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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

Copyright Royalty Board 

[Docket No. 14–CRB–0010 CD (2013); 

[Docket No. 14–CRB–0011–SD (2013)] 

Distribution of the 2013 Cable and 

Satellite Royalty Funds 

AGENCY: Copyright Royalty Board, 

Library of Congress. 

ACTION: Notice requesting comments. 

SUMMARY: The Copyright Royalty Judges 

are requesting comments regarding 

whether controversies exist among 

claimants to the 2013 cable and satellite 

television retransmission royalty funds 

about how the funds should be 

distributed. 

DATES: Comments are due on or before 

January 21, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: This notice is also posted on 

the agency’s Web site (www.loc.gov/crb). 

Submit electronic comments online via 

email to crb@loc.gov or online at 

http://www.regulations.gov. Those who 

chose not to submit comments 

electronically should see How to Submit 

Comments in the Supplementary 

Information section below for physical 

addresses and further instructions. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lakeshia Keys, CRB Program Specialist, 

by telephone at (202) 707–7658, or by 

email at crb@loc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Each year 

cable systems and satellite carriers must 

submit royalty payments to the Register 

of Copyrights as required by the 

statutory licenses set forth in sections 

111 and 119 of the Copyright Act for the 

retransmission to cable and satellite 

subscribers, respectively, of over-the-air 

television and radio broadcast signals. 

See 17 U.S.C. 111(d), 119(b). These 

royalties are then distributed to 

copyright owners whose works were 

included in a qualifying transmission 

and who timely filed claims for 

royalties. Allocation of the royalties 

collected occurs in one of two ways. In 

the first instance, these funds are 

distributed through a negotiated 

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

111(d)(4)(A), 119(b)(5)(A). If the 

claimants do not reach an agreement 

with respect to the royalties, the 

Copyright Royalty Judges (‘‘Judges’’) 

conduct a proceeding to determine the 

distribution of any royalties that remain 

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

119(b)(5)(B). 

The Judges seek comment on the 

existence and extent of any 

controversies regarding distribution of 

the 2013 cable and satellite royalty 

funds. 

How To Submit Comments 

Interested members of the public must 

submit comments to only one of the 

following addresses. If not commenting 

by email or online, commenters must 

submit an original of their comments, 

five paper copies, and an electronic 

version on a CD. 

Email: crb@loc.gov; or 

Online: http://www.regulations.gov; or 

U.S. mail: Copyright Royalty Board, 

P.O. Box 70977, Washington, DC 20024– 

0977; or 

Overnight service (only USPS Express 

Mail is acceptable): Copyright Royalty 

Board, P.O. Box 70977, Washington, DC 

20024–0977; or 

Commercial courier: Address package 

to: Copyright Royalty Board, Library of 

Congress, James Madison Memorial 

Building, LM–403, 101 Independence 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20559– 

6000. Deliver to: Congressional Courier 

Acceptance Site, 2nd Street NE. and D 

Street NE., Washington, DC; or 

Hand delivery: Library of Congress, 

James Madison Memorial Building, 

LM–401, 101 Independence Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC 20559–6000. 

Electronic documents (including 

those submitted on CD together with 

paper copies) should conform to the 

Judges’ Guidelines for Electronic 

Documents, available online at 

www.loc.gov/crb/docs/Guidelinesfor_

Electronic_Documents.pdf. 

Dated: December 9, 2014. 

Suzanne Barnett, 

Chief U.S. Copyright Royalty Judge. 

[FR Doc. 2014–29795 Filed 12–19–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 1410–72–P 

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

Copyright Royalty Board 

[Docket No. 14–CRB–0007–CD (2010–12) In 

re Distribution of 2010, 2011, 2012 Cable 

Royalty Funds; Docket No. 14–CRB–0008– 

SD (2010–12) In re Distribution of 2010, 

2011, 2012 Satellite Royalty Funds] 

Notice Announcing Commencement of 

Distribution Proceedings With Request 

for Petitions To Participate 

AGENCY: Copyright Royalty Board, 

Library of Congress. 

