, that the 
Noncommercial Educational Webcaster qualifies as a Noncommercial 
Educational Webcaster for the Special Reporting Term, and (ii) 
identification of all its stations making Eligible Transmissions and 
which of the reporting options set forth in Section 5.1 it elects 
for the Special Reporting Term (provided that it must be eligible 
for the option it elects for the entire Special Reporting Term).
    2.2.4 Participation in Specified Proceedings. Notwithstanding 
anything else in these Rates and Terms, a person or entity otherwise 
qualifying as a Noncommercial Educational Webcaster that has 
participated or is participating in any way in any appeal of the 
Final Determination of the Copyright Royalty Judges concerning 
royalty rates and terms under Sections 112(e) and 114 of the 
Copyright Act for the period January 1, 2006, through December 31, 
2010 published in the Federal Register at 72 FR 24084 (May 1, 2007) 
(the ``Final Determination''), any proceedings on remand from such 
appeal, Digital Performance Right in Sound Recordings and Ephemeral 
Recordings (Copyright Royalty Judges' Docket No. 2009-1 CRB 
Webcasting III), Digital Performance Right in Sound Recordings and 
Ephemeral Recordings for a New Subscription Service (Copyright 
Royalty Judges' Docket No. 2009-2 CRB New Subscription II), or any 
other proceeding to determine royalty rates or terms under Sections 
112(e) or 114 of the Copyright Act for all or any part of the period 
January 1, 2006, through December 31, 2015 (all of the foregoing, 
including appeals of the proceedings identified above, collectively 
``Specified Proceedings'') shall not have the right to elect to be 
treated as a Noncommercial Educational Webcaster or claim the 
benefit of these Rates and Terms, unless it withdraws from such 
proceeding(s) prior to submitting to SoundExchange a completed and 
signed election form as contemplated by Section 2.2.1 or 2.2.3, as 
applicable. In addition, once a Noncommercial Educational Webcaster 
has elected to be subject to these Rates and Terms, either for the 
Special Reporting Term or any part of the Term, it shall not at any 
time participate as a party, intervenor, amicus curiae or otherwise, 
or give evidence or otherwise support or assist, in any Specified 
Proceeding, unless subpoenaed on petition of a third party (without 
any action by a Noncommercial Educational Webcaster to encourage or 
suggest such a subpoena or petition) and ordered to testify or 
provide documents in such proceeding.
    2.3 Representation of Compliance and Non-Waiver. By electing to 
operate pursuant to the Rates and Terms, either for the Special 
Reporting Term or any part of the Term, an entity represents and 
warrants that it qualifies as a Noncommercial Educational Webcaster 
and is eligible for the reporting option set forth in Section 5.1 
that it elects. By accepting an election by a transmitting entity 
pursuant to these Rates and Terms or any payments or reporting made 
by a transmitting entity, SoundExchange does not acknowledge that 
the transmitting entity qualifies as a Noncommercial Educational 
Webcaster or for a particular reporting option or that it has 
complied with the eligibility or other requirements of the statutory 
licenses under Sections 112(e) and 114 of the Copyright Act 
(including these Rates and Terms). It is the responsibility of each 
transmitting entity to ensure that it is eligible for the statutory 
licenses under Sections 112(e) and 114 of the Copyright Act and in 
full compliance with applicable requirements thereof. SoundExchange 
is not in a position to, and does not, make determinations as to 
whether each of the many services that rely on the statutory 
licenses is eligible for statutory licensing or any particular 
royalty payment classification, nor does it continuously verify that 
such services are in full compliance with all applicable 
requirements. Accordingly, a transmitting entity agrees that 
SoundExchange's acceptance of its election, payment or reporting 
does not give or imply any acknowledgment that it is in compliance 
with the requirements of the statutory licenses (including these 
Rates and Terms) and shall not be used as evidence that it is in 
compliance with the requirements of the statutory licenses 
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owners reserve all their rights to take enforcement action against a 
transmitting entity that is not in compliance with all applicable 
requirements that are not inconsistent with these Rates and Terms.

Article 3--Scope

    3.1 In General. Noncommercial Educational Webcasters that have 
made a timely election to be subject to these Rates and Terms as 
provided in Section 2.2.1 are entitled to publicly perform sound 
recordings within the scope of the statutory license provided by 
Section 114 by means of Eligible Transmissions, and to make related 
ephemeral recordings for use solely for purposes of such Eligible 
Transmissions within the scope of Section 112(e), in accordance with 
and subject to the limitations set forth in these Rates and Terms 
and in strict conformity with the provisions of 17 U.S.C. 112(e) and 
114 and their implementing regulations (except as otherwise 
specifically provided herein), in lieu of other rates and terms from 
time to time applicable under 17 U.S.C. 112(e) and 114, for each 
calendar year within the Term that they have made a timely election 
to be subject to these Rates and Terms.
    3.2 Applicable to All Services Operated by or for a 
Noncommercial Educational Webcaster. If a Noncommercial Educational 
Webcaster has made a timely election to be subject to these Rates 
and Terms as provided in Section 2.2.1, these Rates and Terms shall 
apply to all Eligible Transmissions made by or for the Noncommercial 
Educational Webcaster and related ephemeral recordings. For clarity, 
a Noncommercial Educational Webcaster may not rely upon these Rates 
and Terms for its Eligible Transmissions of one broadcast channel or 
station and upon different Section 112(e) and 114 rates and terms 
for its Eligible Transmissions of other broadcast channels or 
stations. However, a single educational institution may have more 
than one webcasting station making Eligible Transmissions. If so, 
each such station may determine individually whether it elects to be 
subject to these Rates and Terms as a Noncommercial Educational 
Webcaster. It is expressly contemplated that within a single 
educational institution, one or more Noncommercial Educational 
Webcasters and one or more public broadcasting entities (as defined 
in 17 U.S.C. 118(g)) may exist simultaneously, each paying under a 
different set of rates and terms.
    3.3 No Implied Rights. These Rates and Terms extend only to 
electing Noncommercial Educational Webcasters and grant no rights, 
including by implication or estoppel, to any other person or entity, 
or except as specifically provided herein. Without limiting the 
generality of the foregoing, these Rates and Terms do not grant (i) 
any copyright ownership interest in any sound recording; (ii) any 
trademark or trade dress rights; (iii) any rights outside the United 
States (as defined in 17 U.S.C. 101); (iv) any rights of publicity 
or rights to any endorsement by SoundExchange or any other person; 
or (v) any rights with respect to performances or reproductions 
outside the scope of these Rates and Terms or the statutory licenses 
under 17 U.S.C. 112(e) and 114.

Article 4--Royalties

    4.1 Minimum Fee. Each Noncommercial Educational Webcaster shall 
pay an annual, nonrefundable minimum fee of $500 (the ``Minimum 
Fee'') for each of its individual channels, including each of its 
individual side channels, and each of its individual stations, 
through which (in each case) it makes Eligible Transmissions, for 
each calendar year it elects to be subject to these Rates and Terms. 
For clarity, each individual stream (e.g., HD radio side channels, 
different stations owned by a single licensee) will be treated 
separately and be subject to a separate minimum. In addition, a 
Noncommercial Educational Webcaster electing the reporting waiver 
described in Section 5.1.1 shall pay a $100 annual fee (the ``Proxy 
Fee'') to SoundExchange.
    4.2 Additional Usage Fees. If, in any month, a Noncommercial 
Educational Webcaster makes total transmissions in excess of 159,140 
Aggregate Tuning Hours (``ATH'') on any individual channel or 
station, the Noncommercial Educational Webcaster shall pay 
additional usage fees (``Usage Fees'') for the Eligible 
Transmissions it makes on that channel or station after exceeding 
159,140 total ATH at the following per-performance rates:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                             Rate per
                          Year                              performance
------------------------------------------------------------------------
2011....................................................         $0.0017
2012....................................................          0.0020
2013....................................................          0.0022
2014....................................................          0.0023
2015....................................................          0.0025
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    For a Noncommercial Educational Webcaster unable to calculate 
actual total performances and not required to report ATH or actual 
total performances under Section 5.1.3, the Noncommercial 
Educational Webcaster may pay Usage Fees on an ATH basis, provided 
that the Noncommercial Educational Webcaster shall pay Usage Fees at 
the per-performance rates provided above in this Section 4.2 based 
on the assumption that the number of sound recordings performed is 
12 per hour. SoundExchange may distribute royalties paid on the 
basis of ATH hereunder in accordance with its generally-applicable 
methodology for distributing royalties paid on such basis.
    A Noncommercial Educational Webcaster offering more than one 
channel or station shall pay Usage Fees on a per channel or station 
basis.
    4.3 Ephemeral Royalty. The royalty payable under 17 U.S.C. 
112(e) for any ephemeral reproductions made by a Noncommercial 
Educational Webcaster and covered hereby is deemed to be included 
within the royalty payments set forth above. SoundExchange may 
allocate payments hereunder between the statutory licenses under 
Sections 112(e) and 114 in the same manner as statutory webcasting 
royalties for the period 2011-2015.

4.4 Statements of Account and Payment

    4.4.1 Minimum Fee. Noncommercial Educational Webcasters shall 
submit the Minimum Fee, and Proxy Fee if applicable, accompanied by 
a statement of account in a form available on the SoundExchange Web 
site at http://www.soundexchange.com (``Statement of Account'') by 
the date specified in Section 2.2.1 for making the Noncommercial 
Educational Webcaster's election to be subject to these Rates and 
Terms for the applicable calendar year.
    4.4.2 Usage Fees. Noncommercial Educational Webcasters required 
to pay Usage Fees shall submit a Minimum Fee and Statement of 
Account in accordance with Section 4.4.1, and in addition, a 
Statement of Account accompanying any Usage Fees owed pursuant to 
Section 4.2. Such a Statement of Account and accompanying Usage Fees 
shall be due 45 days after the end of the month in which the excess 
usage occurred.
    4.4.3 Identification of Statements of Account. Noncommercial 
Educational Webcasters shall include on each of their Statements of 
Account (i) the name of the Noncommercial Educational Webcaster, 
exactly as it appears on its notice of use, and (ii) if the 
Statement of Account covers a single station only, the call letters 
or name of the station.
    4.4.4 Payment. Payments of all amounts specified in these Rates 
and Terms shall be made to SoundExchange.
    4.5 Late Fees. A Noncommercial Educational Webcaster shall pay a 
late fee for each instance in which any payment, any Statement of 
Account or any Report of Use (as defined in Section 5.1 below) is 
not received by SoundExchange in compliance with these Rates and 
Terms and applicable regulations by the due date. The amount of the 
late fee shall be 1.5% of the late payment, or 1.5% of the payment 
associated with a late Statement of Account or Report of Use, per 
month, compounded monthly, or the highest lawful rate, whichever is 
lower. The late fee shall accrue from the due date of the payment, 
Statement of Account or Report of Use until a fully compliant 
Payment, Statement of Account or Report of Use (as applicable) is 
received by SoundExchange, provided that, in the case of a timely 
provided but noncompliant Statement of Account or Report of Use, 
SoundExchange has notified the Noncommercial Educational Webcaster 
within 90 days regarding any noncompliance that is reasonably 
evident to SoundExchange.

