[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 40 (Tuesday, March 3, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9293-9307]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-4439]


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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

Copyright Office


Notification of Agreements Under the Webcaster Settlement Act of 
2008

AGENCY: Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

ACTION: Notice of agreement.

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SUMMARY: The Copyright Office is publishing three agreements which set 
rates and terms for the reproduction and performance of sound 
recordings made by certain specified webcasters, under two statutory 
licenses. Webcasters who meet the eligibility requirements may choose 
to operate under the statutory licenses in accordance with the rates 
and terms set forth in the agreements published herein rather than the 
rates and terms of any determination by the Copyright Royalty Judges.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen Ruwe, Attorney Advisor, or 
Tanya M. Sandros, Deputy General Counsel, Copyright GC/I&R, P.O. Box 
70400, Washington, DC 20024. Telephone: (202) 707-8380. Telefax: (202) 
707-8366. See the final paragraph of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for 
information on where to direct questions regarding the rates and terms 
set forth in the agreement.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 16, 2008, President Bush signed 
into law the Webcaster Settlement Act of 2008 (``WSA''), Public Law 
110-435, 122 Stat. 4974, which amends Section 114 of the Copyright Act, 
title 17 of the United States Code, as it relates to webcasters. The 
WSA allows SoundExchange, the Receiving Agent designated by the 
Librarian of Congress in his June 20, 2002, order for collecting 
royalty payments made by eligible nonsubscription transmission services 
under the Section 112 and Section 114 statutory licenses, see 67 FR 
45239 (July 8, 2002), to enter into agreements on behalf of all 
copyright owners and performers to set rates, terms and conditions for 
webcasters operating under the Section 112 and Section 114 statutory 
licenses for a period of not more than 11 years beginning on January 1, 
2005. The authority to enter into such settlement agreements expired on 
February 15, 2009.
    Unless otherwise agreed to by the parties to an agreement, the 
rates and terms set forth in such agreements apply only to the time 
periods specified in the agreement and have no precedential value in 
any proceeding concerned with the setting of rates and terms for the 
public performance or reproduction in ephemeral phonorecords or copies 
of sound recordings. To make this point clear, Congress included 
language expressly addressing the precedential value of such 
agreements. Specifically, Section 114(f)(5)(C), as added by the WSA, 
states that: ``Neither subparagraph (A) nor any provisions of any 
agreement entered into pursuant to subparagraph (A), including any rate 
structure, fees, terms, conditions, or notice and recordkeeping 
requirements set forth therein, shall be admissible as evidence or 
otherwise taken into account in any administrative, judicial, or other 
government proceeding involving the setting or adjustment of the 
royalties payable for the public performance or reproduction in 
ephemeral recordings or copies of sound recordings, the determination 
of terms or conditions related thereto, or the establishment of notice 
and recordkeeping requirements by the Copyright Royalty Judges under 
paragraph (4) or Section 112(e)(4). It is the intent of Congress that 
any royalty rates, rate structure, definitions, terms, conditions, or 
notice and recordkeeping requirements, included in such agreements 
shall be considered as a compromise motivated by the unique business, 
economic and political circumstances of small webcasters, copyright 
owners, and performers rather than as matters that would have been 
negotiated in the marketplace between a willing buyer and a willing 
seller, or otherwise meet the objectives set forth in Section 801(b). 
This subparagraph shall not apply to the extent that the receiving 
agent and a webcaster that is party to an agreement entered into 
pursuant to subparagraph (A) expressly authorize the submission of the 
agreement in a proceeding under this subSection.'' 17 U.S.C. 
114(f)(5)(C) (2009).
    On February 13, 2009, SoundExchange and the Corporation for Public 
Broadcasting (``CPB'') notified the Copyright Office that they had 
negotiated an agreement for the reproduction and performance of sound

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recordings by small commercial webcasters under the Section 112 and 
Section 114 statutory licenses and requested that the Copyright Office 
publish the Rates and Terms in the Federal Register, as required under 
Section 114(f)(5)(B) of the Copyright Act, as amended by the WSA.
    On February 15, 2009, SoundExchange and the National Association of 
Broadcasters (``NAB'') notified the Copyright Office that they had 
negotiated an agreement for the reproduction and performance of sound 
recordings by small commercial webcasters under the Section 112 and 
Section 114 statutory licenses and requested that the Copyright Office 
publish the Rates and Terms in the Federal Register, as required under 
Section 114(f)(5)(B) of the Copyright Act, as amended by the WSA.
    On February 15, 2009, SoundExchange and the Small Webcasters \1\ 
notified the Copyright Office that they had negotiated an agreement for 
the reproduction and performance of sound recordings by small 
commercial webcasters under the Section 112 and Section 114 statutory 
licenses and requested that the Copyright Office publish the Rates and 
Terms in the Federal Register, as required under Section 114(f)(5)(B) 
of the Copyright Act, as amended by the WSA.
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    \1\ The ``Small Webcasters'' that negotiated the agreement are 
Attention Span Radio; Blogmusik (Deezer.com); Born Again Radio; 
Christmas Music 24/7; Club 80's Internet Radio; Dark Horse 
Productions; Edgewater Radio; Forever Cool (Forevercool.us); 
Indiwaves (Set YourMusicFree.com); Ludlow Media (MandarinRadio.com); 
Musical Justice; My Jazz Network; PartiRadio; Playa Cofi Jukebox 
(Tropicalglen.com); Soulsville Online; taintradio; Voice of Country; 
and Window To The World Communications (WFMT.com).
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    Thus, in accordance with the requirement set forth in amended 
Section 114(f)(5)(B), the Copyright Office is publishing the submitted 
agreements, as Appendix A (Agreement made between SoundExchange and 
CPB); Appendix B (Agreement made between SoundExchange and NAB); and 
Appendix C (Agreement made between SoundExchange and Small Webcasters), 
thereby making the rates and terms in the agreements available to any 
webcasters meeting the respective eligibility conditions of the 
agreements as an alternative to the rates and terms of any 
determination by the Copyright Royalty Judges.
    The Copyright Office has no responsibility for administering the 
rates and terms of the agreement beyond the publication of this notice. 
For this reason, questions regarding the rates and terms set forth in 
the agreement should be directed to SoundExchange (for contact 
information, see http://www.soundexchange.com).

    Dated: February 24, 2009.
Marybeth Peters,
Register of Copyrights.

    Note: The following Appendices will not be codified in the Code 
of Federal Regulations.

Appendix A

Agreement Concerning Rates and Terms

    This Agreement Concerning Rates and Terms (``Agreement''), dated 
as of January 13, 2009 (``Execution Date''), is made by and between 
SoundExchange, Inc. (``SoundExchange'') and the Corporation for 
Public Broadcasting (``CPB''), on behalf of all Covered Entities 
(SoundExchange, and CPB each a ``Party'' and, jointly, the 
``Parties''). Capitalized terms used herein are defined in Article 1 
below.
    Whereas, SoundExchange is the ``receiving agent'' as defined in 
17 U.S.C. 114(f)(5)(E)(ii) designated for collecting and 
distributing statutory royalties received from Covered Entities for 
their Web Site Performances;
    Whereas, the Webcaster Settlement Act of 2008 (codified at 17 
U.S.C. 114(f)(5)) authorizes SoundExchange to enter into agreements 
for the reproduction and performance of Sound Recordings under 
Sections 112(e) and 114 of the Copyright Act that, once published in 
the Federal Register, shall be binding on all Copyright Owners and 
Performers, in lieu of any determination by the Copyright Royalty 
Judges;
    Whereas, in view of the unique business, economic and political 
circumstances of CPB, Covered Entities, SoundExchange, Copyright 
Owners and Performers at the Execution Date, the Parties have agreed 
to the royalty rates and other consideration set forth herein for 
the period January 1, 2005 through December 31, 2010;
    Now, therefore, pursuant to 17 U.S.C. 114(f)(5), and in 
consideration of the mutual promises contained in this Agreement and 
for other good and valuable consideration, the adequacy and 
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereby 
agree as follows:

Article 1

Definitions

    The following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
    1.1 ``Agreement'' shall have the meaning set forth in the 
preamble.
    1.2 ``ATH'' or ``Aggregate Tuning Hours'' means the total hours 
of programming that Covered Entities have transmitted during the 
relevant period to all listeners within the United States from all 
Covered Entities that provide audio programming consisting, in whole 
or in part, of Web Site Performances, less the actual running time 
of any sound recordings for which the Covered Entity has obtained 
direct licenses apart from this Agreement. By way of example, if a 
Covered Entity transmitted one hour of programming to ten (10) 
simultaneous listeners, the Covered Entity's Aggregate Tuning Hours 
would equal ten (10). If three (3) minutes of that hour consisted of 
transmission of a directly licensed recording, the Covered Entity's 
Aggregate Tuning Hours would equal nine (9) hours and thirty (30) 
minutes. As an additional example, if one listener listened to a 
Covered Entity for ten (10) hours (and none of the recordings 
transmitted during that time was directly licensed), the Covered 
Entity's Aggregate Tuning Hours would equal 10.
    1.3 ``Authorized Web Site'' means any Web Site operated by or on 
behalf of any Covered Entity that is accessed by Web Site Users 
through a Uniform Resource Locator (``URL'') owned by such Covered 
Entity and through which Web Site Performances are made by such 
Covered Entity.
    1.4 ``CPB'' shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.
    1.5 ``Collective'' shall have the meaning set forth in 37 CFR 
380.2(c).
    1.6 ``Copyright Owners'' are Sound Recording copyright owners 
who are entitled to royalty payments made pursuant to the statutory 
licenses under 17 U.S.C. 112(e) and 114(f).
    1.7 ``Covered Entities'' means NPR, American Public Media, 
Public Radio International, and Public Radio Exchange, and, in 
calendar years 2005 through 2007, up to four-hundred and fifty (450) 
Originating Public Radio Stations as named by CPB. CPB shall notify 
SoundExchange annually of the eligible Originating Public Radio 
Stations to be considered Covered Entities hereunder (subject to the 
numerical limitations set forth herein). The number of Originating 
Public Radio Stations considered to be Covered Entities is permitted 
to grow by no more than 10 Originating Public Radio Stations per 
year beginning in calendar year 2008, such that the total number of 
Covered Entities at the end of the Term will be less than or equal 
to 480. The Parties agree that the number of Originating Public 
Radio Stations licensed hereunder as Covered Entities shall not 
exceed the maximum number permitted for a given year without 
SoundExchange's express written approval, except that CPB shall have 
the option to increase the number of Originating Public Radio 
Stations that may be considered Covered Entities as provided in 
Section 4.4.
    1.8 ``Ephemeral Phonorecord'' shall have the meaning set forth 
in Section 3.1(b).
    1.9 ``Execution Date'' shall have the meaning set forth in the 
preamble.
    1.10 ``License Fee'' shall have the meaning set forth in Section 
4.1.
    1.11 ``Music ATH'' means ATH of Web Site Performances of Sound 
Recordings of musical works.
    1.12 ``NPR'' shall mean National Public Radio, with offices at 
635 Massachusetts Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20001.
    1.13 ``Originating Public Radio Stations'' shall mean a 
noncommercial terrestrial radio broadcast station that (i) is 
licensed as such by the Federal Communications Commission; (ii) 
originates programming and is not solely a repeater station; (iii) 
is a member or affiliate of NPR, American Public Media, Public Radio 
International, or Public Radio Exchange, a member of the National 
Federation of Community Broadcasters, or

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another public radio station that is qualified to receive funding 
from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting pursuant to its 
criteria; (iv) qualifies as a ``noncommercial webcaster'' under 17 
U.S.C. 114(f)(5)(E)(i); and (v) either (a) offers Web Site 
Performances only as part of the mission that entitles it to be 
exempt from taxation under Section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 501), or (b) in the case of a governmental entity 
(including a Native American tribal governmental entity), is 
operated exclusively for public purposes.
    1.14 ``Party'' shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.
    1.15 ``Performers'' means the independent administrators 
identified in 17 U.S.C. 114(g)(2)(B) and (C) and the individuals and 
entities identified in 17 U.S.C. 114(g)(2)(D).
    1.16 ``Person'' means a natural person, a corporation, a limited 
liability company, a partnership, a trust, a joint venture, any 
governmental authority or any other entity or organization.
    1.17 ``Phonorecords'' shall have the meaning set forth in 17 
U.S.C. 101.
    1.18 ``Side Channel'' means any Internet-only program available 
on an Authorized Web Site or an archived program on such Authorized 
Web Site that, in either case, conforms to all applicable 
requirements under 17 U.S.C. 114.
    1.19 ``SoundExchange'' shall have the meaning set forth in the 
preamble and shall include any successors and assigns to the extent 
permitted by this Agreement.
    1.20 ``Sound Recording'' shall have the meaning set forth in 17 
U.S.C. 101.
    1.21 ``Term'' shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.1.
    1.22 ``Territory'' means the United States, its territories, 
commonwealths and possessions.
    1.23 ``URL'' shall have the meaning set forth in Section 1.3.
    1.24 ``Web Site'' means a site located on the World Wide Web 
that can be located by a Web Site User through a principal URL.
    1.25 ``Web Site Performances'' means all public performances by 
means of digital audio transmissions of Sound Recordings, including 
the transmission of any portion of any Sound Recording, made through 
an Authorized Web Site in accordance with all requirements of 17 
U.S.C. 114, from servers used by a Covered Entity (provided that the 
Covered Entity controls the content of all materials transmitted by 
the server), or by a sublicensee authorized pursuant to Section 3.2, 
that consist of either (a) the retransmission of a Covered Entity's 
over-the-air terrestrial radio programming or (b) the digital 
transmission of nonsubscription Side Channels that are programmed 
and controlled by the Covered Entity. This term does not include 
digital audio transmissions made by any other means.
    1.26 ``Web Site Users'' means all those who access or receive 
Web Site Performances or who access any Authorized Web Site.

Article 2

Agreement Pursuant to Webcaster Settlement Act of 2008

    2.1 General. This Agreement is entered into pursuant to the 
Webcaster Settlement Act of 2008 (Pub. L. 110-435; to be codified at 
17 U.S.C. 114(f)(5)).
    2.2 Eligibility Conditions. The only webcasters (as defined in 
17 U.S.C. 114(f)(5)(E)(iii)) eligible to avail themselves of the 
terms of this Agreement as contemplated by 17 U.S.C. 114(f)(5)(B) 
are the Covered Entities, as expressly set forth herein. The terms 
of this Agreement shall apply to the Covered Entities in lieu of 
other rates and terms applicable under 17 U.S.C. 112 and 114.
    2.3 Agreement Nonprecedential. Consistent with 17 U.S.C. 
114(f)(5)(C), this Agreement, including any rate structure, fees, 
terms, conditions, and notice and recordkeeping requirements set 
forth therein, is nonprecedential and shall not be introduced nor 
used by any Person, including the Parties and any Covered Entities, 
admissible as evidence or otherwise taken into account in any 
administrative, judicial, or other proceeding involving the setting 
or adjustment of the royalties payable for the public performance or 
reproduction in ephemeral phonorecords or copies of sound 
recordings, the determination of terms or conditions related 
thereto, or the establishment of notice or recordkeeping 
requirements by the Copyright Royalty Judges under 17 U.S.C. 
114(f)(4) or 112(e)(4), or any administrative or judicial proceeding 
pertaining to rates, terms or reporting obligations for any yet-to-
be-created right to collect royalties for the performance of Sound 
Recordings by any technology now or hereafter known. Any royalty 
rates, rate structure, definitions, terms, conditions and notice and 
recordkeeping requirements included in this Agreement shall be 
considered as a compromise motivated by the unique business, 
economic and political circumstances of webcasters, copyright 
owners, and performers, and the pending appeal of the decision of 
the Copyright Royalty Judges by NPR on behalf of itself and its 
member stations, rather than as matters that would have been 
negotiated in the marketplace between a willing buyer and a willing 
seller, or otherwise meet the objectives set forth in Section 801(b) 
of the Copyright Act.
    2.4 Reservation of Rights. The Parties agree that the entering 
into of this Agreement shall be without prejudice to any of their 
respective positions in any proceeding with respect to the rates, 
terms or reporting obligations to be established for the making of 
Ephemeral Phonorecords or the digital audio transmission of Sound 
Recordings after the Term of this Agreement on or by Covered 
Entities under 17 U.S.C. 112 and 114 and their implementing 
regulations. The Parties further acknowledge and agree that the 
entering of this Agreement, the performance of its terms, and the 
acceptance of any payments and reporting by SoundExchange (i) do not 
express or imply any acknowledgement that CPB, Covered Entities, or 
any other persons are eligible for the statutory license of 17 
U.S.C. 112 and 114, and (ii) shall not be used as evidence that CPB, 
the Covered Entities, or any other persons are acting in compliance 
with the provisions of 17 U.S.C. 114(d)(2)(A) or (C) or any other 
applicable laws or regulations.

Article 3

Scope of Agreement

    3. General.
    (a) Public Performances. In consideration for the payment of the 
License Fee by CPB, SoundExchange agrees that Covered Entities that 
publicly perform under Section 114 all or any portion of any Sound 
Recordings through an Authorized Web Site, within the Territory, by 
means of Web Site Performances, may do so in accordance with and 
subject to the limitations set forth in this Agreement; provided 
that: (i) Such transmissions are made in strict conformity with the 
provisions of 17 U.S.C. 114(d)(2)(A) and (C); and (ii) such Covered 
Entities comply with all of the terms and conditions of this 
Agreement and all applicable copyright laws. For clarity, there is 
no limit to the number of Web Site Performances that a Covered 
Entity may transmit during the Term under the provisions of this 
Section 3.1(a), if such Web Site Performances otherwise satisfy the 
requirements of this Agreement.
    (b) Ephemeral Phonorecords. In consideration for the payment of 
the License Fee by CPB, SoundExchange agrees that Covered Entities 
that make and use solely for purposes of transmitting Web Site 
Performances as described in Section 3.1(a), within the Territory, 
Phonorecords of all or any portion of any Sound Recordings 
(``Ephemeral Phonorecords''), may do so in accordance with and 
subject to the limitations set forth in this Agreement; provided 
that: (i) Such Phonorecords are limited solely to those necessary to 
encode Sound Recordings in different formats and at different bit 
rates as necessary to facilitate Web Site Performances licensed 
hereunder; (ii) such Phonorecords are made in strict conformity with 
the provisions set forth in 17 U.S.C. 112(e)(1)(A)-(D); and (iii) 
the Covered Entities comply with 17 U.S.C. 112(a) and (e) and all of 
the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
    3.2 Limited Right to Sublicense. Rights under this Agreement are 
not sublicensable, except that a Covered Entity may employ the 
services of a third Person to provide the technical services and 
equipment necessary to deliver Web Site Performances on behalf of 
such Covered Entity pursuant to Section 3.1, but only through an 
Authorized Web Site. Any agreement between a Covered Entity and any 
third Person for such services shall (i) contain the substance of 
all terms and conditions of this Agreement and obligate such third 
Person to provide all such services in accordance with all 
applicable terms and conditions of this Agreement, including, 
without limitation, Articles 3, 5 and 6; (ii) specify that such 
third Person shall have no right to make Web Site Performances or 
any other performances or Phonorecords on its own behalf or on 
behalf of any Person or entity other than a Covered Entity through 
the Covered Entity's Authorized Web Site by

