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that are common to electronic 

recordation more generally, and that 

would require statutory or regulatory 

amendment. These include the 

acceptance of electronic signatures and 

the protection of personally identifiable 

information. 

2. Structured Electronic Documents. 

The Copyright Office is also considering 

whether to adopt standards for and 

accept structured electronic documents 

in which tagged indexing or cataloging 

information is integrated into the 

documents themselves. Such documents 

contain several linked layers or folders. 

The name of a granting party displayed 

in the sentence that grants an interest in 

a copyrighted work, for example, is 

drawn from a field that identifies that 

name as a granting party name for 

cataloguing purposes. 

Many government agencies that 

record documents conveying interests in 

real property have adopted standards for 

and are accepting such structured 

electronic documents. However, many 

of those agencies record millions of 

documents a year, whereas the 

Copyright Office currently records fewer 

than 15,000 documents a year, though 

those documents represent transactions 

involving several hundred thousand 

works. Moreover, a relatively small 

number of intermediaries—banks and 

title insurance companies—are involved 

in almost every real estate transaction, 

which makes the adoption and 

implementation of standards relatively 

easy, while fewer copyright transactions 

seem to involve such intermediaries. 

The Copyright Office is seeking 

comments on the feasibility of adopting 

standards for and accepting structured 

electronic documents pertaining to 

copyright. 

3. Linking of Document Records to 

Registration Records. The Office is 

considering whether it should link 

records of documents pertaining to 

registered works to the registration 

records for those works. In particular, it 

is seeking comments on whether it 

should require by regulation that 

document remitters provide registration 

numbers in a standardized format for all 

registered works to which their 

documents pertain. 

4. Use of Standard Identifiers and 

Other Metadata Standards. The Office is 

considering whether it should adopt 

incentives or requirements with respect 

to the provision of standard identifiers, 

such as International Standard Musical 

Work Codes and International Standard 

Audiovisual Numbers, in recorded 

documents. Comments are welcome 

regarding the degree to which the 

provision of such identifiers would aid 

in uniquely identifying affected works 

and in linking Copyright Office Catalog 

information about works to other 

sources of information about such 

works. Comments are also welcome on 

whether such incentives or 

requirements might be more appropriate 

or helpful with regard to some types of 

works than with regard to others. The 

Office is also considering whether it 

should adopt or ensure compatibility 

with metadata standards more broadly, 

and welcomes comments on the utility 

of metadata standards and on particular 

metadata projects that it should 

consider. 

5. Additional Statutory Incentives to 

Record Documents Pertaining to 

Copyright. A number of academic 

commentators have proposed that 

Congress create additional incentives or 

requirements for recording documents 

pertaining to copyright. Congress could 

reinstate the requirement, dropped in 

1989, of recording all documents in the 

chain of title from the author to the 

current owner of copyright as a 

precondition of filing in infringement 

lawsuit. It could also condition the 

provision of certain remedies, such as 

statutory damages and attorneys’ fees, 

on the recordation of any and all 

documents that transferred ownership 

of works to those eligible to sue for 

infringement at the time infringement 

commenced. Perhaps the broadest 

proposal is to provide that no transfer of 

a copyright interest will be valid unless 

a note or memorandum of that transfer 

is recorded with sufficient description 

of the interest granted and identification 

of the parties from and to whom the 

interest is granted. The Copyright Office 

is seeking comment on the benefits and 

costs of such proposals, and on their 

compatibility with the treaty 

commitments of the United States. 

Dated: January 10, 2014. 

Maria A. Pallante, 

Register of Copyrights. 

[FR Doc. 2014–00638 Filed 1–14–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 1410–30–P 

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

Copyright Royalty Board 

Notice of Intent To Audit 

AGENCY: Copyright Royalty Board, 

Library of Congress. 

ACTION: Public notice. 