Article 5--Reporting

    5.1 Provision of Reports of Use. Noncommercial Educational 
Webcasters shall have the following three options, as applicable, 
with respect to provision of reports of use of sound recordings 
(``Reports of Use''):
    5.1.1 Reporting Waiver. In light of the unique business and 
operational circumstances currently existing with respect to these 
services, a Noncommercial Educational Webcaster that did not exceed 
55,000 total ATH for any individual channel or station for more than 
one calendar month in the immediately preceding calendar year and 
that does not expect to exceed 55,000 total ATH for any individual 
channel or station for any calendar month during the applicable 
calendar year may elect to pay a nonrefundable, annual Proxy Fee of 
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lieu of providing Reports of Use for the calendar year. In addition, 
a Noncommercial Educational Webcaster that unexpectedly exceeded 
55,000 total ATH on one or more channels or stations for more than 
one month during the immediately preceding calendar year may elect 
to pay the Proxy Fee and receive the reporting waiver described in 
this Section 5.1.1 during a calendar year, if it implements measures 
reasonably calculated to ensure that it will not make Eligible 
Transmissions exceeding 55,000 total ATH per month during that 
calendar year. SoundExchange shall distribute the aggregate 
royalties paid by electing Noncommercial Educational Webcasters 
based on proxy usage data in accordance with a methodology adopted 
by SoundExchange's Board of Directors. The Proxy Fee is intended to 
defray SoundExchange's costs associated with this reporting waiver, 
including development of proxy usage data. The Proxy Fee shall be 
paid by the date specified in Section 2.2.1 for making the 
Noncommercial Educational Webcaster's election to be subject to 
these Rates and Terms for the applicable calendar year (or in the 
case of the Special Reporting Term, by the date specified in Section 
2.2.3) and shall be accompanied by a certification on a form 
provided by SoundExchange, signed by an officer or another duly 
authorized faculty member or administrator of the applicable 
educational institution, stating that the Noncommercial Educational 
Webcaster is eligible for the Proxy Fee option because of its past 
and expected future usage, and if applicable, measures to ensure 
that it will not make excess Eligible Transmissions in the future.
    5.1.2 Sample-Basis Reports. A Noncommercial Educational 
Webcaster that did not exceed 159,140 total ATH for any individual 
channel or station for more than one calendar month in the 
immediately preceding calendar year and that does not expect to 
exceed 159,140 total ATH for any individual channel or station for 
any calendar month during the applicable calendar year may elect (as 
described in Section 2.2.2) to provide Reports of Use on a sample 
basis (two weeks per calendar quarter) in accordance with the 
regulations at 37 CFR 370.3 as they existed at January 1, 2009, 
except that notwithstanding 37 CFR 370.3(c)(2)(vi), such an electing 
Noncommercial Educational Webcaster shall not be required to include 
ATH or actual total performances and may in lieu thereof provide 
channel or station name and play frequency (i.e., number of spins). 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Noncommercial Educational Webcaster 
that is able to report ATH or actual total performances is 
encouraged to do so. These Reports of Use shall be submitted to 
SoundExchange no later than January 31st of the year immediately 
following the year to which they pertain.
    5.1.3 Census-Basis Reports. If any of the following three 
conditions is satisfied, a Noncommercial Webcaster must report 
pursuant to this Section 5.1.3: (i) The Noncommercial Educational 
Webcaster exceeded 159,140 total ATH for any individual channel or 
station for more than one calendar month in the immediately 
preceding calendar year, (ii) the Noncommercial Educational 
Webcaster expects to exceed 159,140 total ATH for any individual 
channel or station for any calendar month in the applicable calendar 
year, or (iii) the Noncommercial Educational Webcaster otherwise 
does not elect (as described in Section 2.2.2) to be subject to 
Section 5.1.1 or 5.1.2. A Noncommercial Educational Webcaster 
required to report pursuant to this Section 5.1.3 shall provide 
Reports of Use to SoundExchange quarterly on a census reporting 
basis (i.e., Reports of Use shall include every sound recording 
performed in the relevant quarter), containing information otherwise 
complying with applicable regulations (but no less information than 
required by 37 CFR 370.3 as of January 1, 2009), except that 
notwithstanding 37 CFR 370.3(c)(2)(vi), such a Noncommercial 
Educational Webcaster shall not be required to include ATH or actual 
total performances, and may in lieu thereof provide channel or 
station name and play frequency (i.e., number of spins), during the 
first calendar year it is required to report in accordance with this 
Section 5.1.3. For the avoidance of doubt, after a Noncommercial 
Educational Webcaster has been required to report in accordance with 
this Section 5.1.3 for a full calendar year, it must thereafter 
include ATH or actual total performances in its Reports of Use. All 
Reports of Use under this Section 5.1.3 shall be submitted to 
SoundExchange no later than the 45th day after the end of each 
calendar quarter.
    5.2 Delivery of Reports. Reports of Use submitted by 
Noncommercial Educational Webcasters shall conform to the following 
additional requirements:
    5.2.1 Noncommercial Educational Webcasters shall either submit a 
separate Report of Use for each of their stations, or a collective 
report of use covering all of their stations but identifying usage 
on a station-by-station basis.
    5.2.2 Noncommercial Educational Webcasters shall transmit each 
Report of Use in a file the name of which includes (i) the name of 
the Noncommercial Educational Webcaster, exactly as it appears on 
its notice of use, and (ii) if the Report of Use covers a single 
station only, the call letters or name of the station.
    5.2.3 Noncommercial Educational Webcasters shall submit reports 
of use with headers, as such headers are described in 37 CFR 
370.3(d)(7).
    5.3 Server Logs. To the extent not already required by the 
current regulations set forth in 37 CFR Part 380, as they existed on 
January 1, 2009, Noncommercial Educational Webcasters shall retain 
for a period of at least three full calendar years server logs 
sufficient to substantiate all information relevant to eligibility, 
rate calculation and reporting hereunder. To the extent that a 
third-party web hosting or service provider maintains equipment or 
software for a Noncommercial Educational Webcaster and/or such third 
party creates, maintains, or can reasonably create such server logs, 
the Noncommercial Educational Webcaster shall direct that such 
server logs be created and maintained by said third party for a 
period of at least three full calendar years and/or that such server 
logs be provided to, and maintained by, the Noncommercial 
Educational Webcaster.

Article 6--Additional Provisions

    6.1 Applicable Regulations. To the extent not inconsistent with 
the Rates and Terms herein, all applicable regulations, including 37 
CFR Parts 370 and 380, shall apply to activities subject to these 
Rates and Terms. Without limiting the foregoing, the provisions of 
applicable regulations for the retention of records and verification 
of statutory royalty payments (presently 37 CFR 380.4(h) and 380.6) 
shall apply hereunder. Noncommercial Educational Webcasters shall 
cooperate in good faith with any such verification, and the exercise 
by SoundExchange of any right with respect thereto shall not 
prejudice any other rights or remedies of SoundExchange or sound 
recording copyright owners.
    6.2 Use of Agreement in Future Proceedings. Pursuant to 17 
U.S.C. 114(f)(5)(C), submission of these Rates and Terms in a 
proceeding under 17 U.S.C. 114(f) by any participant in such 
proceeding is expressly authorized.
    6.3 Effect of Direct Licenses. Any copyright owner may enter 
into a voluntary agreement with any Noncommercial Educational 
Webcaster setting alternative rates and terms governing the 
Noncommercial Educational Webcaster's transmission of copyrighted 
works owned by the copyright owner, and such voluntary agreement may 
be given effect in lieu of the Rates and Terms set forth herein.
    6.4 Default. A Noncommercial Educational Webcaster shall comply 
with all the requirements of these Rates and Terms. If it fails to 
do so, SoundExchange may give written notice to the Noncommercial 
Educational Webcaster that, unless the breach is remedied within 30 
days from the date of receipt of notice, the Noncommercial 
Educational Webcaster's authorization to make public performances 
and ephemeral reproductions under these Rates and Terms may be 
terminated by further written notice; provided, however, that such 
period shall be 60 (rather than 30) days in the case of any such 
notice sent by SoundExchange between May 15 and August 15 or between 
December 1 and January 30. No such cure period shall apply before 
termination in case of material noncompliance that has been repeated 
multiple times so as to constitute a pattern of noncompliance, 
provided that SoundExchange has given at least two notices of 
noncompliance. Any transmission made by a Noncommercial Educational 
Webcaster in violation of these Rates and Terms or Section 112(e) or 
114 or their implementing regulations (except to the extent such 
implementing regulations are inconsistent with these Rates and 
Terms), outside the scope of these Rates and Terms or Section 112(e) 
or 114, or after the expiration or termination of these Rates and 
Terms shall be fully subject to, among other things, the copyright 
owners' rights under 17 U.S.C. 106 and the remedies in 17 U.S.C. 
501-506, and all limitations, exceptions and defenses available with 
respect thereto.

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Article 7--Miscellaneous

    7.1 Acknowledgement. The parties acknowledge these Rates and 
Terms were entered into knowingly and willingly.
    7.2 Applicable Law and Venue. These Rates and Terms shall be 
governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the 
District of Columbia (without giving effect to conflicts of law 
principles thereof). All actions or proceedings arising directly or 
indirectly from or in connection with these Rates and Terms shall be 
litigated only in the United States District Court for the District 
of Columbia located in Washington, DC. SoundExchange and each 
Noncommercial Educational Webcaster consent to the jurisdiction and 
venue of the foregoing court and consent that any process or notice 
of motion or other application to said court or a judge thereof may 
be served inside or outside the District of Columbia by registered 
mail, return receipt requested, directed to the person for which it 
is intended at its last known address (and service so made shall be 
deemed complete five (5) days after the same has been posted as 
aforesaid) or by personal service or in such other manner as may be 
permissible under the rules of that court.
    7.3 Rights Cumulative. The rights, remedies, limitations, and 
exceptions provided in these Rates and Terms and available under 
applicable law shall be cumulative and shall not preclude assertion 
by any party of any other rights, defenses, limitations, or 
exceptions or the seeking of any other remedies against another 
party hereto. These Rates and Terms shall not constitute a waiver of 
any violation of Section 112 or 114 or their implementing 
regulations (except to the extent such implementing regulations are 
inconsistent with these Rates and Terms). No failure to exercise and 
no delay in exercising any right, power or privilege shall operate 
as a waiver of such right, power or privilege. No single or partial 
exercise of any right, power or privilege granted under these Rates 
and Terms or available under applicable law shall preclude any other 
or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, 
power or privilege. No waiver by any party of full performance by 
another party in any one or more instances shall be a waiver of the 
right to require full and complete performance of these Rates and 
Terms and of obligations under applicable law thereafter.
    7.4 Entire Agreement. These Rates and Terms represent the entire 
and complete agreement between SoundExchange and any Noncommercial 
Educational Webcaster with respect to their subject matter and 
supersede all prior and contemporaneous agreements and undertakings 
of SoundExchange and a Noncommercial Educational Webcaster with 
respect to the subject matter hereof.

