73382 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 205 / Wednesday, October 25, 2023 / Notices 

1On July 30, 2016, the Judges issued an Order 

Granting Motion for Partial Distribution granting 

the Moving Music Claimants a partial distribution 

of the 2016 funds; and on May 22, 2019, the Judges 

issued an Order Granting Motion for Partial 

Distribution granting them a partial distribution of 

the 2017 funds. Motion at 2 & n.4. 

https://app.crb.gov including any 

personal information provided. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read submitted background documents 

or comments, go to eCRB, the Copyright 

Royalty Board’s online electronic filing 

and case management system, at https:// 

app.crb.gov/ and search for docket 

number 16–CRB–0009–CD (2014–17). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anita Brown, CRB Program Specialist, 

by at telephone (202) 707–7658 or email 

at crb@loc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Each year 

cable systems must submit royalty 

payments to the Register of Copyrights 

as required by the statutory license 

detailed in section 111 of the Copyright 

Act for the retransmission to cable 

subscribers of over-the-air television 

and radio broadcast signals. See 17 

U.S.C. 111(d). The Copyright Royalty 

Judges (Judges) oversee distribution of 

royalties to copyright owners whose 

works were included in a qualifying 

transmission and who file a timely 

claim for royalties. 

Allocation of the royalties collected 

occurs in one of two ways. In the first 

instance, the Judges may authorize 

distribution in accordance with a 

negotiated agreement among all 

claiming parties. 17 U.S.C. 111(d)(4)(A), 

801(b)(3)(A). If all claimants do not 

reach agreement with respect to the 

royalties, the Judges must conduct a 

proceeding to determine the distribution 

of any royalties that remain in 

controversy. 17 U.S.C. 111(d)(4)(B), 

801(b)(3)(B). Alternatively, the Judges 

may, on motion of claimants and on 

notice to all interested parties, authorize 

a partial distribution of royalties, 

reserving on deposit sufficient funds to 

resolve identified disputes. 17 U.S.C. 

111(d)(4)(C), 801(b)(3)(C). 

On April 11, 2023, Broadcast Music, 

Inc. (‘‘BMI’’), the American Society of 

Composers, Authors and Publishers 

(‘‘ASCAP’’), and SESAC Performing 

Rights, LLC (‘‘SESAC’’) (hereafter 

collectively the ‘‘Moving Music 

Claimants’’) filed with the Judges a 

motion pursuant to section 801(b)(3)(C) 

of the Copyright Act requesting a 

further 1 partial distribution of all but 

1.5% of the remaining amount of the 

share allocated to the Music Claimants 

category of the 2016 and 2017 cable 

royalty funds. That statutory section 

requires that, before ruling on the 

motion, the Judges must publish a 

notice in the Federal Register seeking 

responses to the motion for partial 

distribution to ascertain whether any 

claimant entitled to receive the subject 

royalties has a reasonable objection to 

the requested distribution. 17 U.S.C. 

801(b)(3)(C). 

Accordingly, this notice seeks 

comments from interested claimants on 

whether any reasonable objection exists 

that would preclude the further partial 

distribution of the Music Category Share 

funds requested to the requesting 

claimant representatives. Parties 

objecting to the proposed further partial 

distribution must advise the Judges of 

the existence and extent of all objections 

by the end of the comment period. The 

Judges will not consider any objections 

with respect to the further partial 

distribution that come to their attention 

after the close of the comment period. 

Members of the public may read the 

motion by accessing the Copyright 

Royalty Board’s electronic filing and 

case management system at https://

app.crb.gov and searching for docket 

number 16–CRB–0009–CD (2014–17). 

Dated: October 19, 2023. 

David P. Shaw, 

Chief Copyright Royalty Judge. 

[FR Doc. 2023–23518 Filed 10–24–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 1410–72–P 

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

Copyright Royalty Board 

[Docket Nos. 22–CRB–0005–CD (2021), 23– 

CRB–0008–CD (2022)] 

Distribution of 2021 Cable Royalty 

Funds, Distribution of 2022 Cable 

Royalty Funds 

AGENCY: Copyright Royalty Board, 

Library of Congress. 

ACTION: Notice requesting comments. 

SUMMARY: The Copyright Royalty Judges 

solicit comments on a motion of 

Multigroup Claimants for partial 

distribution of 2021 and 2022 cable 

royalty funds. 