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virtue of this Agreement, including in the case of Phonorecords, 
pre-encoding or otherwise establishing a library of Sound Recordings 
that it offers to a Covered Entity or others for purposes of making 
performances, but instead must obtain all necessary licenses from 
SoundExchange, the copyright owner or another duly authorized 
Person, as the case may be; (iii) specify that such third Person 
shall have no right to grant any further sublicenses; and (iv) 
provide that SoundExchange is an intended third-party beneficiary of 
all such obligations with the right to enforce a breach thereof 
against such third party.
    3.3 Limitations.
    (a) Reproduction of Sound Recordings. Except as provided in 
Section 3.2, nothing in this Agreement grants Covered Entities, or 
authorizes Covered Entities to grant to any other Person (including, 
without limitation, any Web Site User, any operator of another Web 
Site or any authorized sublicensee), the right to reproduce by any 
means, method or process whatsoever, now known or hereafter 
developed, any Sound Recordings, including, but not limited to, 
transferring or downloading any such Sound Recordings to a computer 
hard drive, or otherwise copying the Sound Recording onto any other 
storage medium.
    (b) No Right of Public Performance. Except as provided in 
Section 3.2, nothing in this Agreement authorizes Covered Entities 
to grant to any Person the right to perform publicly, by means of 
digital transmission or otherwise, any Sound Recordings.
    (c) No Implied Rights. The rights granted in this Agreement 
extend only to Covered Entities and grant no rights, including by 
implication or estoppel, to any other Person, except as expressly 
provided in Section 3.2. Without limiting the generality of the 
foregoing, this Agreement does not grant to Covered Entities (i) any 
copyright ownership interest in any Sound Recording; (ii) any 
trademark or trade dress rights; (iii) any rights outside the 
Territory; (iv) any rights of publicity or rights to any endorsement 
by SoundExchange or any other Person; or (v) any rights outside the 
scope of a statutory license under 17 U.S.C. 112(e) and 114.
    (d) Territory. The rights granted in this Agreement shall be 
limited to the Territory.
    (e) No Syndication Rights. Nothing in this Agreement authorizes 
any Web Site Performances to be accessed by Web Site Users through 
any Web Site other than an Authorized Web Site.
    3.4 Effect of Non-Performance by any Covered Entity. In the 
event that any Covered Entity breaches or otherwise fails to perform 
any of the material terms of this Agreement it is required to 
perform (including any obligations applicable under Section 112 or 
114), or otherwise materially violates the terms of this Agreement 
or Section 112 or 114 or their implementing regulations, the 
remedies of SoundExchange shall be specific to that Covered Entity 
only, and shall include, without limitation, (i) termination of that 
Covered Entity's rights hereunder upon written notice to CPB, and 
(ii) the rights of SoundExchange and Copyright owners under 
applicable law. SoundExchange's remedies for such a breach or 
failure by an individual Covered Entity shall not include 
termination of this Agreement in its entirety or termination of the 
rights of other Covered Entities, except that if CPB breaches or 
otherwise fails to perform any of the material terms of this 
Agreement, or such a breach or failure by a Covered Entity results 
from CPB's inducement, and CPB does not cure such breach or failure 
within thirty (30) days after receiving notice thereof from 
SoundExchange, then SoundExchange may terminate this Agreement in 
its entirety, and a prorated portion of the License Fee for the 
remainder Term shall, after deduction of any damages payable to 
SoundExchange by virtue of the breach or failure, be credited to 
statutory royalty obligations of Covered Entities to SoundExchange 
for the Term as specified by CPB.

Article 4

Consideration

    4.1 License Fee. The total license fee for all Web Site 
Performances and Ephemeral Phonorecords made during the Term shall 
be one million eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($1,850,000) 
(the ``License Fee''), unless additional payments are required as 
described in Section 4.3 or 4.4. The Parties acknowledge that CPB 
has paid SoundExchange two hundred and fifty thousand dollars 
($250,000) of such amount prior to the Execution Date. Within ten 
(10) business days after publication of this Agreement in the 
Federal Register, CPB shall pay SoundExchange the balance of one 
million six hundred thousand dollars ($1,600,000).
    4.2 Calculation of License Fee. The Parties acknowledge that the 
License Fee includes: (i) An annual minimum fee of five hundred 
dollars ($500) for each Covered Entity for each year during the 
Term, except that the annual minimum fee was calculated at two 
hundred and fifty dollars ($250) per year for each Covered Entity 
substantially all of the programming provided by which is reasonably 
classified as news, talk, sports or business programming; (ii) 
additional usage fees calculated in accordance with the royalty rate 
structure applicable to noncommercial webcasters under the Small 
Webcaster Settlement Act of 2002 (see 68 FR 35,008 (June 11, 2003)); 
and (iii) a discount that reflects the administrative convenience to 
SoundExchange of receiving one payment that covers a large number of 
separate entities for six (6) calendar years, as well as the ``time 
value'' of money and protection from bad debt that arises from being 
paid in advance for calendar years 2009 and 2010.
    4.3 Total Music ATH True-Up: If the total Music ATH for all 
Covered Entities, in the aggregate for calendar years 2008, 2009 and 
2010 combined, as estimated in accordance with the methodology 
described in Attachment 1, is greater than seven hundred sixty four 
million six hundred thousand (764,600,000) (approximately the amount 
that would result from 10% year-over-year Music ATH growth in 2008, 
2009 and 2010), CPB shall make an additional payment to 
SoundExchange for all such Music ATH in excess of seven hundred 
sixty four million six hundred thousand (764,600,000) for all 
Covered Entities in the aggregate at the rate of $0.00251 per ATH. 
Such payment shall be due no later than March 1, 2011.
    4.4 Station Growth True-Up: If the total number of Originating 
Public Radio Stations that wish to make Web Site Performances in any 
of calendar year 2008, 2009 and 2010 exceeds the number of such 
Originating Public Radio Stations considered Covered Entities in the 
relevant year, and the excess Originating Public Radio Stations do 
not wish to pay royalties for such Web Site Performances apart from 
this Agreement, CPB may elect by written notice to SoundExchange to 
increase the number of Originating Public Radio Stations considered 
Covered Entities in the relevant year effective as of the date of 
the notice. To the extent of any such elections for all or any part 
of calendar year 2008, 2009 or 2010, CPB shall make an additional 
payment to SoundExchange for each calendar year or part thereof it 
elects to have an additional Originating Public Radio Station 
considered a Covered Entity, in the amount of five hundred dollars 
($500) per Originating Public Radio Station per year. Such payment 
shall accompany the notice electing to have an additional 
Originating Public Radio Station considered a Covered Entity.
    4.5 Late Fee. The Parties hereby agree to the terms set forth in 
37 CFR 380.4(e) as if that Section (and the applicable definitions 
provided in 37 CFR 380.2) were set forth herein.
    4.6. Payments to Third Persons.
    (a) SoundExchange and CPB agree that, except as provided in 
Section 4.6(b), all obligations of, inter alia, clearance, payment 
or attribution to third Persons, including, by way of example and 
not limitation, music publishers and performing rights organizations 
(PROs) for use of the musical compositions embodied in Sound 
Recordings, shall be solely the responsibility of CPB and the 
Covered Entities.
    (b) SoundExchange and CPB agree that all obligations of 
distribution of the License Fee to Copyright Owners and Performers 
in accordance with 37 C.F.R 380.4(g) shall be solely the 
responsibility of SoundExchange. In making such distribution, 
SoundExchange has discretion to allocate the License Fee between 
Section 112 and 114 in the same manner as the majority of other 
webcasting royalties.

Article 5

Reporting, Auditing and Confidentiality

    5.1 Reporting. CPB and Covered Entities shall submit reports of 
use concerning Web Site Performances as set forth in Attachments 1 
and 2.
    5.2 Verification of Information. The Parties hereby agree to the 
terms set forth in 37 CFR 380.4(h) and 380.6 as if those Sections 
(and the applicable definitions provided in 37 CFR 380.2) were set 
forth herein. The exercise by SoundExchange of any right under this 
Section 5.2 shall not prejudice any other rights or remedies of 
SoundExchange.
    5.3 Confidentiality. The Parties hereby agree to the terms set 
forth in 37 CFR Sec.  380.5 as if that Section (and the applicable 
definitions provided in 37 CFR Sec.  380.2) were set forth herein, 
except that:

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    (a) The following shall be added to the end of the first 
sentence of Sec.  380.5(b): ``or documents or information that 
become publicly known through no fault of SoundExchange or are known 
by SoundExchange when disclosed by CPB'';
    (b) The following shall be added at the end of Sec.  380.5(c): 
``and enforcement of the terms of this Agreement''; and
    (c) The following shall be added at the end of Sec.  
380.5(d)(4): ``subject to the provisions of Section 2.3 of this 
Agreement''

Article 6

Non-Participation In Further Proceedings

    CPB and any Covered Entity making Web Site Transmissions in 
reliance on this Agreement shall not directly or indirectly 
participate as a party, amicus curiae or otherwise, or in any manner 
give evidence or otherwise support or assist, in any further 
proceedings to determine royalty rates and terms for digital audio 
transmission or the reproduction of Ephemeral Phonorecords under 
Section 112 or 114 of the Copyright Act for all or any part of the 
Term, including any appeal of the Final Determination of the 
Copyright Royalty Judges, published in the Federal Register at 72 FR 
24084 (May 1, 2007), any proceedings on remand from such an appeal, 
or any other related proceedings, unless subpoenaed on petition of a 
third party (without any action by CPB or a Covered Entity to 
encourage such a petition) and ordered to testify in such 
proceeding. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, any 
entity that is eligible to be treated as a ``Covered Entity'' but 
that that does not elect to be treated as a Covered Entity may elect 
to participate in such proceedings.