Appendix C--Agreement Concerning Rates and Terms for Public Radio

    This Agreement Concerning Rates and Terms for Public Radio 
(``Agreement''), dated as of July 30, 2009 (``Execution Date''), is 
made by and between SoundExchange, Inc. (``SoundExchange'') and the 
Corporation for Public Broadcasting (``CPB''), on behalf of all 
Covered Entities (SoundExchange, and CPB each a ``Party'' and, 
jointly, the ``Parties''). Capitalized terms used herein are defined 
in Article 1 below.
    Whereas, SoundExchange is the ``receiving agent'' as defined in 
17 U.S.C. 114(f)(5)(E)(ii) designated for collecting and 
distributing statutory royalties received from Covered Entities for 
their Web Site Performances;
    Whereas, the Webcaster Settlement Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111-36; 
to be codified at 17 U.S.C. 114(f)(5)) authorizes SoundExchange to 
enter into agreements for the reproduction and performance of Sound 
Recordings under Sections 112(e) and 114 of the Copyright Act that, 
once published in the Federal Register, shall be binding on all 
Copyright Owners and Performers, in lieu of any determination by the 
Copyright Royalty Judges;
    Whereas, in view of the unique business, economic and political 
circumstances of CPB, Covered Entities, SoundExchange, Copyright 
Owners and Performers at the Execution Date, the Parties have agreed 
to the royalty rates and other consideration set forth herein for 
the period January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2015;
    Now, Therefore, pursuant to 17 U.S.C. 114(f)(5), and in 
consideration of the mutual promises contained in this Agreement and 
for other good and valuable consideration, the adequacy and 
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereby 
agree as follows:

Article 1--Definitions

    The following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
    1.1 ``Agreement'' shall have the meaning set forth in the 
preamble.
    1.2 ``ATH'' or ``Aggregate Tuning Hours'' means the total hours 
of programming that Covered Entities have transmitted during the 
relevant period to all listeners within the United States from all 
Covered Entities that provide audio programming consisting, in whole 
or in part, of Web Site Performances, less the actual running time 
of any sound recordings for which the Covered Entity has obtained 
direct licenses apart from this Agreement. By way of example, if a 
Covered Entity transmitted one hour of programming to ten (10) 
simultaneous listeners, the Covered Entity's Aggregate Tuning Hours 
would equal ten (10). If three (3) minutes of that hour consisted of 
transmission of a directly licensed recording, the Covered Entity's 
Aggregate Tuning Hours would equal nine (9) hours and thirty (30) 
minutes. As an additional example, if one listener listened to a 
Covered Entity for ten (10) hours (and none of the recordings 
transmitted during that time was directly licensed), the Covered 
Entity's Aggregate Tuning Hours would equal 10.
    1.3 ``Authorized Web Site'' means any Web Site operated by or on 
behalf of any Covered Entity that is accessed by Web Site Users 
through a Uniform Resource Locator (``URL'') owned by such Covered 
Entity and through which Web Site Performances are made by such 
Covered Entity.
    1.4 ``CPB'' shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.
    1.5 ``Collective'' shall have the meaning set forth in 37 CFR 
380.2(c).
    1.6 ``Copyright Owners'' are Sound Recording copyright owners 
who are entitled to royalty payments made pursuant to the statutory 
licenses under 17 U.S.C. 112(e) and 114(f).
    1.7 ``Covered Entities'' means NPR, American Public Media, 
Public Radio International, and Public Radio Exchange, and, in 
calendar year 2011, up to four-hundred and ninety (490) Originating 
Public Radio Stations as named by CPB. CPB shall notify 
SoundExchange annually of the eligible Originating Public Radio 
Stations to be considered Covered Entities hereunder (subject to the 
numerical limitations set forth herein). The number of Originating 
Public Radio Stations considered to be Covered Entities is permitted 
to grow by no more than 10 Originating Public Radio Stations per 
year beginning in calendar year 2012, such that the total number of 
Covered Entities at the end of the Term will be less than or equal 
to 530. The Parties agree that the number of Originating Public 
Radio Stations licensed hereunder as Covered Entities shall not 
exceed the maximum number permitted for a given year without 
SoundExchange's express written approval, except that CPB shall have 
the option to increase the number of Originating Public Radio 
Stations that may be considered Covered Entities as provided in 
Section 4.4.
    1.8 ``Ephemeral Phonorecord'' shall have the meaning set forth 
in Section 3.1(b).
    1.9 ``Execution Date'' shall have the meaning set forth in the 
preamble.
    1.10 ``License Fee'' shall have the meaning set forth in Section 
4.1.
    1.11 ``Music ATH'' means ATH of Web Site Performances of Sound 
Recordings of musical works.
    1.12 ``NPR'' shall mean National Public Radio, with offices at 
635 Massachusetts Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20001.
    1.13 ``Originating Public Radio Stations'' shall mean a 
noncommercial terrestrial radio broadcast station that (i) is 
licensed as such by the Federal Communications Commission; (ii) 
originates programming and is not solely a repeater station; (iii) 
is a member or affiliate of NPR, American Public Media, Public Radio 
International, or Public Radio Exchange, a member of the National 
Federation of Community Broadcasters, or another public radio 
station that is qualified to receive funding from the Corporation 
for Public Broadcasting pursuant to its criteria; (iv) qualifies as 
a ``noncommercial webcaster'' under 17 U.S.C. 114(f)(5)(E)(i); and 
(v) either (a) offers Web Site Performances only as part of the 
mission that entitles it to be exempt from taxation under section 
501 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 501), or (b) in 
the case of a governmental entity (including a Native American 
Tribal governmental entity), is operated exclusively for public 
purposes.
    1.14 ``Party'' shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.
    1.15 ``Performers'' means the independent administrators 
identified in 17 U.S.C. 114(g)(2)(B) and (C) and the individuals and 
entities identified in 17 U.S.C. 114(g)(2)(D).
    1.16 ``Person'' means a natural person, a corporation, a limited 
liability company, a partnership, a trust, a joint venture, any 
governmental authority or any other entity or organization.

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    1.17 ``Phonorecords'' shall have the meaning set forth in 17 
U.S.C. 101.
    1.18 ``Side Channel'' means any Internet-only program available 
on an Authorized Web Site or an archived program on such Authorized 
Web Site that, in either case, conforms to all applicable 
requirements under 17 U.S.C. 114.
    1.19 ``SoundExchange'' shall have the meaning set forth in the 
preamble and shall include any successors and assigns to the extent 
permitted by this Agreement.
    1.20 ``Sound Recording'' shall have the meaning set forth in 17 
U.S.C. 101.
    1.21 ``Term'' shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.1.
    1.22 ``Territory'' means the United States, its territories, 
commonwealths and possessions.
    1.23 ``URL'' shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.3.
    1.24 ``Web Site'' means a site located on the World Wide Web 
that can be located by a Web Site User through a principal URL.
    1.25 ``Web Site Performances'' means all public performances by 
means of digital audio transmissions of Sound Recordings, including 
the transmission of any portion of any Sound Recording, made through 
an Authorized Web Site in accordance with all requirements of 17 
U.S.C. 114, from servers used by a Covered Entity (provided that the 
Covered Entity controls the content of all materials transmitted by 
the server), or by a sublicensee authorized pursuant to Section 3.2, 
that consist of either (a) the retransmission of a Covered Entity's 
over-the-air terrestrial radio programming or (b) the digital 
transmission of nonsubscription Side Channels that are programmed 
and controlled by the Covered Entity. This term does not include 
digital audio transmissions made by any other means.
    1.26 ``Web Site Users'' means all those who access or receive 
Web Site Performances or who access any Authorized Web Site.

Article 2--Agreement Pursuant to Webcaster Settlement Act of 2009

    2.1 General. This Agreement is entered into pursuant to the 
Webcaster Settlement Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111-36; to be codified at 
17 U.S.C. 114(f)(5)).
    2.2 Eligibility Conditions. The only webcasters (as defined in 
17 U.S.C. 114(f)(5)(E)(iii)) eligible to avail themselves of the 
terms of this Agreement as contemplated by 17 U.S.C. 114(f)(5)(B) 
are the Covered Entities, as expressly set forth herein. The terms 
of this Agreement shall apply to the Covered Entities in lieu of 
other rates and terms applicable under 17 U.S.C. 112 and 114.
    2.3 Agreement Nonprecedential. Consistent with 17 U.S.C. 
114(f)(5)(C), this Agreement, including any rate structure, fees, 
terms, conditions, and notice and recordkeeping requirements set 
forth therein, is nonprecedential and shall not be introduced nor 
used by any Person, including the Parties and any Covered Entities, 
as evidence or otherwise taken into account in any administrative, 
judicial, or other proceeding involving the setting or adjustment of 
the royalties payable for the public performance or reproduction in 
ephemeral phonorecords or copies of sound recordings, the 
determination of terms or conditions related thereto, or the 
establishment of notice or recordkeeping requirements by the 
Copyright Royalty Judges under 17 U.S.C. 114(f)(4) or 112(e)(4), or 
any administrative or judicial proceeding pertaining to rates, terms 
or reporting obligations for any yet-to-be-created right to collect 
royalties for the performance of Sound Recordings by any technology 
now or hereafter known. Any royalty rates, rate structure, 
definitions, terms, conditions and notice and recordkeeping 
requirements included in this Agreement shall be considered as a 
compromise motivated by the unique business, economic and political 
circumstances of webcasters, copyright owners, and performers, and 
the participation by NPR on behalf of itself and its member stations 
in Digital Performance Right in Sound Recordings and Ephemeral 
Recordings, Docket No. 2009-1 CRB Webcasting III (the pending 
proceeding before the Copyright Royalty Judges to set statutory 
rates and terms for 2011-2015), rather than as matters that would 
have been negotiated in the marketplace between a willing buyer and 
a willing seller, or otherwise meet the objectives set forth in 
Section 801(b) of the Copyright Act.
    2.4 Reservation of Rights. The Parties agree that the entering 
into of this Agreement shall be without prejudice to any of their 
respective positions in any proceeding with respect to the rates, 
terms or reporting obligations to be established for the making of 
Ephemeral Phonorecords or the digital audio transmission of Sound 
Recordings after the Term of this Agreement on or by Covered 
Entities under 17 U.S.C. 112 and 114 and their implementing 
regulations. The Parties further acknowledge and agree that the 
entering of this Agreement, the performance of its terms, and the 
acceptance of any payments and reporting by SoundExchange (i) do not 
express or imply any acknowledgement that CPB, Covered Entities, or 
any other persons are eligible for the statutory license of 17 
U.S.C. 112 and 114, and (ii) shall not be used as evidence that CPB, 
the Covered Entities, or any other persons are acting in compliance 
with the provisions of 17 U.S.C. 114(d)(2)(A) or (C) or any other 
applicable laws or regulations.