ACTION: Notice announcing 

commencement of distribution 

proceedings with request for Petitions to 

Participate. 

SUMMARY: The Copyright Royalty Judges 

(Judges) announce the commencement 

of proceedings to determine distribution 

of 2010, 2011, and 2012 royalties 

deposited with the Copyright Office 

under the cable service statutory license 

and the satellite carrier statutory 

license. The Judges also set the date by 

which all parties wishing to participate 

and share in the distribution of cable or 

satellite retransmission royalties for 

2010 through 2012, inclusive, must file 

a Petition to Participate and pay the 

accompanying $150 filing fee. The 

Judges seek a single Petition to 

Participate in either or both Phase I and 

Phase II of the cable royalty proceeding 

and a separate Petition to Participate in 

either or both Phase I and Phase II of the 

satellite royalty proceeding. Any party 

that fails to file a Petition to Participate 

by the time set forth in this notice shall 

not be a participant at any stage of either 

proceeding. 

DATES: Petitions to Participate and the 

filing fee are due on or before January 

21, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: This notice and request is 

also posted on the agency’s Web site 

(www.loc.gov/crb) and on 

Regulations.gov (www.regulations.gov). 

Parties who plan to participate should 

see How to Submit Petitions to 

Participate in the Supplementary 

Information section below for physical 

addresses and further instructions. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kimberly N. Whittle, CRB Attorney 

Advisor, by telephone at 202–707–7658; 

LaKeshia Keys, CRB Program Specialist, 

by telephone at (202) 707–7658; or by 

email at crb@loc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Twice each year, cable services and 

satellite carriers deposit with the 

Copyright Office royalties payable for 

the privilege of retransmitting over-theair television and radio broadcast 

signals via cable and satellite. 17 U.S.C. 

111, 119. The Copyright Royalty Judges 

(Judges) oversee distribution of the 

royalties to copyright owners whose 

works are included in the 

retransmissions and who have filed a 

timely claim for royalties. Pursuant to 

17 U.S.C. 803(b)(1), the Judges hereby 

give notice of the commencement of 

proceedings for distribution of cable and 

satellite royalties deposited for 

broadcasts retransmitted in 2010 

through 2012 and call for interested 

parties to file Petitions to Participate. 

Any party wishing to receive royalties 

payable for 2010 through 2012 must file 

a Petition to Participate in each 

proceeding no later than January 21, 

2015. If an interested party fails to file 

a Petition to Participate in response to 

this notice, that party will not be 

eligible for distribution of royalties for 

2010 through 2012 from either the cable 


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1The Judges have the issue of partial distribution 

under advisement and will issue a separate order. 

or the satellite fund. The Judges will 

resolve all issues relating to distribution 

of cable and satellite royalty funds for 

2010 through 2012 in these proceedings, 

Docket No. 14–CRB–0007–CD (2010–12) 

and Docket No. 14–CRB–0008–SD 

(2010–12). See 37 CFR 351.1(b)(2). 

Commencement of Distribution 

Proceedings 

The Judges have determined that 

controversies exist with regard to 

distribution of the cable and satellite 

retransmission royalties that licensees 

deposited for 2010, 2011, and 2012. 

Therefore, pursuant to Section 804(b)(8) 

of the Copyright Act, the Judges are 

causing this notice to be published in 

the Federal Register to announce the 

commencement of Phase I cable and 

satellite distribution proceedings for the 

years 2010, 2011, and 2012. 

The Judges base their conclusion 

regarding 2010–11 cable funds 

controversies upon information 

provided by certain interested parties in 

their joint Motion to Initiate 

Proceedings. See Motion to Initiate a 

Phase I Proceeding for the Distribution 

of the 2010 and 2011 Cable Royalty 

Funds, Docket Nos. 2012–4 CRB CD 

2010 and 2012–9 CRB CD 2011 (January 

18, 2013). Specifically, groups of 

claimants to the royalty funds, acting 

together and represented by joint 

counsel, have made an effort to 

negotiate a distribution scheme 

agreeable to all claimants. Unable to 

reach an agreement, the claimants 

notified the Judges of the existence of 

controversies and stated their belief that 

‘‘a hearing will be necessary to resolve 

this controversy.’’ Id. at 2. 