DATES: Comments are due on or before 

November 24, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Interested claimants must 

submit timely comments using eCRB, 

the Copyright Royalty Board’s online 

electronic filing application, at https:// 

app.crb.gov/. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

include a reference to the CRB and 

docket numbers 22–CRB–0005–CD 

(2021) and 23–CRB–0008–CD (2022). 

All submissions will be posted without 

change to eCRB at https://app.crb.gov/ 

including any personal information 

provided. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read submitted background documents 

or comments, go to eCRB, the Copyright 

Royalty Board’s online electronic filing 

and case management system, at https:// 

app.crb.gov/ and search for docket 

number 22–CRB–0005–CD (2021) or 23– 

CRB–0008–CD (2022). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anita Brown, CRB Program Specialist, 

by telephone at (202) 707–7658 or email 

at crb@loc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Each year 

cable systems must submit royalty 

payments to the Register of Copyrights 

as required by the statutory license 

detailed in section 111 of the Copyright 

Act for the retransmission to cable 

subscribers of over-the-air television 

and radio broadcast signals. See 17 

U.S.C. 111(d). The Copyright Royalty 

Judges (Judges) oversee distribution of 

royalties to copyright owners whose 

works were included in a qualifying 

transmission and who file a timely 

claim for royalties. 

Allocation of the royalties collected 

occurs in one of two ways. In the first 

instance, the Judges may authorize 

distribution in accordance with a 

negotiated agreement among all 

claiming parties. 17 U.S.C. 111(d)(4)(A), 

801(b)(3)(A). If all claimants do not 

reach agreement with respect to the 

royalties, the Judges must conduct a 

proceeding to determine the distribution 

of any royalties that remain in 

controversy. 17 U.S.C. 111(d)(4)(B), 

801(b)(3)(B). Alternatively, the Judges 

may, on motion of claimants and on 

notice to all interested parties, authorize 

a partial distribution of royalties, 

reserving on deposit sufficient funds to 

resolve identified disputes. 17 U.S.C. 

111(d)(4)(C), 801(b)(3)(C). 

On October 11, 2023, Worldwide 

Subsidy Group LLC dba Multigroup 

Claimants (MGC) filed with the Judges 

a motion pursuant to section 

801(b)(3)(C) of the Copyright Act 

requesting a partial distribution 

amounting to $901,128 of the 2021 cable 

royalty funds on deposit and $886,744 

of the 2022 cable royalty funds on 

deposit. That statutory section requires 

that, before ruling on the motion, the 

Judges publish a notice in the Federal 

Register seeking responses to the 

motion for partial distribution to 

ascertain whether any claimant entitled 

to receive the subject royalties has a 

reasonable objection to the requested 

distribution. 17 U.S.C. 801(b)(3)(C). 

Accordingly, this notice seeks 

comments from interested claimants on 

whether any reasonable objection exists 

that would preclude the distribution of 

the requested amounts of the 2021 and 


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2022 cable royalty funds to MGC. 

Parties objecting to the proposed partial 

distribution must advise the Judges of 

the existence and extent of all objections 

by the end of the comment period. The 

Judges will not consider any objections 

with respect to the partial distribution 

that come to their attention after the 

close of the comment period. 

Members of the public may read the 

motion by accessing the Copyright 

Royalty Board’s electronic filing and 

case management system at https://

app.crb.gov and searching for docket 

number 22–CRB–0005–CD (2021) or 23– 

CRB–0008–CD (2022). 

Dated: October 19, 2023. 

David P. Shaw, 

Chief Copyright Royalty Judge. 

[FR Doc. 2023–23523 Filed 10–24–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 1410–72–P 

NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS 

ADMINISTRATION 

[NARA–23–0012; NARA–2024–001] 

Records Schedules; Availability and 

Request for Comments 

AGENCY: National Archives and Records 

Administration (NARA). 

ACTION: Notice of availability of 

proposed records schedules; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The National Archives and 

Records Administration (NARA) 

publishes notice of certain Federal 

agency requests for records disposition 

authority (records schedules). We 

publish notice in the Federal Register 

and on regulations.gov for records 

schedules in which agencies propose to 

dispose of records they no longer need 

to conduct agency business. We invite 

public comments on such records 

schedules. 