Article 3--Scope of Agreement

3.1 General

    (a) Public Performances. In consideration for the payment of the 
License Fee by CPB, SoundExchange agrees that Covered Entities that 
publicly perform under Section 114 all or any portion of any Sound 
Recordings through an Authorized Web Site, within the Territory, by 
means of Web Site Performances, may do so in accordance with and 
subject to the limitations set forth in this Agreement; provided 
that: (i) Such transmissions are made in strict conformity with the 
provisions of 17 U.S.C. 114(d)(2)(A) and (C); and (ii) such Covered 
Entities comply with all of the terms and conditions of this 
Agreement and all applicable copyright laws. For clarity, there is 
no limit to the number of Web Site Performances that a Covered 
Entity may transmit during the Term under the provisions of this 
Section 3.1(a), if such Web Site Performances otherwise satisfy the 
requirements of this Agreement.
    (b) Ephemeral Phonorecords. In consideration for the payment of 
the License Fee by CPB, SoundExchange agrees that Covered Entities 
that make and use solely for purposes of transmitting Web Site 
Performances as described in Section 3.1(a), within the Territory, 
Phonorecords of all or any portion of any Sound Recordings 
(``Ephemeral Phonorecords''), may do so in accordance with and 
subject to the limitations set forth in this Agreement; provided 
that: (i) Such Phonorecords are limited solely to those necessary to 
encode Sound Recordings in different formats and at different bit 
rates as necessary to facilitate Web Site Performances licensed 
hereunder; (ii) such Phonorecords are made in strict conformity with 
the provisions set forth in 17 U.S.C. 112(e)(1)(A)-(D); and (iii) 
the Covered Entities comply with 17 U.S.C. 112 (a) and (e) and all 
of the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
    3.2 Limited Right to Sublicense. Rights under this Agreement are 
not sublicensable, except that a Covered Entity may employ the 
services of a third Person to provide the technical services and 
equipment necessary to deliver Web Site Performances on behalf of 
such Covered Entity pursuant to Section 3.1, but only through an 
Authorized Web Site. Any agreement between a Covered Entity and any 
third Person for such services shall (i) contain the substance of 
all terms and conditions of this Agreement and obligate such third 
Person to provide all such services in accordance with all 
applicable terms and conditions of this Agreement, including, 
without limitation, Articles 3, 5 and 6; (ii) specify that such 
third Person shall have no right to make Web Site Performances or 
any other performances or Phonorecords on its own behalf or on 
behalf of any Person or entity other than a Covered Entity through 
the Covered Entity's Authorized Web Site by virtue of this 
Agreement, including in the case of Phonorecords, pre-encoding or 
otherwise establishing a library of Sound Recordings that it offers 
to a Covered Entity or others for purposes of making performances, 
but instead must obtain all necessary licenses from SoundExchange, 
the copyright owner or another duly authorized Person, as the case 
may be; (iii) specify that such third Person shall have no right to 
grant any further sublicenses; and (iv) provide that SoundExchange 
is an intended third-party beneficiary of all such obligations with 
the right to enforce a breach thereof against such third party.

3.3 Limitations

    (a) Reproduction of Sound Recordings. Except as provided in 
Section 3.2, nothing in this Agreement grants Covered Entities, or 
authorizes Covered Entities to grant to any other Person (including, 
without limitation, any Web Site User, any operator of another Web 
Site or any authorized sublicensee), the right to reproduce by any 
means, method or process whatsoever, now known or hereafter 
developed, any Sound Recordings, including, but not limited to, 
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downloading any such Sound Recordings to a computer hard drive, or 
otherwise copying the Sound Recording onto any other storage medium.
    (b) No Right of Public Performance. Except as provided in 
Section 3.2, nothing in this Agreement authorizes Covered Entities 
to grant to any Person the right to perform publicly, by means of 
digital transmission or otherwise, any Sound Recordings.
    (c) No Implied Rights. The rights granted in this Agreement 
extend only to Covered Entities and grant no rights, including by 
implication or estoppel, to any other Person, except as expressly 
provided in Section 3.2. Without limiting the generality of the 
foregoing, this Agreement does not grant to Covered Entities (i) any 
copyright ownership interest in any Sound Recording; (ii) any 
trademark or trade dress rights; (iii) any rights outside the 
Territory; (iv) any rights of publicity or rights to any endorsement 
by SoundExchange or any other Person; or (v) any rights outside the 
scope of a statutory license under 17 U.S.C. 112(e) and 114.
    (d) Territory. The rights granted in this Agreement shall be 
limited to the Territory.
    (e) No Syndication Rights. Nothing in this Agreement authorizes 
any Web Site Performances to be accessed by Web Site Users through 
any Web Site other than an Authorized Web Site.
    3.4 Effect of Non-Performance by any Covered Entity. In the 
event that any Covered Entity breaches or otherwise fails to perform 
any of the material terms of this Agreement it is required to 
perform (including any obligations applicable under Section 112 or 
114), or otherwise materially violates the terms of this Agreement 
or Section 112 or 114 or their implementing regulations, the 
remedies of SoundExchange shall be specific to that Covered Entity 
only, and shall include, without limitation, (i) termination of that 
Covered Entity's rights hereunder upon written notice to CPB, and 
(ii) the rights of SoundExchange and Copyright owners under 
applicable law. SoundExchange's remedies for such a breach or 
failure by an individual Covered Entity shall not include 
termination of this Agreement in its entirety or termination of the 
rights of other Covered Entities, except that if CPB breaches or 
otherwise fails to perform any of the material terms of this 
Agreement, or such a breach or failure by a Covered Entity results 
from CPB's inducement, and CPB does not cure such breach or failure 
within thirty (30) days after receiving notice thereof from 
SoundExchange, then SoundExchange may terminate this Agreement in 
its entirety, and a prorated portion of the License Fee for the 
remainder Term shall, after deduction of any damages payable to 
SoundExchange by virtue of the breach or failure, be credited to 
statutory royalty obligations of Covered Entities to SoundExchange 
for the Term as specified by CPB.

Article 4--Consideration

    4.1 License Fee. The total license fee for all Web Site 
Performances and Ephemeral Phonorecords made during the Term shall 
be two million four hundred thousand dollars ($2,400,000) (the 
``License Fee''), unless additional payments are required as 
described in Section 4.3 or 4.4. CPB shall pay such amount to 
SoundExchange in five equal installments of four hundred eighty 
thousand dollars ($480,000) each, which shall be due December 31, 
2010 and annually thereafter through December 31, 2014.
    4.2 Calculation of License Fee. The Parties acknowledge that the 
License Fee includes: (i) an annual minimum fee of five hundred 
dollars ($500) for each Covered Entity for each year during the 
Term; (ii) additional usage fees calculated at a royalty rate equal 
to one third the royalty rate applicable to commercial broadcasters 
under the Webcaster Settlement Act of 2008 (see 74 FR 9299 (March 3, 
2009)); and (iii) a discount that reflects the administrative 
convenience to SoundExchange of receiving annual lump sum payments 
that cover a large number of separate entities, as well as the 
protection from bad debt that arises from being paid in advance.

4.3 Total Music ATH True-Up

    (a) If the total Music ATH for all Covered Entities, in the 
aggregate for any calendar year during the period 2011-2015, as 
reported or estimated in accordance with Attachment 1, is greater 
than the Music ATH cap for the year specified in the table below, 
CPB shall make an additional payment to SoundExchange for all such 
Music ATH in excess of such Music ATH cap for all Covered Entities 
in the aggregate on the basis of the per performance rate for the 
year specified in the table below, which shall be applied to excess 
Music ATH by assuming twelve (12) performances for each hour of 
excess Music ATH:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                Per
                  Year                     Music ATH cap    performance
                                                               rate
------------------------------------------------------------------------
2011....................................     279,500,000        $0.00057
2012....................................     280,897,500         0.00067
2013....................................     282,301,988         0.00073
2014....................................     283,713,497         0.00077
2015....................................     285,132,065         0.00083
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (b) Payments under Section 4.3(a) shall be due no later than 
March 1 of the year following the year to which they pertain. 
SoundExchange may distribute royalties paid under Section 4.3(a) in 
accordance with its generally-applicable methodology for 
distributing royalties paid on the basis of ATH.
    (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 
4.3, CPB shall not be required to make payments under this Section 
4.3 exceeding four hundred eighty thousand dollars ($480,000) in the 
aggregate during the Term. Because the limitation stated in the 
immediately preceding sentence is to be applied in the aggregate 
over the Term, CPB shall make all payments otherwise due under this 
Section 4.3 for excess Music ATH until such time as such payments, 
if any, for the Term reach four hundred eighty thousand dollars 
($480,000) in the aggregate, and thereafter CPB shall owe no further 
payments under Section 4.3(a) regardless of the amount of excess 
Music ATH.
    4.4 Station Growth True-Up: If the total number of Originating 
Public Radio Stations that wish to make Web Site Performances in any 
calendar year exceeds the number of such Originating Public Radio 
Stations considered Covered Entities in the relevant year, and the 
excess Originating Public Radio Stations do not wish to pay 
royalties for such Web Site Performances apart from this Agreement, 
CPB may elect by written notice to SoundExchange to increase the 
number of Originating Public Radio Stations considered Covered 
Entities in the relevant year effective as of the date of the 
notice. To the extent of any such elections, CPB shall make an 
additional payment to SoundExchange for each calendar year or part 
thereof it elects to have an additional Originating Public Radio 
Station considered a Covered Entity, in the amount of five hundred 
dollars ($500) per Originating Public Radio Station per year. Such 
payment shall accompany the notice electing to have an additional 
Originating Public Radio Station considered a Covered Entity.
    4.5 Late Fee. The Parties hereby agree to the terms set forth in 
37 CFR 380.4(e) as if that section (and the applicable definitions 
provided in 37 CFR 380.2) were set forth herein.

4.6. Payments to Third Persons

    (a) SoundExchange and CPB agree that, except as provided in 
Section 4.6(b), all obligations of, inter alia, clearance, payment 
or attribution to third Persons, including, by way of example and 
not limitation, music publishers and performing rights organizations 
(PROs) for use of the musical compositions embodied in Sound 
Recordings, shall be solely the responsibility of CPB and the 
Covered Entities.
    (b) SoundExchange and CPB agree that all obligations of 
distribution of the License Fee to Copyright Owners and Performers 
in accordance with 37 CFR 380.4(g) shall be solely the 
responsibility of SoundExchange. In making such distribution, 
SoundExchange has discretion to allocate the License Fee between 
Section 112 and 114 in the same manner as the majority of other 
webcasting royalties.

