Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 150 / Friday, August 3, 2012 / Notices 46527 

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. 

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

Copyright Royalty Board 

[Docket No. 2012–4 CRB CD 2010] 

Distribution of the 2010 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 2010 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 2010 

cable royalty funds. 

DATES: Comments are due on or before 

September 4, 2012. 

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 June 20, 2012, representatives of 

the Phase I claimant categories (the 

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

a motion requesting a partial 

distribution of 50% of the 2010 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. Consequently, 

this Notice seeks comments from 

interested claimants on whether any 

reasonable objection exists that would 

preclude the distribution of 50% of the 

2010 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 2010 cable royalty 

funds at Phase I or Phase II with respect 

to those funds that would remain if the 

partial distribution is granted. 

The Motion of Phase I Claimants for 

Partial Distribution is posted on the 

Copyright Royalty Board Web site at 

http://www.loc.gov/crb. 

Dated: July 30, 2012. 

Suzanne Barnett, 

Chief U.S. Copyright Royalty Judge. 

[FR Doc. 2012–18930 Filed 8–2–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 1410–72–P 

MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION 

BOARD 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection 

AGENCY: Merit Systems Protection 

Board. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), the 

U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board 

(MSPB) is submitting a request for a 

three-year extension of an Information 

Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval. This ICR describes 

the nature of the information collection 

and its estimated burden and cost. 

DATE: Submit written comments on or 

before September 4, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments 

concerning this ICR by one of the 

following methods: 

Mail: Attention: Desk Officer for 

MSPB, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 

Washington, DC 20503. 

Email: 

OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV. 

You also may submit comments to 

MSPB by one of the following methods: 

Mail: William D. Spencer, Clerk of the 

Board, U.S. Merit Systems Protection 

Board, Suite 500, 1615 M Street NW., 

Washington DC 20419. 

Email: Please include ‘‘Voluntary 

Customer Surveys’’ in the subject line of 

the message and send it to 

mspb@mspb.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Dee Ann Batten by phone at (202) 254– 

4495; by email at 

deeann.batten@mspb.gov; or by fax at 

(202) 653–7211. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under 

PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal 

agencies must obtain approval from 

OMB for each collection of information 

they conduct or sponsor. The MSPB 

intends to ask for a three-year renewal 

of its Generic Clearance Request for 

Voluntary Customer Surveys, OMB 

Control No. 3124–0012. On April 30, 

2012, MSPB sought public comments on 

this ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). 

See 77 FR 25501. The MSPB did not 

receive any comments. The MSPB is 


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