The Judges base their conclusion 

regarding 2010–11 satellite funds 

controversies upon comments from 

parties. See, e.g., Comments of Phase I 

Parties, Docket No. 2012–5 CRB SD 

2010 (September 5, 2012) (responding to 

Notice Requesting Comments regarding 

partial distribution, 77 FR 46526 

(August 3, 2012)); Comments of Phase I 

Parties, Docket No. 2012–9 CRB SD 

2011 (February 21, 2013) (responding to 

Notice Requesting Comments regarding 

partial distribution, 78 FR 4168 (January 

18, 2013). 

The Judges base their conclusion 

regarding 2012 cable and satellite 

royalty funds controversies upon the 

parties’ motions for partial distribution 

and comments from parties regarding 

controversies.1 See, in Docket Nos. 14– 

CR–0007–CD (2010–12) and 14–CR– 

0008 SD (2010–12), Motion of Phase I 

Claimants for Partial Distribution (July 

25, 2014) and Comments of Phase I 

Parties (October 2014), (responding to 

Notice requesting comments, 79 FR 

59306 (October 1, 2014)) (including 

comments from the parties to the July 25 

motions reiterating the existence of their 

claims to the 2012 cable and satellite 

funds and of controversies potentially in 

need of adjudication). 

In the present proceedings, groups of 

claimants have identified themselves as 

arranged into program categories: 

Program Suppliers, Joint Sports 

Claimants, Public Television Claimants/ 

Public Broadcasting Service, 

Commercial Television Claimants/ 

National Association of Broadcasters, 

Devotional Claimants, Canadian 

Claimants, American Society of 

Composers, Authors and Publishers 

(ASCAP), Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI), 

SESAC, Inc., and National Public Radio. 

The Judges recognize that other 

claimants might not be represented by 

joint counsel for the groups of claimants 

that seek to initiate this proceeding. The 

Judges, therefore, provide this public 

notice to alert anyone who claims an 

interest in cable or satellite 

retransmission royalties deposited for 

royalty years 2010 through 2012, 

inclusive. 

In order to share in the royalties at 

issue, any claimant not joined in one of 

the groups identified above must file a 

Petition to Participate, individually or 

jointly with other claimants. If, at a later 

point in the proceedings, a claimant 

chooses to join a group participating 

through joint counsel, that claimant may 

withdraw its individual Petition to 

Participate. The prerequisites to 

participation in a distribution 

proceeding are (1) the filing 

(individually or jointly) of a valid claim 

for each royalty year at issue and (2) the 

filing (individually or jointly) of a valid 

Petition to Participate. 

Only attorneys who are members in 

good standing of the bar of one or more 

states may represent parties before the 

Judges. All corporate parties must 

appear through counsel. Only if the 

petitioning party is an individual, may 

he or she represent himself or herself 

without legal counsel. 37 CFR 350.2. 

The Judges previously assigned 

separate docket numbers to the cable 

and satellite distribution proceedings 

for the period 2010 through 2012. Upon 

receipt of all Petitions to Participate, the 

Judges anticipate consolidating all cable 

proceedings for the years 2010 through 

2012 under the captioned docket 

number 14–CRB–0007–CD (2010–12) 

and all satellite proceedings for the 

years 2010 through 2012 under the 

captioned docket number 14–CRB– 

0008–SD (2010–12). 