Article 5--Reporting, Auditing and Confidentiality

    5.1 Reporting. CPB and Covered Entities shall submit reports of 
use and other information concerning Web Site Performances as set 
forth in Attachments 1 and 2.
    5.2 Verification of Information. The Parties hereby agree to the 
terms set forth in 37 CFR 380.4(h) and 380.6 as if those sections 
(and the applicable definitions provided in 37 CFR 380.2) were set 
forth herein. The exercise by SoundExchange of any right under this 
Section 5.2 shall not prejudice any other rights or remedies of 
SoundExchange.
    5.3 Confidentiality. The Parties hereby agree to the terms set 
forth in 37 CFR 380.5 as if that section (and the applicable 
definitions provided in 37 CFR 380.2) were set forth herein, except 
that:
    (a) The following shall be added to the end of the first 
sentence of Sec.  380.5(b): ``or documents or information that 
become publicly known through no fault of

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SoundExchange or are known by SoundExchange when disclosed by CPB'';
    (b) the following shall be added at the end of Sec.  380.5(c): 
``and enforcement of the terms of this Agreement''; and
    (c) the following shall be added at the end of Sec.  
380.5(d)(4): ``subject to the provisions of Section 2.3 of this 
Agreement''.

Article 6--Non-Participation in Further Proceedings

    CPB and any Covered Entity making Web Site Transmissions in 
reliance on this Agreement shall not directly or indirectly 
participate as a party, amicus curiae or otherwise, or in any manner 
give evidence or otherwise support or assist, in any further 
proceedings to determine royalty rates and terms for digital audio 
transmission or the reproduction of Ephemeral Phonorecords under 
Section 112 or 114 of the Copyright Act for all or any part of the 
Term, including Digital Performance Right in Sound Recordings and 
Ephemeral Recordings, Docket No. 2009-1 CRB Webcasting III, any 
appeal of the determination in such case, any proceedings on remand 
from such an appeal, or any other related proceedings, unless 
subpoenaed on petition of a third party (without any action by CPB 
or a Covered Entity to encourage such a petition) and ordered to 
testify in such proceeding. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary 
herein, any entity that is eligible to be treated as a ``Covered 
Entity'' but that that does not elect to be treated as a Covered 
Entity may elect to participate in such proceedings.

Article 7--Term and Termination

    7.1 Term. The term of this Agreement commences as of January 1, 
2011, and ends as of December 31, 2015 (``Term''). Through August 
27, 2009, CPB shall have the right to rescind this Agreement in its 
entirety by notifying SoundExchange in writing that it wishes to 
exercise such right; provided however, that CPB may only exercise 
such right in the event that the Board of Directors of CPB fails to 
approve CPB's entering into the Agreement. As conditions precedent 
to reliance on the terms of this Agreement by any Covered Entity, 
(a) CPB must pay the License Fee as and when specified in Section 
4.1, and (b) NPR must withdraw from participation in the proceeding 
before the Copyright Royalty Judges entitled Digital Performance 
Right in Sound Recordings and Ephemeral Recordings, Docket No. 2009-
1 CRB Webcasting III (see 74 FR 318 (Jan. 5, 2009)) by no later than 
September 3, 2009 (which NPR has agreed to do if CPB does not 
exercise its right of rescission).
    7.2 Mutual Termination. This Agreement may be terminated in 
writing upon mutual agreement of the Parties.

7.3 Consequences of Termination

    (a) Survival of Provisions. In the event of the expiration or 
termination of this Agreement for any reason, the terms of this 
Agreement shall immediately become null and void, and cannot be 
relied upon for making any further Web Site Performances or 
Ephemeral Phonorecords, except that (i) Articles 6 and 8 and 
Sections 2.3, 2.4, 3.3, 5.2, 5.3 and 7.3 shall remain in full force 
and effect; and (ii) Article 4 and Section 5.1 shall remain in 
effect after the expiration or termination of this Agreement to the 
extent obligations under Article 4 or Section 5.1 accrued prior to 
any such termination or expiration.
    (b) Applicability of Copyright Law. Any Web Site Performances 
made by a Covered Entity or other Originating Public Radio Station 
in violation of the terms of this Agreement or Section 112 or 114 or 
their implementing regulations (except to the extent such 
implementing regulations are inconsistent with this Agreement), 
outside the scope of this Agreement, or after the expiration or 
termination of this Agreement for any reason shall be fully subject 
to, among other things, the copyright owners' rights under 17 U.S.C. 
106(6), the remedies in 17 U.S.C. 501 et seq., the provisions of 17 
U.S.C. 112(e) and 114, and their implementing regulations unless the 
Parties have entered into a new agreement for such Web Site 
Performances.

Article 8--Miscellaneous

    8.1 Applicable Law and Venue. This Agreement shall be governed 
by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the District of 
Columbia (without giving effect to conflicts of law principles 
thereof). All actions or proceedings arising directly or indirectly 
from or in connection with this Agreement shall be litigated only in 
the United States District Court for the District of Columbia 
located in Washington, DC, or if it does not have subject matter 
jurisdiction, other courts located in the District of Columbia. The 
Parties and Covered Entities, to the extent permitted under their 
State or Tribal law, consent to the jurisdiction and venue of the 
foregoing court and consent that any process or notice of motion or 
other application to said court or a judge thereof may be served 
inside or outside the District of Columbia by registered mail, 
return receipt requested, directed to the Person for which it is 
intended at its address set forth in this Agreement (and service so 
made shall be deemed complete five (5) days after the same has been 
posted as aforesaid) or by personal service or in such other manner 
as may be permissible under the rules of that court.
    8.2 Rights Cumulative. The remedies provided in this Agreement 
and available under applicable law shall be cumulative and shall not 
preclude assertion by any Party of any other rights or the seeking 
of any other remedies against the other Party hereto. This Agreement 
shall not constitute a waiver of any violation of Section 112 or 114 
or their implementing regulations (except to the extent such 
implementing regulations are inconsistent with this Agreement). No 
failure to exercise and no delay in exercising any right, power or 
privilege shall operate as a waiver of such right, power or 
privilege. Neither this Agreement nor any such failure or delay 
shall give rise to any defense in the nature of laches or estoppel. 
No single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege 
granted under this Agreement or available under applicable law shall 
preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of 
any other right, power or privilege. No waiver by either Party of 
full performance by the other Party in any one or more instances 
shall be a waiver of the right to require full and complete 
performance of this Agreement and of obligations under applicable 
law thereafter or of the right to exercise the remedies of 
SoundExchange under Section 3.4.
    8.3 Severability. Whenever possible, each provision of this 
Agreement shall be interpreted in such a manner as to be effective 
and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this 
Agreement shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, 
such provisions shall be ineffective to the extent of such 
prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of 
such provision or the remaining provisions of this Agreement.
    8.4 Amendment. This Agreement may be modified or amended only by 
a writing signed by the Parties.
    8.5 Entire Agreement. This Agreement expresses the entire 
understanding of the Parties and supersedes all prior and 
contemporaneous agreements and undertakings of the Parties with 
respect to the subject matter hereof.
    8.6 Headings. The titles used in this Agreement are used for 
convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or 
interpreting this Agreement.
    In Witness Whereof, the Parties hereto have executed this 
Agreement as of the date first above written.

Attachment 1--Reporting

    1. Definitions. The following terms shall have the meaning set 
forth below for purposes of this Attachment 1. All other capitalized 
terms shall have the meaning set forth in Article 1 of the 
Agreement.
    (a) ``Content Logs'' shall have the meaning set forth in Section 
3(a)(ii) of this Attachment 1.
    (b) ``Major Format Group'' shall mean each of the following 
format descriptions characterizing the programming offered by 
various Covered Entities: (i) Classical; (ii) jazz; (iii) music mix; 
(iv) news and information; (v) news/classical; (vi) news/jazz; (vii) 
news/music mix; and (viii) adult album alternative. A Covered 
Entity's Major Format Group is determined based on the format 
description best describing the programming of the principal 
broadcast service offered by the Covered Entity and will include all 
channels streamed.
    (c) ``Reporting Data'' shall mean, for each Sound Recording for 
which Reporting Data is to be provided, (1) the relevant Covered 
Entity (including call sign and community of license of any 
terrestrial broadcast station and any Side Channel(s)); (2) the 
title of the song or track performed; (3) the featured recording 
artist, group, or orchestra; (4) the title of the commercially 
available album or other product on which the Sound Recording is 
found; (5) the marketing label of the commercially available album 
or other product on which the sound recording is found; and (6) play 
frequency.
    2. General. All data required to be provided hereunder shall be 
provided to SoundExchange electronically in the manner provided in 
37 CFR 370.3(d), except to the extent the parties agree otherwise. 
CPB shall consult with SoundExchange in advance

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concerning the content and format of all data to be provided 
hereunder, and shall provide data that is accurate, to the best of 
CPB's and the relevant Covered Entity's knowledge, information and 
belief. The methods used to make estimates, predictions and 
projections of data shall be subject to SoundExchange's prior 
written approval, which shall not be unreasonably withheld.
    3. Data Collection and Reporting. CPB shall provide data 
regarding Web Site Performances during the Term to SoundExchange, 
and Covered Entities shall provide such data to CPB, consistent with 
the following terms:
    (a) ATH and Content Logs. For each calendar quarter during the 
Term:
    (i) Music ATH Reporting. CPB shall provide reports (the ``ATH 
Reports'') of Music ATH by all Covered Entities. Such ATH reports 
shall be accompanied by the Content Logs described in Section 
3(a)(ii) for the periods described therein for all Covered Entities. 
All ATH Reports and Content Logs for a quarter shall be provided by 
CPB together in one single batch, but all data shall be broken out 
by Covered Entity and identify each Covered Entity's Major Format 
Group. The ATH Reports shall be in a form similar to CPB's Streaming 
Census Report dated October 18, 2007, except as otherwise provided 
in this Section 3(a)(i).
    (ii) Reporting Period and Data. The information about Music ATH 
referenced in Section 3(a)(i) shall be collected from Covered 
Entities for two 7-consecutive-day reporting periods per quarter. 
The ATH Reports shall be provided within thirty (30) days of the end 
of each calendar quarter. During these reporting periods, Covered 
Entities shall prepare logs containing Reporting Data for all their 
Web Site Performances (``Content Logs''). These Content Logs shall 
be compared with server-based logs of Music ATH throughout the 
reporting period before the ATH Report is submitted to 
SoundExchange.
    (iii) Additional Data Reporting. Each quarter, CPB shall, for 
Covered Entities representing the highest 30% of reported Music ATH, 
provide SoundExchange Reporting Data collected continuously during 
each 24 hour period for the majority of their Web Site Performances, 
along with the Covered Entity's Music ATH, for the relevant quarter. 
If during any calendar quarter of the Term, additional Covered 
Entities, in the ordinary course of business, collect Reporting Data 
continuously during each 24 hour period for the majority of their 
Web Site Performances, CPB shall provide SoundExchange such data, 
along with each such Covered Entity's Music ATH, for the relevant 
quarter.
    (b) ATH and Format Surveys. CPB shall semiannually survey all 
Covered Entities to ascertain the number, format and Music ATH of 
all channels (including but not limited to Side Channels) over which 
such Covered Entities make Web Site Performances. CPB shall provide 
the results of such survey to SoundExchange within sixty (60) days 
after the end of the semiannual period to which it pertains.
    (c) Consolidated Reporting. Each quarter, CPB shall provide the 
information required by this Section 3 in one delivery to 
SoundExchange, with a list of all Covered Entities indicating 
whether any are not reporting for such quarter.
    (d) Timing. Except as otherwise provided above, all information 
required to be provided to SoundExchange under this Section 3 shall 
be provided as soon as practicable, and in any event by no later 
than sixty (60) days after the end of the quarter to which it 
pertains. Such data shall be provided in a format consistent with 
Attachment 2.