DATES: We must receive responses on 

the schedules listed in this notice by 

December 11, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: To view a records schedule 

in this notice, or submit a comment on 

one, use the following address: https:// 

www.regulations.gov/docket/NARA-2- 

0012/document. This is a direct link to 

the schedules posted in the docket for 

this notice on regulations.gov. You may 

submit comments by the following 

method: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

https://www.regulations.gov. On the 

website, enter either of the numbers 

cited at the top of this notice into the 

search field. This will bring you to the 

docket for this notice, in which we have 

posted the records schedules open for 

comment. Each schedule has a 

‘comment’ button so you can comment 

on that specific schedule. For more 

information on regulations.gov and on 

submitting comments, see their FAQs at 

https://www.regulations.gov/faq. 

If you are unable to comment via 

regulations.gov, you may email us at 

request.schedule@nara.gov for 

instructions on submitting your 

comment. You must cite the control 

number of the schedule you wish to 

comment on. You can find the control 

number for each schedule in 

parentheses at the end of each 

schedule’s entry in the list at the end of 

this notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Edward Germino, Strategy and 

Performance Division, by email at 

regulation_comments@nara.gov or at 

301–837–3758. For information about 

records schedules, contact Records 

Management Operations by email at 

request.schedule@nara.gov or by phone 

at 301–837–1799. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Public Comment Procedures 

We are publishing notice of records 

schedules in which agencies propose to 

dispose of records they no longer need 

to conduct agency business. We invite 

public comments on these records 

schedules, as required by 44 U.S.C. 

3303a(a), and list the schedules at the 

end of this notice by agency and 

subdivision requesting disposition 

authority. 

In addition, this notice lists the 

organizational unit(s) accumulating the 

records or states that the schedule has 

agency-wide applicability. It also 

provides the control number assigned to 

each schedule, which you will need if 

you submit comments on that schedule. 

We have uploaded the records 

schedules and accompanying appraisal 

memoranda to the regulations.gov 

docket for this notice as ‘‘other’’ 

documents. Each records schedule 

contains a full description of the records 

at the file unit level as well as their 

proposed disposition. The appraisal 

memorandum for the schedule includes 

information about the records. 

We will post comments, including 

any personal information and 

attachments, to the public docket 

unchanged. Because comments are 

public, you are responsible for ensuring 

that you do not include any confidential 

or other information that you or a third 

party may not wish to be publicly 

posted. If you want to submit a 

comment with confidential information 

or cannot otherwise use the 

regulations.gov portal, you may contact 

request.schedule@nara.gov for 

instructions on submitting your 

comment. 

We will consider all comments 

submitted by the posted deadline and 

consult as needed with the Federal 

agency seeking the disposition 

authority. After considering comments, 

we may or may not make changes to the 

proposed records schedule. The 

schedule is then sent for final approval 

by the Archivist of the United States. 

After the schedule is approved, we will 

post on regulations.gov a ‘‘Consolidated 

Reply’’ summarizing the comments, 

responding to them, and noting any 

changes we made to the proposed 

schedule. You may elect at 

regulations.gov to receive updates on 

the docket, including an alert when we 

post the Consolidated Reply, whether or 

not you submit a comment. If you have 

a question, you can submit it as a 

comment, and can also submit any 

concerns or comments you would have 

to a possible response to the question. 

We will address these items in 

consolidated replies along with any 

other comments submitted on that 

schedule. 

We will post schedules on our 

website in the Records Control Schedule 

(RCS) Repository, at https://

www.archives.gov/records-mgmt/rcs, 

after the Archivist approves them. The 

RCS contains all schedules approved 

since 1973. 

Background 

Each year, Federal agencies create 

billions of records. To control this 

accumulation, agency records managers 

prepare schedules proposing retention 

periods for records and submit these 

schedules for NARA’s approval. Once 

approved by NARA, records schedules 

provide mandatory instructions on what 

happens to records when no longer 

needed for current Government 

business. The records schedules 

authorize agencies to preserve records of 

continuing value in the National 

Archives or to destroy, after a specified 

period, records lacking continuing 

administrative, legal, research, or other 

value. Some schedules are 

comprehensive and cover all the records 

of an agency or one of its major 

subdivisions. Most schedules, however, 

cover records of only one office or 

program or a few series of records. Many 

of these update previously approved 

schedules, and some include records 

proposed as permanent. 

Agencies may not destroy Federal 

records without the approval of the 

Archivist of the United States. The 

Archivist grants this approval only after 

thorough consideration of the records’ 


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