SUMMARY: The Copyright Royalty Judges 

announce receipt of five notices of 

intent to audit the 2010, 2011, and 2012 

statements of account submitted by 

Sirius XM Radio, Inc.; IMUV, Inc.; 

Crystal Media Networks; Pandora 

Media, Inc.; LoudCity LLC concerning 

the royalty payments made by each 

pursuant to two statutory licenses. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

LaKeshia Keys, Program Specialist, by 

telephone at (202) 707–7658 or email at 

crb@loc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Copyright Act, title 17 of the United 

States Code, grants to copyright owners 

of sound recordings the exclusive right 

to perform publicly sound recordings by 

means of certain digital audio 

transmissions, subject to limitations. 

Specifically, this right is limited by two 

statutory licenses. The section 114 

license allows the public performance of 

sound recordings by means of digital 

audio transmissions by nonexempt 

noninteractive digital subscription 

services and eligible nonsubscription 

services. 17 U.S.C. 114(f). The section 

112 license allows a service to make any 

necessary ephemeral reproductions to 

facilitate the digital transmission of the 

sound recording, including the 

ephemeral recordings made by entities 

that transmit performances of sound 

recordings to business establishments, 

subject to the limitations set forth in 

section 114(d)(1)(C)(iv), to facilitate 

such transmissions. 17 U.S.C. 112(e). 

The section 112 license also provides a 

means by which a transmitting entity 

with a statutory license under section 

114(f) may make more than one 

phonorecord permitted under the 

exemption set forth in section 112(a). Id. 

Licensees may operate under these 

licenses provided they pay the royalty 

fees and comply with the terms set by 

the Copyright Royalty Judges (Judges). 

The rates and terms for the section 112 

and 114 licenses are set forth in 37 CFR 

parts 380 (eligible nonsubscription 

services (webcasters)), 382 (preexisting 

subscription services and preexisting 

satellite digital audio radio services), 

383 (new subscription services), and 

384 (business establishments). As part 

of the terms set for these licenses, the 

Judges designated SoundExchange, Inc., 

as the organization charged with 

collecting the royalty payments and 

statements of account submitted by the 

various eligible services and distributing 

the royalties to the copyright owners 

and performers entitled to receive such 

royalties under the section 112 and 114 

licenses. 37 CFR 380.4(b), 382.13(b), 

383.4(a), and 384(b). As the designated 

Collective, SoundExchange may 

conduct a single audit of a licensee for 

any calendar year for the purpose of 

verifying their royalty payments. Id. at 


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1SoundExchange’s authority to audit new 

subscription services falls under § 383.4(a), which 

states in pertinent part that ‘‘terms governing . . . 

audit and verification of royalty payments and 

distributions, cost of audit and verification . . . 

shall be those adopted by the [Judges] for 

subscription transmissions and the reproduction of 

ephemeral recordings by preexisting satellite digital 

audio radio services in 37 CFR part 382, subpart B.’’ 

§§ 380.4(b), 382.15(b),1 and 384.6(b). 

Prior to conducting an audit, 

SoundExchange must file with the 

Judges a notice of intent to audit a 

licensee and serve the notice on the 

licensee to be audited. Id. at §§ 380.6(c), 

382.15(c), and 384.6(c). 

On December 20, 2013, 

SoundExchange filed with the Judges 

five separate notices of intent to audit 

IMUC, Inc. (IMUC), Crystal Media 

Networks (CMN), Pandora Media, Inc. 

(Pandora) and LoudCity LLC (LoudCity) 

for their webcasting services, and Sirius 

XM Radio, Inc. (Sirius XM) for its 

various services: webcasting service, 

preexisting satellite digital audio radio 

service, new subscription service, and 

business establishment service for the 

years 2010, 2011, and 2012. 

Sections 380.6(c), 382.15(c), and 

384.6(c) require the Judges to publish a 

notice in the Federal Register within 30 

days of receipt of the notice announcing 

the Collective’s intent to conduct an 

audit. Today’s notice fulfills this 

requirement with respect to 

SoundExchange’s notices of intent to 

audit IMUC, CMN, Pandora, LoudCity 

and Sirius XM, filed December 20, 2013. 

Dated: January 10, 2014. 

Suzanne M. Barnett, 

Chief Copyright Royalty Judge. 