Attachment 2--Reporting Format

    1. Format for Reporting Data. All Reporting Data provided under 
Attachment 1, Section 3(a)(ii) shall be delivered to SoundExchange 
in accordance with the following format:

Column 1 Station or Side Channel
Column 2 Sound Recording Title
Column 3 Featured Artist, Group or Orchestra
Column 4 Album
Column 5 Marketing Label
Column 6 Play Frequency

    2. Format for Music ATH. All Music ATH reporting by Covered 
Entities under Attachment 1 shall be delivered to SoundExchange in 
accordance with the following format:

Column 1 Station or Side Channel
Column 2 Major Format Group
Column 3 ATH
Column 4 Reporting Period

    3. Major Format Groups. All requirements to provide ``Major 
Format Group'' as that term is defined in Attachment 1, Section 
1(b), shall correspond with one of the following:

Major Format Groups
    Classical
    Jazz
    Music Mix
    News and Information
    News/Classical
    News/Jazz
    News/Music Mix
    Adult Album Alternative

Appendix D--Agreed Rates and Terms for Noncommercial Webcasters

Article 1--Definitions

    1.1 General. In general, words used in the rates and terms set 
forth herein (the ``Rates and Terms'') and defined in 17 U.S.C. 
112(e) or 114 or 37 CFR Part 380 shall have the meanings specified 
in those provisions as in effect on the date hereof, with such 
exceptions or clarifications set forth in Section 1.2.

1.2 Additional Definitions

    (a) ``Aggregate Tuning Hour'' or ``ATH'' shall have the same 
meaning as set forth in the applicable regulations at 37 CFR 
380.2(a) as it existed on July 30, 2009.
    (b) ``Broadcast Retransmissions'' shall mean Eligible 
Transmissions that are retransmissions of terrestrial over-the-air 
broadcast programming transmitted by the Noncommercial Webcaster 
through its AM or FM radio station, including ones with substitute 
advertisements or other programming occasionally substituted for 
programming for which requisite licenses or clearances to transmit 
over the Internet have not been obtained. For the avoidance of 
doubt, a Broadcast Retransmission does not include programming 
transmitted on an Internet-only side channel.
    (c) ``Eligible Transmission'' shall mean an eligible 
nonsubscription transmission made by a Noncommercial Webcaster over 
the Internet.
    (d) ``Noncommercial Microcaster'' shall mean a Noncommercial 
Webcaster that for any of its channels or stations over which it 
transmits Broadcast Retransmissions, and for all of its channels and 
stations over which it transmits other Eligible Transmissions in the 
aggregate, in any calendar year in which it is to be considered a 
Noncommercial Microcaster, meets the following additional 
eligibility criteria: (i) During the prior year did not make 
eligible nonsubscription transmissions exceeding 44,000 aggregate 
tuning hours; and (ii) during the applicable year reasonably does 
not expect to make eligible nonsubscription transmissions exceeding 
44,000 aggregate tuning hours; provided that, one time during the 
period 2006-2015, a Noncommercial Webcaster that qualified as a 
Noncommercial Microcaster under the foregoing definition as of 
January 31 of one year, elected Noncommercial Microcaster status for 
that year, and unexpectedly made Eligible Transmissions on one or 
more channels or stations in excess of 44,000 aggregate tuning hours 
during that year, may choose to be treated as a Noncommercial 
Microcaster during the following year notwithstanding clause (i) 
above if it implements measures reasonably calculated to ensure that 
it will not make Eligible Transmissions exceeding 44,000 aggregate 
tuning hours during that following year. Without limitation, as to 
channels or stations over which a Noncommercial Webcaster transmits 
Broadcast Retransmissions, the Noncommercial Webcaster may elect 
Noncommercial Microcaster status only with respect to its channels 
or stations that meet both of the foregoing criteria.
    (e) ``Noncommercial Webcaster'' shall mean a noncommercial 
webcaster as defined in 17 U.S.C. 114(f)(5)(E)(i). A Noncommercial 
Webcaster that owns or operates multiple terrestrial AM or FM radio 
stations may elect to treat each such terrestrial AM or FM radio 
station as a separate Noncommercial Webcaster.
    (f) ``SoundExchange'' shall mean SoundExchange, Inc. and shall 
include its successors and assigns.

Article 2--Agreement Pursuant to Webcaster Settlement Act of 2009

    2.1 Availability of Rates and Terms. Pursuant to the Webcaster 
Settlement Act of 2009, and subject to the provisions set forth 
below, a Noncommercial Webcaster may elect to be subject to the 
rates and terms set forth herein (the ``Rates and Terms'') in their 
entirety, with respect to such Noncommercial Webcaster's Eligible 
Transmissions and related ephemeral recordings, for any calendar 
year that it qualifies as a Noncommercial Webcaster during the 
period beginning on January 1, 2006, and ending on December 31, 
2015, in lieu of other rates and

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terms from time to time applicable under 17 U.S.C. 112(e) and 114, 
by complying with the procedure set forth in Section 2.2 hereof. Any 
person or entity that does not satisfy the eligibility criteria to 
be a Noncommercial Webcaster and make a timely election pursuant to 
Section 2.2 must comply with otherwise applicable rates and terms.
    2.2 Election Process in General. A Noncommercial Webcaster that 
wishes to elect to be subject to these Rates and Terms, in lieu of 
any royalty rates and terms that otherwise might apply under 17 
U.S.C. 112(e) and 114, for any calendar year that it qualifies as a 
Noncommercial Webcaster during the period beginning on January 1, 
2006, and ending on December 31, 2015, shall submit to SoundExchange 
a completed and signed election form (available on the SoundExchange 
Web site at http://www.soundexchange.com) by no later than January 
31 of the applicable year, except that election forms for 2006-2009 
shall be due by no later than September 15, 2009. Notwithstanding 
the immediately preceding sentence, if a Noncommercial Webcaster has 
not previously made digital audio transmissions of sound recordings 
under the section 114 statutory license, the Noncommercial Webcaster 
may make its election by no later than 30 days after the 
Noncommercial Webcaster begins making such transmissions under the 
section 114 statutory license. On any such election form, the 
Noncommercial Webcaster must, among other things, certify that it 
qualifies as a Noncommercial Webcaster, and SoundExchange shall 
require only such information on that form as is reasonably 
necessary to determine the Noncommercial Webcaster's election. If a 
Noncommercial Webcaster has elected to be treated as a Noncommercial 
Webcaster in any calendar year, that election shall apply to 
subsequent calendar years unless the Noncommercial Webcaster 
notifies SoundExchange by January 31 of the relevant year that it is 
revoking that election in favor of otherwise applicable rates. 
Notwithstanding anything else in these Rates and Terms, a person or 
entity otherwise qualifying as a Noncommercial Webcaster that has 
participated in any way in the appeal of the Final Determination of 
the Copyright Royalty Judges concerning royalty rates and terms 
under Sections 112(e) and 114 of the Copyright Act for the period 
January 1, 2006, through December 31, 2010 published in the Federal 
Register at 72 FR 24084 (May 1, 2007) (the ``Final Determination''), 
any proceedings before the Copyright Royalty Judges on remand from 
such appeal, or any proceeding before the Copyright Royalty Judges 
to determine royalty rates and terms under Sections 112(e) and 114 
of the Copyright Act for the period January 1, 2011, through 
December 31, 2015 (including Docket No. 2009-1 CRB Webcasting III 
and Docket No. 2009-2 CRB New Subscription II, as noticed in the 
Federal Register at 74 FR 318-20 (Jan. 5, 2009)) shall not have the 
right to elect to be treated as a Noncommercial Webcaster or claim 
the benefit of these Rates and Terms, unless, prior to submitting to 
SoundExchange a completed and signed election form as contemplated 
by this Section 2.2, it withdraws from (a) any such proceedings 
before the Copyright Royalty Judges and (b) the appeal of the Final 
Determination if the U.S. Court of Appeals of the DC Circuit still 
retains jurisdiction over that appeal at the time such election is 
made.
    2.3 Election of Noncommercial Microcaster Status. A 
Noncommercial Webcaster that elects to be subject to these Rates and 
Terms and qualifies as a Noncommercial Microcaster may elect to be 
treated as a Noncommercial Microcaster for any one or more calendar 
years that it qualifies as a Noncommercial Microcaster. To do so, 
the Noncommercial Webcaster shall submit to SoundExchange a 
completed and signed election form (available on the SoundExchange 
Web site at http://www.soundexchange.com) by no later than January 
31 of the applicable year, except that election forms for 2006-2009 
shall be due by no later than September 15, 2009. Notwithstanding 
the immediately preceding sentence, if a Noncommercial Webcaster has 
not previously made digital audio transmissions of sound recordings 
under the section 114 statutory license, the Noncommercial Webcaster 
may make its election to be treated as a Noncommercial Microcaster 
by no later than 30 days after the Noncommercial Webcaster begins 
making such transmissions under the section 114 statutory license. 
On any such election form, the Noncommercial Webcaster must, among 
other things, certify that it qualifies as a Noncommercial 
Microcaster; provide information about its prior year aggregate 
tuning hours and the genres of music it uses; and use commercially 
reasonable efforts to provide such other information as may be 
reasonably requested by SoundExchange for use in creating a royalty 
distribution proxy. Even if a Noncommercial Webcaster has once 
elected to be treated as a Noncommercial Microcaster, it must make a 
separate, timely election in each subsequent year in which it wishes 
to be treated as a Noncommercial Microcaster.
    2.4 Representation of Compliance and Non-waiver. By accepting an 
election by a transmitting entity or payments or reporting made 
pursuant to these Rates and Terms, SoundExchange does not 
acknowledge that the transmitting entity qualifies as a 
Noncommercial Webcaster or Noncommercial Microcaster or that it has 
complied with the eligibility or other requirements of the statutory 
licenses under Sections 112(e) and 114 of the Copyright Act 
(including these Rates and Terms). SoundExchange is not in a 
position to, and does not, make determinations as to whether each of 
the many services that rely on the statutory licenses is eligible 
for statutory licensing or any particular royalty payment 
classification, nor does it continuously verify that such services 
are in full compliance with all applicable requirements. 
Accordingly, a transmitting entity agrees that SoundExchange's 
acceptance of its election, payment or reporting does not give or 
imply any acknowledgment that it is in compliance with the 
requirements of the statutory licenses (including these Rates and 
Terms). SoundExchange and copyright owners reserve all their rights 
to take enforcement action against a transmitting entity that is not 
in compliance with those requirements.