Article 7

Term and Termination

    7.1 Term. The term of this Agreement commenced as of January 1, 
2005, and ends as of December 31, 2010 (``Term''). As conditions 
precedent to reliance on the terms of this Agreement by any Covered 
Entity, (a) CPB must pay the License Fee as and when specified in 
Section 4.1, and (b) NPR must withdraw its appeal of the Final 
Determination of the Copyright Royalty Judges, published in the 
Federal Register at 72 FR 24084 (May 1, 2007), which it has agreed 
to do within ten (10) days after the publication of this Agreement 
in the Federal Register.
    7.2 Mutual Termination. This Agreement may be terminated in 
writing upon mutual agreement of the Parties.
    7.3 Consequences of Termination.
    (a) Survival of Provisions. In the event of the expiration or 
termination of this Agreement for any reason, the terms of this 
Agreement shall immediately become null and void, and cannot be 
relied upon for making any further Web Site Performances or 
Ephemeral Phonorecords, except that (i) Articles 6 and 8 and 
Sections 2.3, 5.2 and 7.3 shall remain in full force and effect; and 
(ii) Article 4 and Section 5.1 shall remain in effect after the 
expiration or termination of this Agreement to the extent 
obligations under Article 4 or Section 5.1 accrued prior to any such 
termination or expiration.
    (b) Applicability of Copyright Law. Any Web Site Performances 
made by a Covered Entity or other Originating Public Radio Station 
in violation of the terms of this Agreement or Section 112 or 114 or 
their implementing regulations (except to the extent such 
implementing regulations are inconsistent with this Agreement), 
outside the scope of this Agreement, or after the expiration or 
termination of this Agreement for any reason shall be fully subject 
to, among other things, the copyright owners' rights under 17 U.S.C. 
106(6), the remedies in 17 U.S.C. 501 et seq., the provisions of 17 
U.S.C. 112(e) and 114, and their implementing regulations unless the 
Parties have entered into a new agreement for such Web Site 
Performances.

Article 8

Miscellaneous

    8.1 Applicable Law and Venue. This Agreement shall be governed 
by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the District of 
Columbia (without giving effect to conflicts of law principles 
thereof). All actions or proceedings arising directly or indirectly 
from or in connection with this Agreement shall be litigated only in 
the United States District Court for the District of Columbia 
located in Washington, DC. The Parties and Covered Entities, to the 
extent permitted under their state or tribal law, consent to the 
jurisdiction and venue of the foregoing court and consent that any 
process or notice of motion or other application to said court or a 
judge thereof may be served inside or outside the District of 
Columbia by registered mail, return receipt requested, directed to 
the Person for which it is intended at its address set forth in this 
Agreement (and service so made shall be deemed complete five (5) 
days after the same has been posted as aforesaid) or by personal 
service or in such other manner as may be permissible under the 
rules of that court.
    8.2 Rights Cumulative. The remedies provided in this Agreement 
and available under applicable law shall be cumulative and shall not 
preclude assertion by any Party of any other rights or the seeking 
of any other remedies against the other Party hereto. This Agreement 
shall not constitute a waiver of any violation of Section 112 or 114 
or their implementing regulations (except to the extent such 
implementing regulations are inconsistent with this Agreement). No 
failure to exercise and no delay in exercising any right, power or 
privilege shall operate as a waiver of such right, power or 
privilege. Neither this Agreement nor any such failure or delay 
shall give rise to any defense in the nature of laches or estoppel. 
No single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege 
granted under this Agreement or available under applicable law shall 
preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of 
any other right, power or privilege. No waiver by either Party of 
full performance by the other Party in any one or more instances 
shall be a waiver of the right to require full and complete 
performance of this Agreement and of obligations under applicable 
law thereafter or of the right to exercise the remedies of 
SoundExchange under Section 3.4.
    8.3 Severability. Whenever possible, each provision of this 
Agreement shall be interpreted in such a manner as to be effective 
and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this 
Agreement shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, 
such provisions shall be ineffective to the extent of such 
prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of 
such provision or the remaining provisions of this Agreement.
    8.4 Amendment. This Agreement may be modified or amended only by 
a writing signed by the Parties.
    8.5 Entire Agreement. This Agreement expresses the entire 
understanding of the Parties and supersedes all prior and 
contemporaneous agreements and undertakings of the Parties with 
respect to the subject matter hereof.
    8.6 Headings. The titles used in this Agreement are used for 
convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or 
interpreting this Agreement.
    In witness whereof, the Parties hereto have executed this 
Agreement as of the date first above written.

Attachment 1

Reporting

    1. Definitions. The following terms shall have the meaning set 
forth below for purposes of this Attachment 1. All other capitalized 
terms shall have the meaning set forth in Article 1 of the 
Agreement.
    (a) ``Content Logs'' shall have the meaning set forth in Section 
4(a)(ii) of this Attachment 1.
    (b) ``Current Period'' shall mean the period commencing with the 
first day after the end of the Historic Period and continuing to the 
end of the Term.
    (c) ``Historic Period'' shall mean the period from April 1, 2004 
through the last day of the month of the Execution Date.
    (d) ``Major Format Group'' shall mean each of the following 
format descriptions characterizing the programming offered by 
various Covered Entities: (i) Classical; (ii) jazz; (iii) music mix; 
(iv) news and information; (v) news/classical; (vi) news/jazz; (vii) 
news/music mix; and (viii) adult album alternative. A Covered 
Entity's Major Format Group is determined based on the format 
description best describing the programming of the principal 
broadcast service offered by the Covered Entity and will include all 
channels streamed.
    (e) ``Reporting Data'' shall mean, for each Sound Recording for 
which Reporting Data is to be provided, (1) the relevant Covered 
Entity (including call sign and community of license of any 
terrestrial broadcast station and any Side Channel(s)); (2) the 
title of the song or track performed; (3) the featured recording 
artist, group, or orchestra; (4) the title of the commercially 
available album or other product on which the Sound Recording is 
found; (5) the marketing label of the commercially available album 
or other product on which the sound recording is found; and (6) play 
frequency.
    (f) ``Specified Reports'' are reports that provide Reporting 
Data concerning over-the-air performances of Sound Recordings that 
are also Web Site Performances by an

