94614 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 230 / Friday, November 29, 2024 / Rules and Regulations 

1The most recent five-year reauthorization was 

pursuant to the STELA Reauthorization Act of 2014, 

Public Law 113–200. The license was made 

permanent by the Satellite Television Community 

Protection and Promotion Act of 2019, Public Law 

116–94, div. P, title XI, section 1102(a), (c)(1), 133 

Stat. 3201, 3203. 

2Program Suppliers and Joint Sports Claimants 

comprised the Copyright Owners while DIRECTV, 

Inc., DISH Network, LLC, and National 

Programming Service, LLC, comprised the Satellite 

Carriers. 

3On November 13, 2024, the Bureau of Labor 

Statistics announced that the CPI–U increased 2.6% 

over the last 12 months. 

(iii) 2025: $199 per station. 

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(4) * * * 

(iii) 2025: $199 per station. 

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Dated: November 21, 2024. 

David P. Shaw, 

Chief Copyright Royalty Judge. 

[FR Doc. 2024–27722 Filed 11–27–24; 8:45 am] 

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Copyright Royalty Board 

37 CFR Part 386 

[Docket No. 24–CRB–0011–SA–COLA 

(2025)] 

Cost of Living Adjustment to Satellite 

Carrier Compulsory License Royalty 

Rates 

AGENCY: Copyright Royalty Board (CRB), 

Library of Congress. 

ACTION: Final rule; cost of living 

adjustment. 

SUMMARY: The Copyright Royalty Judges 

announce a cost of living adjustment 

(COLA) of 2.6% in the royalty rates 

satellite carriers pay for a compulsory 

license under the Copyright Act. The 

COLA is based on the change in the 

Consumer Price Index from October 

2023 to October 2024. 

DATES: 

Effective date: November 29, 2024. 

Applicability dates: These rates are 

applicable to the period January 1, 2025, 

through December 31, 2025. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anita Brown, (202) 707–7658, crb@

loc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

satellite carrier compulsory license 

establishes a statutory copyright 

licensing scheme for the distant 

retransmission of television 

programming by satellite carriers. 17 

U.S.C. 119. Congress created the license 

in 1988 and reauthorized the license for 

additional five-year periods until 2019 

when it made the license permanent.1

On August 31, 2010, the Copyright 

Royalty Judges (Judges) adopted rates 

for the section 119 compulsory license 

for the 2010–2014 term. See 75 FR 

53198. The rates were proposed by 

Copyright Owners and Satellite 

Carriers 2 and were unopposed. Id. 

Section 119(c)(2) of the Copyright Act 

provides that, effective January 1 of each 

year, the Judges shall adjust the royalty 

fee payable under section 119(b)(1)(B) 

‘‘to reflect any changes occurring in the 

cost of living as determined by the most 

recent Consumer Price Index (for all 

consumers and for all items) [CPI–U] 

published by the Secretary of Labor 

before December 1 of the preceding 

year.’’ Section 119 also requires that 

‘‘[n]otification of the adjusted fees shall 

be published in the Federal Register at 

least 25 days before January 1.’’ 17 

U.S.C. 119(c)(2). 

The change in the cost of living as 

determined by the CPI–U during the 

period from the most recent index 

published before December 1, 2023, to 

the most recent index published before 

December 1, 2024, is 2.6%.3 Application 

of the 2.6% COLA to the current rate for 

the secondary transmission of broadcast 

stations by satellite carriers for private 

home viewing—35 cents per subscriber 

per month—results in a rate of 36 cents 

per subscriber per month (rounded to 

the nearest cent). See 37 CFR 

386.2(b)(1). Application of the 2.6% 

COLA to the current rate for viewing in 

commercial establishments—72 cents 

per subscriber per month—results in a 

rate of 74 cents per subscriber per 

month (rounded to the nearest cent). See 

37 CFR 386.2(b)(2). 

List of Subjects in 37 CFR Part 386 

Copyright, Satellites, Television. 

Final Regulations 

In consideration of the foregoing, the 

Copyright Royalty Judges amend part 

386 of title 37 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations as follows: 

PART 386—ADJUSTMENT OF 

ROYALTY FEES FOR SECONDARY 

TRANSMISSIONS BY SATELLITE 

CARRIERS 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 386 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 17 U.S.C. 119(c), 801(b)(1). 

■ 2. Section 386.2 is amended by adding 

paragraphs (b)(1)(xvi) and (b)(2)(xvi) to 

read as follows: 

§ 386.2 Royalty fee for secondary 

transmission by satellite carriers. 

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(b) * * * 

(1) * * * 

(xvi) 2025: 36 cents per subscriber per 

month. 

(2) * * * 

(xvi) 2025: 74 cents per subscriber per 

month. 

Dated: November 21, 2024. 

David P. Shaw, 

Chief Copyright Royalty Judge. 

[FR Doc. 2024–27737 Filed 11–27–24; 8:45 am] 

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