Article 3--Scope

    3.1 In General. In consideration for the payment of royalties 
pursuant to Article 4 and such other consideration specified herein, 
Noncommercial Webcasters that have made a timely election to be 
subject to these Rates and Terms as provided in Section 2.2 are 
entitled to publicly perform sound recordings within the scope of 
the statutory license provided by Section 114 by means of Eligible 
Transmissions, and to make related ephemeral recordings for use 
solely for purposes of such Eligible Transmissions within the scope 
of Section 112(e), in accordance with and subject to the limitations 
set forth in these Rates and Terms and with the provisions of 17 
U.S.C. 112(e) and 114 and their implementing regulations (except as 
otherwise specifically provided herein), in lieu of other rates and 
terms from time to time applicable under 17 U.S.C. 112(e) and 114, 
for any calendar year that they qualify as a Noncommercial 
Webcaster, and have made such an election, during the period 
beginning on January 1, 2006, and ending on December 31, 2015.
    3.2 Applicability to All Eligible Services Operated by or for a 
Noncommercial Webcaster. If a Noncommercial Webcaster has made a 
timely election to be subject to these Rates and Terms as provided 
in Section 2.2, these Rates and Terms shall apply to all Eligible 
Transmissions made by or for the Noncommercial Webcaster that 
qualify as Performances under 37 CFR 380.2(i), and related ephemeral 
recordings. For the avoidance of doubt, a Noncommercial Webcaster 
may not rely upon these Rates and Terms for its Eligible 
Transmissions of one broadcast channel or station and upon different 
Section 114 rates and terms for its Eligible Transmissions of other 
broadcast channels or stations.
    3.3 No Implied Rights. These Rates and Terms extend only to 
electing Noncommercial Webcasters and grant no rights, including by 
implication or estoppel, to any other person or except as 
specifically provided herein. Without limiting the generality of the 
foregoing, these Rates and Terms do not grant (i) any copyright 
ownership interest in any sound recording; (ii) any trademark or 
trade dress rights; (iii) any rights outside the United States (as 
defined in 17 U.S.C. 101); (iv) any rights of publicity or rights to 
any endorsement by SoundExchange or any other person; or (v) any 
rights with respect to performances or reproductions outside the 
scope of these Rates and Terms or the statutory licenses under 17 
U.S.C. 112(e) and 114.

Article 4--Royalties

    4.1 Minimum Fees. Each Noncommercial Webcaster shall pay 
SoundExchange an annual, nonrefundable minimum fee of $500 for each 
of its individual channels or stations over which it makes Eligible 
Transmissions, including each of its individual side channels and 
each of its individual Broadcast Retransmission stations, for each 
calendar year or part of a calendar year during 2006-2015 during 
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Webcaster is a licensee pursuant to licenses under 17 U.S.C. 112(e) 
and 114. Upon payment of the minimum fee, the Noncommercial 
Webcaster will receive a credit in the amount of the minimum fee 
against any royalties payable hereunder for the same calendar year 
for the same channel or station. In addition, an electing 
Noncommercial Microcaster also shall pay a $100 annual fee (the 
``Proxy Fee'') to SoundExchange for the reporting waiver discussed 
in Section 5.1. Minimum fees and, where applicable, the Proxy Fee 
shall be paid by January 31 of each year.

4.2 Royalty Rates

    (a) The nonrefundable minimum fee payable under Section 4.1 
shall constitute full payment for Eligible Transmissions totaling 
not more than 159,140 aggregate tuning hours per month on the 
relevant channel or station. If, in any month, a Noncommercial 
Webcaster makes Eligible Transmissions on a channel or station in 
excess of 159,140 aggregate tuning hours, the Noncommercial 
Webcaster shall pay SoundExchange additional royalties for those 
Eligible Transmissions in excess of 159,140 aggregate tuning hours 
at the following rates, subject to an election as provided in 
Section 4.3:
    (i) 2006-2010:
    (a) $0.0002176 per performance; or
    (b) $0.00251 per ATH, except in the case of channels or stations 
where substantially all of the programming is reasonably classified 
as news, talk, sports or business programming, in which case the 
royalty rate shall be $.0002 (.02[cent]) per aggregate tuning hour;
    (ii) 2011-2015:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                Per
                          Year                              performance
                                                               rate
------------------------------------------------------------------------
2011....................................................        $0.00057
2012....................................................         0.00067
2013....................................................         0.00073
2014....................................................         0.00077
2015....................................................         0.00083
------------------------------------------------------------------------

     (b) For a transitional period, to enable Noncommercial 
Webcasters to implement systems that enable payment on a per 
performance basis, for years 2011-2013, the Noncommercial Webcaster 
may pay for those Eligible Transmissions in excess of 159,140 
aggregate tuning hours on an ATH basis, assuming 12 performances per 
hour, except in the case of channels or stations where substantially 
all of the programming is reasonably classified as news, talk, 
sports or business programming, in which case the Noncommercial 
Webcaster may assume one performance per hour, and calculate its 
payment based on the per performance rates in Section 4.2(a) above. 
In addition, in years 2014-2015, for a Noncommercial Webcaster 
unable to calculate actual total performances and not required to 
report ATH or actual total performances under Section 5.3, the 
Noncommercial Webcaster may pay for those Eligible Transmissions in 
excess of 159,140 aggregate tuning hours on an ATH basis using the 
estimates set forth in this provision and calculating its payment 
based on the per performance rates in Section 4.2(a) above. 
SoundExchange may distribute royalties paid on the basis of ATH 
hereunder in accordance with its generally applicable methodology 
for distributing royalties paid on such basis.
    (c) For the avoidance of doubt, a Noncommercial Webcaster shall 
calculate its aggregate tuning hours of Eligible Transmissions on 
each channel or station each month and shall pay any additional 
royalties owed for such month as provided above in this Section 4.2, 
but the Noncommercial Webcaster shall not owe any additional 
royalties for any subsequent months until such time as the 
Noncommercial Webcaster again exceeds the 159,140 aggregate tuning 
hour threshold on any channel or station during a given month.
    4.3 Election of Per Performance or Aggregate Tuning Hour Rate. A 
Noncommercial Webcaster must consistently pay any additional 
royalties hereunder based on either the per performance royalties or 
the aggregate tuning hour royalties set forth in Section 4.2 for all 
of its channels and stations within any calendar year. The first 
time each year a Noncommercial Webcaster is required to pay 
additional royalties under Section 4.2, the Noncommercial Webcaster 
shall elect to pay all of its additional royalties under Section 4.2 
for all of its channels and stations during the remainder of the 
year based on either the per performance royalties or the aggregate 
tuning hour royalties set forth in Section 4.2. Thus, for example, a 
Noncommercial Webcaster may not in one month when its Eligible 
Transmissions exceed 159,140 aggregate tuning hours calculate its 
additional royalties based on the per performance royalty and in 
another month calculate its additional royalties based on the 
aggregate tuning hour royalty.
    4.4 Ephemeral Royalty. The royalty payable under 17 U.S.C. 
112(e) for any ephemeral reproductions made by a Noncommercial 
Webcaster and covered hereby is deemed to be included within the 
royalty payments set forth above. SoundExchange may allocate 
payments hereunder between the statutory licenses under Sections 
112(e) and 114 in the same manner as statutory webcasting royalties 
for the period 2011-2015.
    4.5 Statements of Account. A Noncommercial Webcaster shall 
submit to SoundExchange a monthly statement of account identifying 
its aggregate tuning hours of Eligible Transmissions for the month, 
regardless of whether the Noncommercial Webcaster is obligated to 
pay additional royalties under Section 4.2. Statements of Account, 
together with any payments required by Section 4.2, shall be due by 
the 45th day after the end of each month. Each statement of account 
shall identify (i) the name of the Noncommercial Webcaster, exactly 
as it appears on its notice of use, and (ii) if the statement covers 
a single AM or FM radio station only, the call letters of the 
station.
    4.6 Past Periods. Notwithstanding anything else in this 
Agreement, to the extent that a Noncommercial Webcaster that elects 
to be subject to these Rates and Terms has not paid royalties for 
all or any part of the period beginning on January 1, 2006, and 
ending on July 31, 2009, any amounts payable under these Rates and 
Terms for Eligible Transmissions during such period for which 
payment has not previously been made shall be paid by no later than 
September 15, 2009, and for purposes of Section 4.7, any such 
outstanding payments shall be considered due no earlier than July 
30, 2009. If a Noncommercial Webcaster has paid royalties to 
SoundExchange under the 17 U.S.C. 112(e) and 114 statutory licenses 
that exceed the amount due under these Rates and Terms, 
SoundExchange shall credit the amount of such overpayment against 
anticipated future royalties owed by that Noncommercial Webcaster 
under these Rates and Terms. If the Noncommercial Webcaster 
reasonably anticipates that it will not incur royalty payment 
obligations under these Rates and Terms that exceed the amount of 
such overpayment on or before December 31, 2010, SoundExchange shall 
return any excess amounts previously paid by that Noncommercial 
Webcaster.
    4.7 Late Fees. A Noncommercial Webcaster shall pay a late fee 
for each instance in which any payment, any Statement of Account or 
any report of use is not received by SoundExchange in compliance 
with these Rates and Terms and applicable regulations by the due 
date. The amount of the late fee shall be 1.5% of the late payment, 
or 1.5% of the payment associated with a late Statement of Account 
or report of use, per month, compounded monthly, or the highest 
lawful rate, whichever is lower. The late fee shall accrue from the 
due date of the payment, statement of account or report of use until 
a fully-compliant payment, statement of account or report of use is 
received by SoundExchange, provided that, in the case of a timely 
provided but noncompliant statement of account or report of use, 
SoundExchange has notified the Noncommercial Webcaster within 90 
days regarding any noncompliance that is reasonably evident to 
SoundExchange.