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Originating Public Radio Station. The Parties agree that such 
reports will initially be the ones provided by Mediaguide, Inc. or a 
successor thereto (``Mediaguide''). In the event that Mediaguide, or 
other agreed-upon source of Specified Reports, should cease to 
provide Reporting Data that satisfy the function of such reports 
hereunder, the Parties shall promptly identify and agree upon an 
alternative vendor of reports, or an alternative approach to 
providing Reporting Data to SoundExchange, provided that such 
alternative reports or approaches are available on commercial terms 
comparable to Mediaguide reports.
    2. General.
    All data required to be provided hereunder shall be provided to 
SoundExchange electronically in the manner provided in 37 CFR 
370.3(d), except to the extent the parties agree otherwise. CPB 
shall consult with SoundExchange in advance concerning the content 
and format of all data to be provided hereunder, and shall provide 
data that is accurate, to the best of CPB's and the relevant Covered 
Entity's knowledge, information and belief. The methods used to make 
estimates, predictions and projections of data shall be subject to 
SoundExchange's prior written approval, which shall not be 
unreasonably withheld.
    3. Data for the Historic Period.
    (a) For 2004. CPB and SoundExchange shall use reasonable efforts 
to obtain available Specified Reports regarding Covered Entities for 
the period April 1, 2004 through December 31, 2004. NPR has 
previously provided SoundExchange with all available Music ATH data 
from the Music Webcasting Report dated September, 2004, in the form 
of an Excel spreadsheet. CPB represents that such data includes 
Music ATH data for all Major Format Groups.
    (b) For 2005-2008.
    (i) If Covered Entities have Reporting Data, or other 
information reportable under 37 CFR Part 370, with respect to Web 
Site Performances during the Historic Period, such Covered Entities 
shall provide such information to CPB, which shall provide the same 
to SoundExchange, as soon as practicable, and in any event by no 
later than sixty (60) days after the end of the Historic Period. 
Such data shall be provided in a format consistent with Attachment 
2.
    (ii) CPB and SoundExchange shall use reasonable efforts to 
obtain available Specified Reports regarding Covered Entities for 
the Historic Period. CPB and SoundExchange shall each pay one-half 
of the costs for such Specified Reports.
    (iii) CPB has previously provided SoundExchange with the 
Streaming Census Report dated October 18, 2007 which SoundExchange 
has accepted which includes estimates of total Music ATH during the 
Historic Period, and of the allocation thereof to Major Format 
Groups, Covered Entities and applicable period.
    4. Data Collection and Reporting for the Current Period. CPB 
shall provide data regarding Web Site Performances during the 
Current Period to SoundExchange, and Covered Entities shall provide 
such data to CPB, consistent with the following terms:
    (a) ATH and Content Logs. For each calendar quarter during the 
Current Period:
    (i) Music ATH Reporting. CPB shall provide reports (the ``ATH 
Reports'') of Music ATH by Covered Entities reasonably 
representative of all Major Format Groups, having relatively high 
Music ATH among the set of Covered Entities, and representing at 
least 60% of the total Music ATH by the Covered Entities in 2009 and 
at least 80% of the total Music ATH by the Covered Entities in 2010. 
Such ATH reports shall be accompanied by the Content Logs described 
in Section 4(a)(ii) for the periods described therein for all 
Covered Entities for which ATH Reports are provided. All ATH Reports 
and Content Logs for a quarter shall be provided by CPB together in 
one single batch, but all data shall be broken out by Covered Entity 
and identify each Covered Entity's Major Format Group. The ATH 
Reports shall be in a form similar to the Streaming Census Report 
dated October 18, 2007, which reported two hundred ten million 
(210,000,000) total Music ATH for all Covered Entities for calendar 
year 2007, except as otherwise provided in this Section 4(a)(i). If 
the ATH Reports satisfy the requirements set forth above in this 
Section 4(a)(i), all Covered Entities shall be deemed in compliance 
with the terms of this Section 4(a)(i).
    (ii) Reporting Period and Data. The information about Music ATH 
referenced in Section 4(a)(i) shall be collected from Covered 
Entities for two 7-consecutive-day reporting periods per quarter in 
2009 and 2010. The first ATH Report shall be provided no later than 
180 days after the Execution Date. Thereafter, the ATH Reports shall 
be provided within thirty (30) days of the end of each calendar 
quarter. During these reporting periods, Covered Entities described 
in Section 4(a)(i) above shall prepare logs containing Reporting 
Data for all their Web Site Performances (``Content Logs''). These 
Content Logs shall be compared with server-based logs of Music ATH 
throughout the reporting period before the ATH Report is submitted 
to SoundExchange.
    (iii) Additional Data Reporting. Each quarter, CPB shall, for 
Covered Entities representing the highest 20% of reported Music ATH 
in 2009 and the highest 30% of reported Music ATH in 2010, provide 
SoundExchange Reporting Data collected continuously during each 24 
hour period for the majority of their Web Site Performances, along 
with the Covered Entity's Music ATH, for the relevant quarter. If 
during any calendar quarter of the Current Period, additional 
Covered Entities, in the ordinary course of business, collect 
Reporting Data continuously during each 24 hour period for the 
majority of their Web Site Performances, CPB shall provide 
SoundExchange such data, along with each such Covered Entity's Music 
ATH, for the relevant quarter.
    (b) ATH and Format Surveys. CPB shall semiannually survey all 
Covered Entities to ascertain the number, format and Music ATH of 
all channels (including but not limited to Side Channels) over which 
such Covered Entities make Web Site Performances. CPB shall provide 
the results of such survey to SoundExchange within sixty (60) days 
after the end of the semiannual period to which it pertains.
    (c) Consolidated Reporting. Each quarter, CPB shall provide the 
information required by this Section 4 in one delivery to 
SoundExchange, with a list of all Covered Entities indicating which 
are and are not reporting for such quarter.
    (d) Timing. Except as otherwise provided above, all information 
required to be provided to SoundExchange under this Section 4 shall 
be provided as soon as practicable, and in any event by no later 
than sixty (60) days after the end of the quarter to which it 
pertains. Such data shall be provided in a format consistent with 
Attachment 2.
    5. Development of Technological Solutions. During the Term, CPB 
and Covered Entities shall cooperate in good faith with efforts by 
SoundExchange to develop and test a technological solution that 
facilitates reporting.

Attachment 2

Reporting Format

    1. Format for Reporting Data. All Reporting Data provided under 
Attachment 1, Sections 3(b)(i) and 4(a)(ii) shall be delivered to 
SoundExchange in accordance with the following format:

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Column 1......................................  Station or Side Channel
Column 2......................................  Sound Recording Title
Column 3......................................  Featured Artist, Group or Orchestra
Column 4......................................  Album
Column 5......................................  Marketing Label
Column 6......................................  Play Frequency
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    2. Format for Music ATH. All Music ATH reporting by Covered 
Entities under the following provisions of Attachment 1 shall be 
delivered to SoundExchange in accordance with the following format:
    a. Section 3(b)(i) (the ``Historic Period'')

------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
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Column 1..........................  Station or Side Channel
Column 2..........................  Major Format Group
Column 3..........................  ATH
Column 4..........................  2004 and 2007
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    b. Section 4(a)(i) (the ``Current Period'')

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Column 1..........................  Station or Side Channel
Column 2..........................  Major Format Group
Column 3..........................  ATH
Column 4..........................  Reporting Period
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    3. Major Format Groups. All requirements to provide ``Major 
Format Group'' as that term is defined in Attachment 1, Section 
1(d), shall correspond with one of the following:

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                           Major format groups
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Classical
Jazz
Music Mix
News and Information
News/Classical
News/Jazz
News/Music Mix
Adult Album Alternative
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Appendix B--Agreed Rates and Terms for Broadcasters

Article 1--Definitions

    1.1 General. In general, words used in the rates and terms set 
forth herein (the ``Rates and Terms'') and defined in 17 U.S.C. 
112(e) or 114 or 37 CFR Part 380 shall have the meanings specified 
in those provisions as in effect on the date hereof, with such 
exceptions or clarifications set forth in Section 1.2.
    1.2 Additional Definitions
    (a) ``Broadcaster'' shall mean a webcaster as defined in 17 
U.S.C. 114(f)(5)(E)(iii) that (i) has a substantial business owning 
and operating one or more terrestrial AM or FM radio stations that 
are licensed as such by the Federal Communications Commission; (ii) 
has obtained a compulsory license under 17 U.S.C. 112(e) and 114 and 
the implementing regulations therefor to make Eligible Transmissions 
and related ephemeral recordings; (iii) complies with all applicable 
provisions of Sections 112(e) and 114 and applicable regulations; 
and (iv) is not a noncommercial webcaster as defined in 17 U.S.C. 
114(f)(5)(E)(i).
    (b) ``Broadcaster Webcasts'' shall mean eligible nonsubscription 
transmissions made by a Broadcaster over the internet that are not 
Broadcast Retransmissions.
    (c) ``Broadcast Retransmissions'' shall mean eligible 
nonsubscription transmissions made by a Broadcaster over the 
internet that are retransmissions of terrestrial over-the-air 
broadcast programming transmitted by the Broadcaster through its AM 
or FM radio station, including ones with substitute advertisements 
or other programming occasionally substituted for programming for 
which requisite licenses or clearances to transmit over the internet 
have not been obtained. For the avoidance of doubt, a Broadcast 
Retransmission does not include programming transmitted on an 
internet-only side channel.
    (d) ``Eligible Transmission'' shall mean either a Broadcaster 
Webcast or a Broadcast Retransmission.
    (e) ``Small Broadcaster'' shall mean a Broadcaster that, for any 
of its channels and stations (determined as provided in Section 4.1) 
over which it transmits Broadcast Retransmissions, and for all of 
its channels and stations over which it transmits Broadcaster 
Webcasts in the aggregate, in any calendar year in which it is to be 
considered a Small Broadcaster, meets the following additional 
eligibility criteria: (i) During the prior year it made Eligible 
Transmissions totaling less than 27,777 aggregate tuning hours; and 
(ii) during the applicable year it reasonably expects to make 
Eligible Transmissions totaling less than 27,777 aggregate tuning 
hours; provided that, one time during the period 2006-2015, a 
Broadcaster that qualified as a Small Broadcaster under the 
foregoing definition as of January 31 of one year, elected Small 
Broadcaster status for that year, and unexpectedly made Eligible 
Transmissions on one or more channels or stations in excess of 
27,777 aggregate tuning hours during that year, may choose to be 
treated as a Small Broadcaster during the following year 
notwithstanding clause (i) above if it implements measures 
reasonably calculated to ensure that that it will not make Eligible 
Transmissions exceeding 27,777 aggregate tuning hours during that 
following year. As to channels or stations over which a Broadcaster 
transmits Broadcast Retransmissions, the Broadcaster may elect Small 
Broadcaster status only with respect to any of its channels or 
stations that meet all of the foregoing criteria.
    (f) ``SoundExchange'' shall mean SoundExchange, Inc. and shall 
include its successors and assigns.