[FR Doc. 2014–00654 Filed 1–14–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 1410–72–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket No. NRC–2013–0085] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

Review; Comment Request 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of the OMB review of 

information collection and solicitation 

of public comment. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) has recently 

submitted to OMB for review the 

following proposal for the collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35). The NRC hereby 

informs potential respondents that an 

agency may not conduct or sponsor, and 

that a person is not required to respond 

to, a collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. The NRC published a Federal 

Register notice with a 60-day comment 

period on this information collection on 

May 14, 2013 (78 FR 28244). 

1. Type of submission, new, revision, 

or extension: Extension. 

2. The title of the information 

collection: 10 CFR part 50, ‘‘Domestic 

Licensing of Production and Utilization 

Facilities.’’ 

3. Current OMB approval number: 

3150–0011. 

4. The form number if applicable: N/ 

A. 

5. How often the collection is 

required: As necessary in order for NRC 

to meet its responsibilities to conduct a 

detailed review of applications for 

licenses and amendments thereto to 

construct and operate nuclear power 

plants, preliminary or final design 

approvals, design certifications, 

research and test facilities, reprocessing 

plants and other utilization and 

production facilities, licensed pursuant 

to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as 

amended (the Act) and to monitor their 

activities. Reports are submitted daily, 

monthly, quarterly, annually, semiannually, and on occasion. 

6. Who will be required or asked to 

report: Licensees and applicants for 

nuclear power plants and research and 

test facilities, and approximately 100 

materials licensees responding to 

generic communications. 

7. An estimate of the number of 

annual responses: 46,098. 

8. The estimated number of annual 

respondents: 251. 

9. An estimate of the total number of 

hours needed annually to complete the 

requirement or request: 4.88M hours; 

1.93M hours reporting (an average of 

41.8 hrs/response) + 2.96M hours 

recordkeeping (an average of 19.5K hrs/ 

recordkeeper). 

10. Abstract: Part 50 of Title 10 of the 

Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), 

‘‘Domestic Licensing of Production and 

Utilization Facilities,’’ specifies 

technical information and data to be 

provided to the NRC or maintained by 

applicants and licensees so that the NRC 

may take determinations necessary to 

protect the health and safety of the 

public, in accordance with the Act. The 

reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements contained in 10 CFR part 

50 are mandatory for the affected 

licensees and applicants. 

The public may examine and have 

copied for a fee publicly available 

documents, including the final 

supporting statement, at the NRC’s 

Public Document Room, Room O–1F21, 

One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville 

Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. The 

OMB clearance requests are available at 

the NRC’s Web site: http://www.nrc.gov/ 

public-involve/doc-comment/omb/. The 

document will be available on the 

NRC’s home page site for 60 days after 

the signature date of this notice. 

Comments and questions should be 

directed to the OMB reviewer listed 

below by February 14, 2014. Comments 

received after this date will be 

considered if it is practical to do so, but 

assurance of consideration cannot be 

given to comments received after this 

date. 

Chad Whiteman, Desk Officer, 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs (3150–0011), 

NEOB–10202, 

Office of Management and Budget, 

Washington, DC 20503. 

Comments can also be emailed to 

Chad_S_Whiteman@omb.eop.gov or 

submitted by telephone at 202–395– 

4718. 

The NRC Clearance Officer is 

Tremaine Donnell, telephone: 301–415– 

6258. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 9th day 

of January, 2014. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Tremaine Donnell, 

NRC Clearance Officer, Office of Information 

Services. 

[FR Doc. 2014–00569 Filed 1–14–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Project No. 753; NRC–2013–0173] 

TSTF–523, ‘‘Generic Letter 2008–01, 

Managing Gas Accumulation,’’ Using 

the Consolidated Line Item 

Improvement Process 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is announcing the 

availability of Technical Specifications 

(TS) Task Force (TSTF) Traveler TSTF– 

523, Revision 2, ‘‘Generic Letter 2008– 

01, Managing Gas Accumulation,’’ for 

plant-specific adoption using the 

Consolidated Line Item Improvement 

Process (CLIIP). Additionally, the NRC 

staff finds the proposed TS (Volume 1) 

and TS Bases (Volume 2) changes in 

Traveler TSTF–523 acceptable for 

inclusion in the following Standard 

Technical Specification (STS): NUREG– 

1430, ‘‘Standard Technical 


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