Article 5--Reporting

    5.1 In General. On an experimental basis, for purposes of these 
Rates and Terms only, and in light of the unique business and 
operational circumstances currently existing with respect to these 
Noncommercial Webcasters, these Rates and Terms require less than 
census reporting in certain circumstances and require full census 
reporting in other circumstances. SoundExchange hopes that offering 
graduated reporting options to electing Noncommercial Webcasters 
will promote compliance with statutory license obligations and 
thereby increase the pool of royalties available to be distributed 
to copyright owners and performers.
    5.2 Noncommercial Microcasters. Electing Noncommercial 
Microcasters shall not be required to provide reports of their use 
of sound recordings for Eligible Transmissions and related ephemeral 
recordings. The immediately preceding sentence applies even if the 
Noncommercial Microcaster actually makes Eligible Transmissions for 
the year exceeding 44,000 aggregate tuning hours, so long as it 
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as a Noncommercial Microcaster at the time of its election for that 
year. Instead, SoundExchange shall distribute the aggregate 
royalties paid by electing Noncommercial Microcasters based on proxy 
usage data in accordance with a methodology adopted by 
SoundExchange's Board of Directors. In addition to minimum royalties 
hereunder, electing Noncommercial Microcasters shall pay to 
SoundExchange a $100 Proxy Fee to defray costs associated with this 
reporting waiver, including development of proxy usage data. 
SoundExchange hopes that selection of a proxy believed by 
SoundExchange to represent fairly the playlists of the smallest 
webcasters will allow payment to more copyright owners and 
performers than would be possible with any other reasonably 
available option. If it is practicable for a Noncommercial Webcaster 
to report its usage pursuant to Section 5.4, it may wish not to 
elect Noncommercial Microcaster status.
    5.3 Census Reporting for Services Paying Usage-Based Additional 
Royalties for 2011-2015. Beginning in 2011, a Noncommercial 
Webcaster must report its usage as provided in this Section 5.3 in 
the year following any year in which its average monthly Eligible 
Transmissions exceeds 159,140 aggregate tuning hours (i) on any 
channel or station over which it transmits Broadcast 
Retransmissions, or (ii) for all of its channels and stations over 
which it transmits other Eligible Transmissions in the aggregate. 
Such Noncommercial Webcasters shall submit reports of use in full 
compliance with then-applicable regulations (presently 37 CFR 
370.3), except that notwithstanding the provisions of applicable 
regulations from time to time in effect, Noncommercial Webcasters 
shall submit reports of use on a census reporting basis (i.e., 
reports of use shall include every sound recording performed in the 
relevant quarter and the number of plays thereof) and may report on 
an aggregate tuning hour basis as set forth in 5.4(a) below, and the 
provisions of Section 5.5 shall apply. Such reports must be 
submitted for any such channel or station over which it transmits 
Broadcast Retransmissions, and for all of its channels and stations 
over which it transmits other Eligible Transmissions in the 
aggregate, if the same had average monthly Eligible Transmissions 
exceeding 159,140 aggregate tuning hours. For the avoidance of 
doubt, if a Noncommercial Webcaster providing reports on a census 
basis pursuant to this provision does not make average monthly 
Eligible Transmissions exceeding 159,140 aggregate tuning hours on a 
channel or station for which it is submitting census reports 
pursuant to this section in a given calendar year, the Noncommercial 
Webcaster is entitled to revert to providing reports on a sample 
basis in accordance with Section 5.4(b) (i.e., two weeks per 
calendar quarter) beginning in the following calendar year.
    5.4 Other Reporting by Noncommercial Webcasters. A Noncommercial 
Webcaster that is not a Noncommercial Microcaster and is not 
required to report its usage under Section 5.3 must report its usage 
as provided in this Section 5.4. Such Noncommercial Webcasters shall 
submit reports of use in compliance with then-applicable regulations 
(presently 37 CFR 370.3), except that notwithstanding the provisions 
of applicable regulations from time to time in effect:
    (a) Such Noncommercial Webcasters may report on an aggregate 
tuning hour basis (i.e., reporting their total ATH on a channel, 
program or station) in lieu of providing actual total performances.
    (b) Such Noncommercial Webcasters may report on a sample basis 
as presently provided in 37 CFR 370.3(c)(3) (i.e., reporting their 
usage for two weeks per calendar quarter).
    (c) The provisions of Section 5.5 shall apply.
    5.5 Detailed Requirements for Reports of Use. Notwithstanding 
the provisions of applicable regulations from time to time in 
effect, the following provisions shall apply to all reports of use 
required hereunder:
    (a) Noncommercial Webcasters shall submit reports of use to 
SoundExchange on a quarterly basis.
    (b) Noncommercial Webcasters shall submit reports of use by no 
later than the 45th day following the last day of the quarter to 
which they pertain.
    (c) Noncommercial Webcasters that are broadcasters transmitting 
Broadcast Retransmissions shall either submit a separate report of 
use for each of their stations transmitting Broadcast 
Retransmissions, or a collective report of use covering all of their 
stations but identifying usage on a station-by-station basis.
    (d) Noncommercial Webcasters shall transmit each report of use 
in a file the name of which includes (i) the name of the 
Noncommercial Webcaster, exactly as it appears on its notice of use, 
and (ii) if the report covers a single AM or FM radio station only, 
the call letters of the station.

Article 6--Additional Provisions

    6.1 Applicable Regulations. To the extent not inconsistent with 
the terms herein, use of sound recordings by Noncommercial 
Webcasters shall be governed by, and Noncommercial Webcasters shall 
comply with, applicable regulations, including 37 CFR Parts 370 and 
380. Without limiting the foregoing, the provisions of applicable 
regulations for the retention of records and verification of 
statutory royalty payments (presently 37 CFR 380.4(h) and 380.6) 
shall apply hereunder. Noncommercial Webcasters shall cooperate in 
good faith with any such verification, and the exercise by 
SoundExchange of any right with respect thereto shall not prejudice 
any other rights or remedies of SoundExchange or sound recording 
copyright owners.
    6.2 Participation in Proceedings. A Noncommercial Webcaster that 
elects to be subject to these Rates and Terms agrees that it has 
elected to do so in lieu of any different statutory rates and terms 
that may otherwise apply during any part of the 2006-2015 period and 
in lieu of participating at any time in a proceeding to set rates 
and terms for any part of the 2006-2015 period. Thus, once a 
Noncommercial Webcaster has elected to be subject to these Rates and 
Terms, it shall not at any time directly or indirectly participate 
as a party, intervenor, amicus curiae or otherwise, or in any manner 
give evidence or otherwise support or assist except pursuant to a 
subpoena or other formal discovery request, in any further 
proceedings to determine royalty rates and terms for reproduction of 
ephemeral phonorecords or digital audio transmission under Section 
112(e) or 114 of the Copyright Act for all or any part of the period 
2006-2015, including any appeal of the Final Determination, any 
proceedings on remand from such an appeal, any proceeding before the 
Copyright Royalty Judges to determine royalty rates and terms 
applicable to the statutory licenses under Sections 112(e) and 114 
of the Copyright Act for the period 2011-2015, any appeal of such 
proceeding, or any other related proceedings.
    6.3 Use of Agreement in Future Proceedings. Noncommercial 
Webcasters and SoundExchange agree that neither the Webcaster 
Settlement Act nor any provisions of these Rates and Terms shall be 
admissible as evidence or otherwise taken into account in any 
administrative, judicial, or other government proceeding involving 
the setting or adjustment of the royalties payable for the public 
performance or reproduction in ephemeral phonorecords or copies of 
sound recordings, the determination of terms or conditions related 
thereto, or the establishment of notice or recordkeeping 
requirements by the Copyright Royalty Judges. These Rates and Terms 
shall be considered as a compromise motivated by the unique 
business, economic and political circumstances of Noncommercial 
Webcasters, copyright owners and performers rather than as matters 
that would have been negotiated in the marketplace between a willing 
buyer and a willing seller. No person or entity may, in any way, 
seek to use in any way these Rates and Terms in any such proceeding.
    6.4 Effect of Direct Licenses. Any copyright owner may enter 
into a voluntary agreement with any Noncommercial Webcaster setting 
alternative rates and terms governing the Noncommercial Webcasters' 
transmission of copyrighted works owned by the copyright owner, and 
such voluntary agreement may be given effect in lieu of the Rates 
and Terms set forth herein.
    6.5 Default. A Noncommercial Webcaster shall comply with all the 
requirements of these Rates and Terms. If it fails to comply in all 
material respects with the requirements of these Rates and Terms, 
SoundExchange may give written notice to the Noncommercial Webcaster 
that, unless the breach is remedied within 30 days from the date of 
receipt of notice, the Noncommercial Webcaster's authorization to 
make public performances and ephemeral reproductions under these 
Rates and Terms may be terminated upon further written notice. No 
such cure period shall apply before termination in case of material 
noncompliance that has been repeated multiple times so as to 
constitute a pattern of noncompliance, provided that SoundExchange 
has given repeated notices of noncompliance. Any transmission made 
by a Noncommercial Webcaster outside the scope of Section 112(e) or 
114 or these Rates and Terms, or after the expiration or termination 
of these Rates and Terms shall be fully

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subject to, among other things, the copyright owners' rights under 
17 U.S.C. 106 and the remedies in 17 U.S.C. 501-506, and all 
limitations, exceptions and defenses available with respect thereto.

Article 7--Miscellaneous

    7.1 Applicable Law. These Rates and Terms shall be governed by, 
and construed in accordance with, the laws of the District of 
Columbia (without giving effect to conflicts of law principles 
thereof). All actions or proceedings arising under these Rates and 
Terms shall be litigated only in the United States District Court 
for the District of Columbia located in Washington, DC, or if it 
does not have subject matter jurisdiction, in other courts located 
in Washington, DC. SoundExchange and Noncommercial Webcasters 
consent to the jurisdiction and venue of the foregoing courts and 
consent that any process or notice of motion or other application to 
said courts or a judge thereof may be served inside or outside the 
District of Columbia by registered mail, return receipt requested, 
directed to the person for which it is intended at its last known 
address (and service so made shall be deemed complete five (5) days 
after the same has been posted as aforesaid) or by personal service 
or in such other manner as may be permissible under the rules of 
that court.
    7.2 Rights Cumulative. The remedies provided in these Rates and 
Terms and available under applicable law shall be cumulative and 
shall not preclude assertion by any party of any other rights or the 
seeking of any other remedies against another party hereto. These 
Rates and Terms shall not constitute a waiver of any violation of 
Section 112(e) or 114 or their implementing regulations (except to 
the extent such implementing regulations are inconsistent with these 
Rates and Terms). No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising 
any right, power or privilege shall operate as a waiver of such 
right, power or privilege. Neither these Rates and Terms nor any 
such failure or delay shall give rise to any defense in the nature 
of laches or estoppel. No single or partial exercise of any right, 
power or privilege granted under these Rates and Terms or available 
under applicable law shall preclude any other or further exercise 
thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. No 
waiver by any party of full performance by another party in any one 
or more instances shall be a waiver of the right to require full and 
complete performance of these Rates and Terms and of obligations 
under applicable law thereafter.
    7.3 Entire Agreement. These Rates and Terms represent the entire 
and complete agreement between SoundExchange and a Noncommercial 
Webcaster with respect to their subject matter and supersede all 
prior and contemporaneous agreements and undertakings of 
SoundExchange and a Noncommercial Webcaster with respect to the 
subject matter hereof.

[FR Doc. E9-19299 Filed 8-11-09; 8:45 am]
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