Article 2--Agreement Pursuant to

Webcaster Settlement Act of 2008

    2.1 Availability of Rates and Terms. Pursuant to the Webcaster 
Settlement Act of 2008, and subject to the provisions set forth 
below, Broadcasters may elect to be subject to the rates and terms 
set forth herein (the ``Rates and Terms'') in their entirety, with 
respect to such Broadcasters' Eligible Transmissions and related 
ephemeral recordings, for all of the period beginning on January 1, 
2006, and ending on December 31, 2015, in lieu of other rates and 
terms from time to time applicable under 17 U.S.C. 112(e) and 114, 
by complying with the procedure set forth in Section 2.2 hereof. Any 
person or entity that does not satisfy the eligibility criteria to 
be a Broadcaster must comply with otherwise applicable rates and 
terms.
    2.2 Election Process in General. To elect to be subject to these 
Rates and Terms, in lieu of any royalty rates and terms that 
otherwise might apply under 17 U.S.C. 112(e) and 114, for all of the 
period beginning on January 1, 2006, and ending on December 31, 
2015, a Broadcaster shall submit to SoundExchange a completed and 
signed election form (available on the SoundExchange Web site at 
http://www.soundexchange.com) by the later of (i) March 31, 2009; 
(ii) 30 days after publication of these Rates and Terms in the 
Federal Register; or (iii) in the case of a Broadcaster that is not 
making Eligible Transmissions as of the publication of these Rates 
and Terms in the Federal Register but begins doing so at a later 
time, 30 days after the Broadcaster begins making such Eligible 
Transmissions. On any such election form, the Broadcaster must, 
among other things, identify all its stations making Eligible 
Transmissions. If, subsequent to making an election, there are 
changes in the Broadcaster's corporate name or stations making 
Eligible Transmissions, or other changes in its corporate structure 
that affect the application of these Rates and Terms, the 
Broadcaster shall promptly notify SoundExchange thereof. 
Notwithstanding anything else in these Rates and Terms, a person or 
entity otherwise qualifying as a Broadcaster that has participated 
in any way in any appeal of the Final Determination of the Copyright 
Royalty Judges concerning royalty rates and terms under Sections 
112(e) and 114 of the Copyright Act for the period January 1, 2006, 
through December 31, 2010 published in the Federal Register at 72 FR 
24084 (May 1, 2007) (the ``Final Determination'') or any proceeding 
before the Copyright Royalty Judges to determine royalty rates and 
terms under Sections 112(e) and 114 of the Copyright Act for the 
period January 1, 2011, through December 31, 2015 (including Docket 
No. 2009-1 CRB Webcasting III and Docket No. 2009-2 CRB New 
Subscription II, as noticed in the Federal Register at 74 FR 318-20 
(Jan. 5, 2009)) shall not have the right to elect to be treated as a 
Broadcaster or claim the benefit of these Rates and Terms, unless it 
withdraws from such proceeding prior to submitting to SoundExchange 
a completed and signed election form as contemplated by this Section 
2.2.
    2.3 Election of Small Broadcaster Status. A Broadcaster that 
elects to be subject to these Rates and Terms and qualifies as a 
Small Broadcaster may elect to be treated as a Small Broadcaster for 
any one or more calendar years that it qualifies as a Small 
Broadcaster. To do so, the Small Broadcaster shall submit to 
SoundExchange a completed and signed election form (available on the 
SoundExchange Web site at http://www.soundexchange.com) by no later 
than January 31 of the applicable year, except that election forms 
for 2006-2009 shall be due by no later than the date for the 
election provided in Section 2.2. On any such election form, the 
Broadcaster must, among other things, certify that it qualifies as a 
Small Broadcaster; provide information about its prior year 
aggregate tuning hours and the formats of its stations (e.g., the 
genres of music they use); and provide other information requested 
by SoundExchange for use in creating a royalty distribution proxy. 
Even if a Broadcaster has once elected to be treated as a Small 
Broadcaster, it must make a separate, timely election in each 
subsequent year in which it wishes to be treated as a Small 
Broadcaster.
    2.4 Representation of Compliance and Non-waiver. By electing to 
operate pursuant to the Rates and Terms, an entity represents and 
warrants that it qualifies as a Broadcaster and/or Small 
Broadcaster, as the case may be. By accepting an election by a 
transmitting entity or payments or reporting made pursuant to these 
Rates and Terms, SoundExchange does not acknowledge that the 
transmitting entity qualifies as a Broadcaster or Small Broadcaster 
or that it

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has complied with the requirements of the statutory licenses under 
Sections 112(e) and 114 of the Copyright Act (including these Rates 
and Terms). It is the responsibility of each transmitting entity to 
ensure that it is in full compliance with applicable requirements of 
the statutory licenses under Sections 112(e) and 114 of the 
Copyright Act. SoundExchange is not in a position to, and does not, 
make determinations as to whether each of the many services that 
rely on the statutory licenses is eligible for statutory licensing 
or any particular royalty payment classification, nor does it 
continuously verify that such services are in full compliance with 
all applicable requirements. Accordingly, a Broadcaster agrees that 
SoundExchange's acceptance of its election, payment or reporting 
does not give or imply any acknowledgment that it is in compliance 
with the requirements of the statutory licenses (including these 
Rates and Terms) and shall not be used as evidence that it is in 
compliance with the requirements of the statutory licenses 
(including these Rates and Terms). SoundExchange and copyright 
owners reserve all their rights to take enforcement action against a 
transmitting entity that is not in compliance with all applicable 
requirements that are not inconsistent with these Rates and Terms.

Article 3--Scope

    3.1 In General. In consideration for the payment of royalties 
pursuant to Article 4 and such other consideration specified herein, 
Broadcasters that have made a timely election to be subject to these 
Rates and Terms as provided in Section 2.2 are entitled to publicly 
perform sound recordings within the scope of the statutory license 
provided by Section 114 by means of Eligible Transmissions, and to 
make related ephemeral recordings for use solely for purposes of 
such Eligible Transmissions within the scope of Section 112(e), in 
accordance with and subject to the limitations set forth in these 
Rates and Terms and in strict conformity with the provisions of 17 
U.S.C. 112(e) and 114 and their implementing regulations (except as 
otherwise specifically provided herein or waived by particular 
copyright owners with respect to their respective sound recordings), 
in lieu of other rates and terms from time to time applicable under 
17 U.S.C. 112(e) and 114, for all of the period beginning on January 
1, 2006, and ending on December 31, 2015.
    3.2 Applicability to All Eligible Services Operated by or for a 
Broadcaster. If a Broadcaster has made a timely election to be 
subject to these Rates and Terms as provided in Section 2.2, these 
Rates and Terms shall apply to all Eligible Transmissions made by or 
for the Broadcaster that qualify as a Performance under 37 CFR 
380.2(i), and related ephemeral recordings. For the avoidance of 
doubt, a Broadcaster may not rely upon these Rates and Terms for its 
Eligible Transmissions of one broadcast channel or station and upon 
different Section 112(e) and 114 rates and terms for its Eligible 
Transmissions of other broadcast channels or stations.
    3.3 No Implied Rights. These Rates and Terms extend only to 
electing Broadcasters and grant no rights, including by implication 
or estoppel, to any other person or except as specifically provided 
herein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, these 
Rates and Terms do not grant (i) any copyright ownership interest in 
any sound recording; (ii) any trademark or trade dress rights; (iii) 
any rights outside the United States (as defined in 17 U.S.C. 101); 
(iv) any rights of publicity or rights to any endorsement by 
SoundExchange or any other person; or (v) any rights with respect to 
performances or reproductions outside the scope of these Rates and 
Terms or the statutory licenses under 17 U.S.C. 112(e) and 114.

Article 4--Royalties

    4.1 Minimum Fees. Each Broadcaster will pay an annual, 
nonrefundable minimum fee of $500 for each of its individual 
channels, including each of its individual side channels, and each 
of its individual stations, through which (in each case) it makes 
Eligible Transmissions, for each calendar year or part of a calendar 
year during 2006-2015 during which the Broadcaster is a licensee 
pursuant to licenses under 17 U.S.C. 112(e) and 114, provided that a 
Broadcaster shall not be required to pay more than $50,000 in 
minimum fees in the aggregate (for 100 or more channels or 
stations). For purposes of these Rates and Terms, each individual 
stream (e.g., HD radio side channels, different stations owned by a 
single licensee) will be treated separately and be subject to a 
separate minimum, except that identical streams for simulcast 
stations will be treated as a single stream if the streams are 
available at a single Uniform Resource Locator (URL) and 
performances from all such stations are aggregated for purposes of 
determining the number of payable performances hereunder. Upon 
payment of the minimum fee, the Broadcaster will receive a credit in 
the amount of the minimum fee against any royalties payable for the 
same calendar year for the same channel or station. In addition, an 
electing Small Broadcaster also shall pay a $100 annual fee (the 
``Proxy Fee'') to SoundExchange for the reporting waiver discussed 
in Section 5.1.
    4.2 Royalty Rates. Royalties for Eligible Transmissions made 
pursuant to 17 U.S.C. 114, and the making of related ephemeral 
recordings pursuant to 17 U.S.C. 112(e), shall, except as provided 
in Section 5.3, be payable on a per-performance basis, as follows:

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                                                             Rate per
                          Year                              performance
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2006....................................................         $0.0008
2007....................................................          0.0011
2008....................................................          0.0014
2009....................................................          0.0015
2010....................................................          0.0016
2011....................................................          0.0017
2012....................................................          0.0020
2013....................................................          0.0022
2014....................................................          0.0023
2015....................................................          0.0025
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    4.3 MFN. If at any time between publication of this Agreement in 
the Federal Register and December 31, 2015, SoundExchange enters 
into an agreement with a Broadcaster specifying terms and conditions 
for the public performance of sound recordings within the scope of 
the statutory license provided by Section 114 by means of Eligible 
Transmissions, and the making of related ephemeral recordings within 
the scope of Section 112(e), upon principal financial or other 
material terms that are more favorable to such Broadcaster than the 
principal financial or other material terms set forth in these Rates 
and Terms, then SoundExchange shall afford electing Broadcasters 
hereunder the opportunity, in each Broadcaster's sole discretion, to 
take advantage of the terms and conditions of such agreement, in 
their entirety, in lieu of these Rates and Terms, with respect to 
the Broadcaster's Eligible Transmissions, from the date such more 
favorable terms became effective under such other agreement and 
continuing until the earlier of (i) the expiration of such other 
agreement, or (ii) December 31, 2015.
    4.4 Ephemeral Royalty. The royalty payable under 17 U.S.C. 
112(e) for any ephemeral reproductions made by a Broadcaster and 
covered hereby is deemed to be included within the royalty payments 
set forth above. SoundExchange has discretion to allocate payments 
hereunder between the statutory licenses under Sections 112(e) and 
114 in the same manner as statutory webcasting royalties for the 
period 2011-2015, provided that such allocation shall not, by virtue 
of a Broadcaster's agreement to this Section 4.4, be considered 
precedent in any judicial, administrative, or other proceeding.
    4.5 Payment. Payments of all amounts specified in these Rates 
and Terms shall be made to SoundExchange. Minimum fees and, where 
applicable, the Proxy Fee shall be paid by January 31 of each year. 
Once a Broadcaster's royalty obligation under Section 4.2 with 
respect to a channel or station for a year exceeds the minimum fee 
it has paid for that channel or station and year, thereby recouping 
the credit provided by Section 4.1, the Broadcaster shall make 
monthly payments at the per-performance rates provided in Section 
4.2 beginning with the month in which the minimum fee first was 
recouped.
    4.6 Monthly Obligations. Broadcasters must make monthly payments 
where required by Section 4.5, and provide statements of account and 
reports of use, for each month on the 45th day following the end of 
the month in which the Eligible Transmissions subject to the 
payments, statements of account, and reports of use were made.
    4.7 Past Periods. Notwithstanding anything else in this 
Agreement, to the extent that a Broadcaster that elects to be 
subject to these Rates and Terms has not paid royalties for all or 
any part of the period beginning on January 1, 2006, and ending on 
February 28, 2009, any amounts payable under these Rates and Terms 
for Eligible Transmissions during such period for which payment has 
not previously been made shall be paid by no later than April 30, 
2009, including late fees as provided in Section 4.8 from the 
original due date.