Petitions To Participate 

Parties filing Petitions to Participate 

must comply with the requirements of 

section 351.1(b) of the Copyright 

Royalty Board’s regulations. In addition, 

each Petition to Participate must set 

forth for each claim year, the name of 

each claimant, the corresponding claim 

number, an indication of whether the 

claim is an individual or joint claim, 

and the program category into which the 

claim may fall. Each Petition to 

Participate shall be accompanied by a 

Microsoft Excel spreadsheet in 

electronic form consisting of the 

following columns: Claimant; Claim 

Year; Claim Number; Claim Type; Phase 

I Category. For ‘‘Claim Type,’’ 

participants shall enter ‘‘I’’ for an 

individual claimant, ‘‘J’’ for a joint 

claimant, and ‘‘W’’ for a claimant listed 

within a joint claim. The information in 

the column for ‘‘Claim Category’’ shall 

be coded 1 for syndicated programming 

and movies, 2 for live college and 

professional team sports, 3 for programs 

produced by local commercial 

television stations, 4 for public 

broadcasting, 5 for programs of a 

religious or devotional character, 6 for 

Canadian programs retransmitted within 

the United States, 7 for musical works 

carried on broadcast television signals, 

and 8 for National Public Radio (all nonmusic content broadcast on NPR 

stations). Claimants’ characterization of 

their claims at this juncture is for ease 

of administration only and is not 

dispositive of the ultimate disposition of 

any claim or the final composition of 

any Phase I claimant category. 

Petitioners who seek to categorize any 

claim in a category not listed in the 

previous paragraph shall assign a 

number (starting with 9) to each new 

category, and shall include a brief 

description of each new proposed 

category. Claimants, or claimant 

representatives, that have filed claims in 

multiple years shall list the claims in 

separate rows for each year. Claimants, 

or claimant representatives, that will 

seek royalties in multiple claim 

categories shall list each claim in a 

separate row for each separate claim 

category. Similarly, claimants, or 

claimant representatives, that assert 

multiple claims in a given claim year 

shall list each claim and claim number 

in a separate row. Petitioners are 

responsible for making a sufficient 

showing of a ‘‘significant interest’’ in 

the royalty funds at issue. 

Claimants whose claims do not 

exceed $1,000 in value and who include 

a statement in their Petitions to 

Participate that they will not seek 

distribution of more than $1,000 may 


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file the Petition to Participate without 

payment of the filing fee. The Judges 

will reject any Petition to Participate 

that is not accompanied by either the 

statement of limitation described in the 

preceding sentence or the $150 filing 

fee. The Judges will not accept cash 

payment. Parties must pay the filing fee 

with a check or money order payable to 

the ‘‘Copyright Royalty Board.’’ The 

Judges will dismiss any Petition to 

Participate that is accompanied by a 

check returned for lack of sufficient 

funds. 

How To Submit Petitions To Participate 

Any party wishing to participate and 

share in the distribution of cable or 

satellite royalty funds for 2010 through 

2012 shall submit to the Copyright 

Royalty Board the filing fee (US $150), 

if required, an original Petition to 

Participate, five paper copies, and an 

electronic copy in Portable Document 

Format (PDF) that contains searchable, 

accessible text (not an image) on a CD 

or other portable memory device to only 

one of the following addresses. 

U.S. mail: Copyright Royalty Board, 

P.O. Box 70977, Washington, DC 20024– 

0977; or 

Overnight service (only USPS Express 

Mail is acceptable): Copyright Royalty 

Board, P.O. Box 70977, Washington, DC 

20024–0977; or 

Commercial courier: Address package 

to: Copyright Royalty Board, Library of 

Congress, James Madison Memorial 

Building, LM–403, 101 Independence 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20559– 

6000. Deliver to: Congressional Courier 

Acceptance Site, 2nd Street NE., and D 

Street NE., Washington, DC; or 

Hand delivery: Library of Congress, 

James Madison Memorial Building, LM– 

401, 101 Independence Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC 20559–6000. 

Participants should conform filed 

electronic documents to the Judges’ 

Guidelines for Electronic Documents, 

available online at www.loc.gov/crb/

docs/Guidelinesfor

_Electronic_Documents.pdf. 

Dated: December 9, 2014. 

