59306 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 190 / Wednesday, October 1, 2014 / Notices 

1The ‘‘Phase I Parties’’ are the Program Suppliers, 

Joint Sports Claimants, Public Television 

Claimants, Commercial Television Claimants 

(represented by National Association of 

Broadcasters), Music Claimants (represented by 

American Society of Composers, Authors and 

Publishers, Broadcast Music, Inc., and SESAC, Inc.), 

Canadian Claimants Group, National Public Radio, 

and Devotional Claimants. In Phase I of a cable 

royalty distribution proceeding, royalties are 

allocated among certain categories of broadcast 

programming that have been retransmitted by cable 

systems. The categories have traditionally been 

movies and syndicated television series, sports 

programming, commercial and noncommercial 

broadcaster-owned programming, religious 

programming, music, public radio programming, 

and Canadian programming. In Phase II of a cable 

royalty distribution proceeding, royalties are 

allocated among claimants within each of the Phase 

I categories. 

General, Basic Field—Migrant, and 

Basic Field—Native American) 

commencing on or after January 1, 2015. 

Dated: September 25, 2014. 

Atitaya Rok, 

Staff Attorney. 

[FR Doc. 2014–23277 Filed 9–30–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7050–01–P 

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

Copyright Royalty Board 

[Docket No. 14–CRB–0007–CD (2010–2012)] 

Distribution of the 2012 Cable Royalty 

Funds 

AGENCY: Copyright Royalty Board, 

Library of Congress. 

ACTION: Notice requesting comments. 

SUMMARY: The Copyright Royalty Judges 

are soliciting comments on a motion of 

Phase I claimants for partial distribution 

in connection with the 2012 cable 

royalty funds. The Judges are also 

requesting comments as to the existence 

of Phase I and Phase II controversies 

with respect to the distribution of 2012 

cable royalty funds. 

DATES: Comments are due on or before 

October 31, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent 

electronically to crb@loc.gov. In the 

alternative, send an original, five copies, 

and an electronic copy on a CD either 

by mail or hand delivery. Please do not 

use multiple means of transmission. 

Comments may not be delivered by an 

overnight delivery service other than the 

U.S. Postal Service Express Mail. If by 

mail (including overnight delivery), 

comments must be addressed to: 

Copyright Royalty Board, P.O. Box 

70977, Washington, DC 20024–0977. If 

hand delivered by a private party, 

comments must be brought to the 

Library of Congress, James Madison 

Memorial Building, LM–401, 101 

Independence Avenue SE., Washington, 

DC 20559–6000. If delivered by a 

commercial courier, comments must be 

delivered to the Congressional Courier 

Acceptance Site located at 2nd and D 

Street NE., Washington, DC. The 

envelope must be addressed to: 

Copyright Royalty Board, Library of 

Congress, James Madison Memorial 

Building, LM–403, 101 Independence 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20559– 

6000. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lakeshia Keys, 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 set 

forth 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). These royalties are then 

distributed to copyright owners whose 

works were included in a qualifying 

transmission and who timely filed a 

claim for royalties. Allocation of the 

royalties collected occurs in one of two 

ways. In the first instance, these funds 

will be distributed through a negotiated 

settlement among the parties. 17 U.S.C. 

111(d)(4)(A). If the claimants do not 

reach an agreement with respect to the 

royalties, the Copyright Royalty Judges 

(‘‘Judges’’) must conduct a proceeding to 

determine the distribution of any 

royalties that remain in controversy. 17 

U.S.C. 111(d)(4)(B). 

On July 25, 2014, representatives of 

the Phase I claimant categories (the 

‘‘Phase I Parties’’) 1 filed with the Judges 

a motion requesting a partial 

distribution of 60% (as opposed to 50% 

as requested in recent cases) of the 2012 

cable royalty funds pursuant to Section 

801(b)(3)(C) of the Copyright Act. 17 

U.S.C. 801(b)(3)(C). Under that section 

of the Copyright Act, before ruling on a 

partial distribution motion the Judges 

must publish a notice in the Federal 

Register seeking responses to the 

motion to ascertain whether any 

claimant entitled to receive such royalty 

fees has a reasonable objection to the 

proposed distribution. On September 

12, 2014, the Phase I Parties filed a 

motion for expedited resolution of the 

pending motion. Consequently, this 

Notice seeks comments from interested 

claimants on whether any reasonable 

objection exists that would preclude the 

distribution of 60% of the 2012 cable 

royalty funds to the Phase I Parties. The 

Judges must be advised of the existence 

and extent of all such objections by the 

end of the comment period. The Judges 

will not consider any objections with 

respect to the partial distribution 

motion that come to their attention after 

the close of that period. 

The Judges also seek comment on the 

existence and extent of any 

controversies to the 2012 cable royalty 

funds at Phase I or Phase II with respect 

to those funds that would remain if the 

partial distribution were granted. 

The Motion of Phase I Claimants for 

Partial Distribution and the Joint Motion 

of Phase I Claimants for Expedited 

Resolution of Pending Motion for Partial 

Distribution are posted on the Copyright 

Royalty Board Web site at http://

www.loc.gov/crb. 

Dated: September 23, 2014. 

Suzanne Barnett, 

Chief U.S. Copyright Royalty Judge. 

[FR Doc. 2014–23361 Filed 9–30–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 1410–72–P 

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

Copyright Royalty Board 

[Docket No. 14–CRB–0008–SD (2010–2012)] 

Distribution of 2012 Satellite Royalty 

Funds 

AGENCY: Copyright Royalty Board, 

Library of Congress. 

ACTION: Notice requesting comments. 

SUMMARY: The Copyright Royalty Judges 

are soliciting comments on a motion of 

Phase I claimants for partial distribution 

in connection with the 2012 satellite 

royalty funds. The Judges are also 

requesting comments as to the existence 

of Phase I and Phase II controversies 

with respect to the distribution of 2012 

satellite royalty funds. 

DATES: Comments are due on or before 

October 31, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent 

electronically to crb@loc.gov. In the 

alternative, send an original, five copies, 

and an electronic copy on a CD either 

by mail or hand delivery. Please do not 

use multiple means of transmission. 

Comments may not be delivered by an 

overnight delivery service other than the 

U.S. Postal Service Express Mail. If by 

mail (including overnight delivery), 

comments must be addressed to: 

Copyright Royalty Board, P.O. Box 

70977, Washington, DC 20024–0977. If 

hand delivered by a private party, 

comments must be brought to the 

Library of Congress, James Madison 

Memorial Building, LM–401, 101 

Independence Avenue SE., Washington, 

DC 20559–6000. If delivered by a 

commercial courier, comments must be 

delivered to the Congressional Courier 

Acceptance Site located at 2nd and D 

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