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    4.8 Late Fees. A Broadcaster shall pay a late fee for each 
instance in which any payment, any statement of account or any 
report of use is not received by SoundExchange in compliance with 
these Rates and Terms and applicable regulations by the due date. 
The amount of the late fee shall be 1.5% of a late payment, or 1.5% 
of the payment associated with a late statement of account or report 
of use, per month, compounded monthly, or the highest lawful rate, 
whichever is lower. The late fee shall accrue from the due date of 
the payment, statement of account or report of use until a fully-
compliant payment, statement of account or report of use is received 
by SoundExchange, provided that, in the case of a timely provided 
but noncompliant statement of account or report of use, 
SoundExchange has notified the Broadcaster within 90 days regarding 
any noncompliance that is reasonably evident to SoundExchange.

Article 5--Reporting, Auditing and Confidentiality

    5.1 Small Broadcasters. While SoundExchange's ultimate goal is 
for all webcasters to provide census reporting, requiring census 
reporting by the smallest Broadcasters at this time may present 
undue challenges for them, reduce compliance, and significantly 
increase SoundExchange's distribution costs. Accordingly, on a 
transitional basis for a limited time and for purposes of these 
Rates and Terms only, and in light of the unique business and 
operational circumstances currently existing with respect to these 
entities, electing Small Broadcasters shall not be required to 
provide reports of their use of sound recordings for Eligible 
Transmissions and related ephemeral recordings. The immediately 
preceding sentence applies even if the Small Broadcaster actually 
makes Eligible Transmissions for the year exceeding 27,777 aggregate 
tuning hours, so long as it qualified as a Small Broadcaster at the 
time of its election for that year. Instead, SoundExchange shall 
distribute the aggregate royalties paid by electing Small 
Broadcasters based on proxy usage data in accordance with a 
methodology adopted by SoundExchange's Board of Directors. In 
addition to minimum royalties hereunder, electing Small Broadcasters 
will pay to SoundExchange a $100 Proxy Fee to defray costs 
associated with this reporting waiver, including development of 
proxy usage data. SoundExchange hopes that offering this option to 
electing Small Broadcasters will promote compliance with statutory 
license obligations and thereby increase the pool of royalties 
available to be distributed to copyright owners and performers. 
SoundExchange further hopes that selection of a proxy believed by 
SoundExchange to represent fairly the playlists of Small 
Broadcasters will allow payment to more copyright owners and 
performers than would be possible with any other reasonably 
available option. Small Broadcasters should assume that, effective 
January 1, 2016, they will be required to report their actual usage 
in full compliance with then-applicable regulations. Small 
Broadcasters are encouraged to begin to prepare to report their 
actual usage by that date, and if it is practicable for them to do 
so earlier, they may wish not to elect Small Broadcaster status.
    5.2 Reporting by Other Broadcasters in General. Broadcasters 
other than electing Small Broadcasters covered by Section 5.1 shall 
submit reports of use on a per-performance basis in compliance with 
the regulations set forth in 37 CFR Part 370, except that the 
following provisions shall apply notwithstanding the provisions of 
applicable regulations from time to time in effect:
    (a) Broadcasters may pay for, and report usage in, a percentage 
of their programming hours on an aggregate tuning hour basis as 
provided in Section 5.3.
    (b) Broadcasters shall submit reports of use to SoundExchange on 
a monthly basis.
    (c) As provided in Section 4.6, Broadcasters shall submit 
reports of use by no later than the 45th day following the last day 
of the month to which they pertain.
    (d) Except as provided in Section 5.3, Broadcasters shall submit 
reports of use to SoundExchange on a census reporting basis (i.e., 
reports of use shall include every sound recording performed in the 
relevant month and the number of performances thereof).
    (e) Broadcasters shall either submit a separate report of use 
for each of their stations, or a collective report of use covering 
all of their stations but identifying usage on a station-by-station 
basis.
    (f) Broadcasters shall transmit each report of use in a file the 
name of which includes (i) the name of the Broadcaster, exactly as 
it appears on its notice of use, and (ii) if the report covers a 
single station only, the call letters of the station.
    (g) Broadcasters shall submit reports of use with headers, as 
presently described in 37 CFR 370.3(d)(7).
    (h) Broadcasters shall submit a separate statement of account 
corresponding to each of their reports of use, transmitted in a file 
the name of which includes (i) the name of the Broadcaster, exactly 
as it appears on its notice of use, and (ii) if the statement covers 
a single station only, the call letters of the station.
    5.3 Limited ATH-Based Reporting. Recognizing the operational 
challenge of census reporting, Broadcasters generally reporting 
pursuant to Section 5.2 may pay for, and report usage in, a 
percentage of their programming hours on an aggregate tuning hours 
basis, if (a) census reporting is not reasonably practical for the 
programming during those hours, and (b) if the total number of hours 
on a single report of use, provided pursuant to Section 5.2, for 
which this type of reporting is used is below the maximum percentage 
set forth below for the relevant year:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                               Maximum
                            Year                              percentage
------------------------------------------------------------------------
2009.......................................................          20%
2010.......................................................          18%
2011.......................................................          16%
2012.......................................................          14%
2013.......................................................          12%
2014.......................................................          10%
2015.......................................................           8%
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    To the extent that a Broadcaster chooses to report and pay for 
usage on an aggregate tuning hours basis pursuant to this Section 
5.3, the Broadcaster shall (i) report and pay based on the 
assumption that the number of sound recordings performed during the 
relevant programming hours is 12 per hour; (ii) pay royalties (or 
recoup minimum fees) at the per-performance rates provided in 
Section 4.2 on the basis of clause (i) above; (iii) include 
aggregate tuning hours in reports of use provided pursuant to 
Section 5.2; and (iv) include in reports of use provided pursuant to 
Section 5.2 complete playlist information for usage reported on the 
basis of aggregate tuning hours. SoundExchange may distribute 
royalties paid on the basis of aggregate tuning hours hereunder in 
accordance with its generally-applicable methodology for 
distributing royalties paid on such basis.
    5.4 Verification of Information. The provisions of applicable 
regulations for the retention of records and verification of 
statutory royalty payments (presently 37 CFR 380.4(h) and 380.6) 
shall apply hereunder. The exercise by SoundExchange of any right 
under this Section 5.4 shall not prejudice any other rights or 
remedies of SoundExchange or sound recording copyright owners.
    5.5 Confidentiality. The provisions of applicable regulations 
concerning confidentiality (presently 37 CFR 380.5 (and the 
applicable definitions provided in 37 CFR 380.2)) shall apply 
hereunder.

Article 6--Additional Provisions

    6.1 Applicable Regulations. To the extent not inconsistent with 
the Rates and Terms herein, all applicable regulations, including 37 
CFR Parts 370 and 380, shall apply to activities subject to these 
Rates and Terms.
    6.2 Participation in Specified Proceedings. A Broadcaster that 
elects to be subject to these Rates and Terms agrees that it has 
elected to do so in lieu of any different statutory rates and terms 
that may otherwise apply during any part of the 2006-2015 period and 
in lieu of participating at any time in a proceeding to set rates 
and terms for any part of the 2006-2015 period. Thus, once a 
Broadcaster has elected to be subject to these Rates and Terms, it 
shall not at any time participate as a party, intervenor, amicus 
curiae or otherwise, or give evidence or otherwise support or 
assist, in Intercollegiate Broadcasting Sys. v. Copyright Royalty 
Board (D.C. Circuit Docket Nos. 07-1123, 07-1168, 07-1172, 07-1173, 
07-1174, 07-1177, 07-1178, 07-1179), Digital Performance Right in 
Sound Recordings and Ephemeral Recordings (Copyright Royalty Judges' 
Docket No. 2009-1 CRB Webcasting III), Digital Performance Right in 
Sound Recordings and Ephemeral Recordings for a New Subscription 
Service (Copyright Royalty Judges' Docket No. 2009-2 CRB New 
Subscription II) or any successor proceedings to determine royalty 
rates and terms for reproduction of ephemeral phonorecords or 
digital audio transmission under Section