Suzanne M. Barnett, 

Chief Copyright Royalty Judge. 

[FR Doc. 2014–29794 Filed 12–19–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 1410–72–P 

NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS 

ADMINISTRATION 

[NARA–2015–016] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Cancellation 

AGENCY: National Archives and Records 

Administration (NARA). 

ACTION: Cancellation of notice. 

SUMMARY: On December 4, 2014, NARA 

published a notice (79 FR 72033) that 

the agency was proposing to reinstate 

the information collection National 

Historical Publications and Records 

Commission (NHPRC) Grant Program, 

Budget Form and Instructions (OMB 

number 3095–0013, agency form 

number NA Form 17001), which 

NHPRC uses in its grant program. NARA 

invited the public to comment on the 

proposed information collection 

pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. However, NARA is now 

cancelling that notice and request for 

comment, due to errors. NARA will 

publish a new, corrected notice and 

request for comments within the week. 

DATES: This cancellation is effective 

immediately upon publication in the 

Federal Register. 

ADDRESSES: Paperwork Reduction Act 

Comments (ISSD), Room 4400, National 

Archives and Records Administration, 

8601 Adelphi Rd., College Park, MD 

20740–6001; or faxed to 301–713–7409; 

or electronically mailed to 

tamee.fechhelm@nara.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Tamee Fechhelm at telephone number 

301–837–1694, or fax number 301–713– 

7409. 

Dated: December 16, 2014. 

Penny Ha, 

Acting Executive for Information Services/ 

CIO. 

[FR Doc. 2014–29854 Filed 12–19–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7515–01–P 

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 

Privacy Act; System of Records 

AGENCY: National Science Foundation. 

ACTION: Notice of amendment to five 

existing systems of records and the 

standard routine uses. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 

1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), the National 

Science Foundation (NSF) is providing 

public notice of revisions to the text of 

five existing systems of records: NSF– 

12, Fellowships and Other Awards; 

NSF–50: Principal Investigator/Proposal 

File and Associated Records; NSF–51, 

Reviewer/Proposal File and Associated 

Records; NSF–54, Reviewer/

Fellowships and Other Awards File and 

Associated Records; and NSF–64, 

Project Participant File. In addition, 

NSF is amending its standard routine 

uses for all NSF systems of records. 

DATES: This action will be effective 

without further notice on February 2, 

2015 unless modified by a subsequent 

notice to incorporate comments 

received from the public. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by [docket number and/or 

RIN number ll], by any of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Sandra Evans, Privacy Officer, 

Office of the General Counsel, National 

Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson 

Boulevard, Room 1265, Arlington, VA 

22230. NSF will post all comments on 

the NSF’s internet Web site (http://

www.nsf.gov/policies/foia.jsp) All 

comments submitted in response to this 

Notice will become a matter of public 

record. Therefore, you should submit 

only information that you wish to make 

publicly available. For detailed 

instructions on submitting comments, 

see the ‘‘Public Participation’’ heading 

of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section of this document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Privacy Officer, Office of General 

Counsel, National Science Foundation, 

4201 Wilson Boulevard, Room 1265, 

Arlington, VA 22230, or by telephone at 

703–292–8060. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The NSF maintains the ‘‘Fellowships 

and Other Awards’’; ‘‘Principal 

Investigator/Proposal File and 

Associated Records’’; ‘‘Reviewer/

Proposal File and Associated Records’’; 

‘‘Reviewer/Fellowship and Other 

Awards File and Associated Records’’; 

and ‘‘Project Participant File.’’ These 

changes more adequately describe the 

systems and update the routine uses. All 

revised system notices are reprinted in 

their entirety. 

NSF is also amending its standard 

routine uses for all NSF systems of 

records. The changes made to the 

standard routine uses now proposed 

will bring the total number of standard 

routine use to eleven. Most of the eleven 

standard routine uses previously existed 

as routine uses within each individual 

NSF SORN. 

NSF–12 contains records on 

fellowship applicants; nominees for 


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