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112(e) or 114 of the Copyright Act for all or any part of the period 
2006-2015, including any appeal of the foregoing or any proceedings 
on remand from such an appeal, unless subpoenaed on petition of a 
third party (without any action by a Broadcaster to encourage or 
suggest such a subpoena or petition) and ordered to testify or 
provide documents in such proceeding.
    6.3 Use of Agreement in Future Proceedings.
    (a) Consistent with 17 U.S.C. 114(f)(5)(C), and except as 
specifically provided in Section 6.3(b), neither the Webcaster 
Settlement Act nor any provisions of these Rates and Terms shall be 
admissible as evidence or otherwise taken into account in any 
administrative, judicial, or other government proceeding involving 
the setting or adjustment of the royalties payable for the public 
performance or reproduction in ephemeral phonorecords or copies of 
musical works or sound recordings, the determination of terms or 
conditions related thereto, or the establishment of notice or 
recordkeeping requirements by the Copyright Royalty Judges.
    (b) Pursuant to 17 U.S.C. 114(f)(5)(C), submission of these 
Rates and Terms in a proceeding under 17 U.S.C. 114(f) is expressly 
authorized. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 6.3(b) does not 
authorize participation in a proceeding by an entity that has agreed 
not to participate in the proceeding (pursuant to Section 6.2 or 
otherwise).
    6.4 Effect of Direct Licenses. Any copyright owner may enter 
into a voluntary agreement with any Broadcaster setting alternative 
Rates and Terms governing the Broadcasters' transmission of 
copyrighted works owned by the copyright owner, and such voluntary 
agreement may be given effect in lieu of the Rates and Terms set 
forth herein.
    6.5 Default. A Broadcaster shall comply with all the 
requirements of these Rates and Terms. If it fails to do so, 
SoundExchange may give written notice to the Broadcaster that, 
unless the breach is remedied within 30 days from the date of 
receipt of notice, the Broadcaster's authorization to make public 
performances and ephemeral reproductions under these Rates and Terms 
will be automatically terminated. No such cure period shall apply 
before termination in case of material noncompliance that has been 
repeated multiple times so as to constitute a pattern of 
noncompliance, provided that SoundExchange has given repeated 
notices of noncompliance. Any transmission made by a Broadcaster in 
violation of these Rates and Terms or Section 112(e) or 114 or their 
implementing regulations (except to the extent such implementing 
regulations are inconsistent with these Rates and Terms), outside 
the scope of these Rates and Terms, or after the expiration or 
termination of these Rates and Terms shall be fully subject to, 
among other things, the copyright owners' rights under 17 U.S.C. 106 
and the remedies in 17 U.S.C. 501-506, and all limitations, 
exceptions and defenses available with respect thereto.

Article 7--Miscellaneous

    7.1 Acknowledgement.
    (a) The parties acknowledge this agreement was entered into 
knowingly and willingly.
    (b) This agreement is limited solely to webcasting royalties, 
and the parties acknowledge that it shall not be cited in connection 
with any efforts to obtain, and sets no precedent related to, over-
the-air performance royalties.
    (c) The parties further agree that the preceding acknowledgement 
in Section 7.1(a) does not in any way imply Broadcasters' agreement 
that the royalty rate standard set forth in 17 U.S.C. 114(f)(2)(B) 
is an appropriate rate standard to apply to Broadcasters. 
Broadcasters shall never be precluded by virtue of such 
acknowledgement from arguing in the context of future legislation or 
otherwise that a different royalty rate standard should apply to 
them, and SoundExchange shall never rely upon by such 
acknowledgement as a basis for arguing that the royalty rate 
standard set forth in 17 U.S.C. 114(f)(2)(B) should apply to 
Broadcasters.
    7.2 Applicable Law and Venue. These Rates and Terms shall be 
governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the 
District of Columbia (without giving effect to conflicts of law 
principles thereof). All actions or proceedings arising directly or 
indirectly from or in connection with these Rates and Terms shall be 
litigated only in the United States District Court for the District 
of Columbia located in Washington, DC. SoundExchange and 
Broadcasters consent to the jurisdiction and venue of the foregoing 
court and consent that any process or notice of motion or other 
application to said court or a judge thereof may be served inside or 
outside the District of Columbia by registered mail, return receipt 
requested, directed to the person for which it is intended at its 
last known address (and service so made shall be deemed complete 
five (5) days after the same has been posted as aforesaid) or by 
personal service or in such other manner as may be permissible under 
the rules of that court.
    7.3 Rights Cumulative. The rights, remedies, limitations, and 
exceptions provided in these Rates and Terms and available under 
applicable law shall be cumulative and shall not preclude assertion 
by any party of any other rights, defenses, limitations, or 
exceptions or the seeking of any other remedies against another 
party hereto. These Rates and Terms shall not constitute a waiver of 
any violation of Section 112 or 114 or their implementing 
regulations (except to the extent such implementing regulations are 
inconsistent with these Rates and Terms). No failure to exercise and 
no delay in exercising any right, power or privilege shall operate 
as a waiver of such right, power or privilege. No single or partial 
exercise of any right, power or privilege granted under these Rates 
and Terms or available under applicable law shall preclude any other 
or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, 
power or privilege. No waiver by any party of full performance by 
another party in any one or more instances shall be a waiver of the 
right to require full and complete performance of these Rates and 
Terms and of obligations under applicable law thereafter.
    7.4 Entire Agreement. These Rates and Terms represent the entire 
and complete agreement between SoundExchange and a Broadcaster with 
respect to their subject matter and supersede all prior and 
contemporaneous agreements and undertakings of SoundExchange and a 
Broadcaster with respect to the subject matter hereof.

Appendix C

Agreed Rates and Terms

1. General

    (a) Availability of Rates and Terms. Pursuant to the Webcaster 
Settlement Act of 2008, and subject to the provisions of Section 2, 
Eligible Small Webcasters may elect to be subject to the rates and 
terms set forth herein (the ``Rates and Terms'') in their entirety, 
with respect to their eligible nonsubscription transmissions and 
related ephemeral recordings, in lieu of other rates and terms 
applicable under 17 U.S.C. 112(e) and 114, by complying with the 
procedure set forth in Section 2 hereof. Any person or entity that 
does not satisfy the eligibility criteria to be an Eligible Small 
Webcaster during any calendar year during the period 2006-2015 must 
comply with otherwise applicable rates and terms for that year.
    (b) Compliance. Any Eligible Small Webcaster relying upon the 
statutory licenses set forth in 17 U.S.C. 112(e) and 114 shall 
comply with the requirements of those Sections, these Rates and 
Terms and other applicable regulations.
    (c) Effect of Direct Licenses. These Rates and Terms are without 
prejudice to, and subject to, any voluntary agreements that an 
Eligible Small Webcaster may have entered into with any sound 
recording copyright owner.
    (d) Precedential Effect of Rates and Terms. Eligible Small 
Webcasters agree that these Rates and Terms (including any royalty 
rates, rate structure, fees, definitions, terms, conditions, or 
notice and recordkeeping requirements set forth herein), shall not 
be admissible as evidence or otherwise taken into account in any 
administrative, judicial, or other government proceeding, except as 
specifically provided in this Section 1(d). This prohibition applies 
to, but is not limited to, those proceedings involving the setting 
or adjustment of the royalties payable for the public performance or 
reproduction in ephemeral phonorecords or copies of sound 
recordings, the determination of terms or conditions related 
thereto, or the establishment of notice or recordkeeping 
requirements. These Rates and Terms shall be considered as a 
compromise motivated by the unique business, economic and political 
circumstances of small webcasters, copyright owners, and performers 
rather than as matters that would have been negotiated in the 
marketplace between a willing buyer and a willing seller. Eligible 
Small Webcasters shall not, in any way, seek to use in any way these 
Rates and Terms in any such proceeding and further agree to take 
whatever steps are appropriate to prevent use of such rates and 
terms in those proceedings. SoundExchange may disclose, describe or 
explain any provision of these Rates and Terms in any proceeding 
without giving it precedential effect.

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2. Election for Treatment as an Eligible Small Webcaster

    (a) Election Process in General. An Eligible Small Webcaster 
that wishes to elect to be subject to these Rates and Terms with 
respect to its eligible nonsubscription transmissions and related 
ephemeral recordings, in lieu of any royalty rates and terms that 
otherwise might apply under 17 U.S.C. 112(e) and 114, for any 
calendar year that it qualifies as an Eligible Small Webcaster 
during the period beginning on January 1, 2006, and ending on 
December 31, 2015, shall submit to SoundExchange a completed and 
signed election form (available on the SoundExchange Web site at 
http://www.soundexchange.com) by no later than the first date on 
which the webcaster would be obligated under these Rates and Terms 
to make a royalty payment for such year. An Eligible Small Webcaster 
that fails to make a timely election shall pay royalties for the 
relevant year as otherwise provided under 17 U.S.C. 112 and 114.
    (b) Election of Microcaster Status. An Eligible Small Webcaster 
that elects to be subject to these Rates and Terms and qualifies as 
a Microcaster may elect to be treated as a Microcaster for any one 
or more calendar years that it qualifies as a Microcaster. To do so, 
the Microcaster shall submit to SoundExchange a completed and signed 
election form (available on the SoundExchange Web site at http://www.soundexchange.com) by no later than the first date on which the 
Eligible Small Webcaster would be obligated under these Rates and 
Terms to make a royalty payment for each year it elects to be 
treated as a Microcaster. On any such election form, the Eligible 
Small Webcaster must, among other things, certify that it qualifies 
as a Microcaster; provide its prior year Gross Revenues, Third Party 
Participation Revenues and Aggregate Tuning Hours; and provide other 
information requested by SoundExchange for use in creating a royalty 
distribution proxy. Even if an Eligible Small Webcaster has once 
elected to be treated as a Microcaster, it must make a separate, 
timely election in each subsequent year in which it wishes to be 
treated as a Microcaster.
    (c) Participation in Proceedings. Notwithstanding anything else 
in these Rates and Terms, a person or entity otherwise qualifying as 
an Eligible Small Webcaster that has participated in any way in any 
appeal of the Final Determination of the Copyright Royalty Judges 
concerning royalty rates and terms under Sections 112(e) and 114 of 
the Copyright Act for the period January 1, 2006, through December 
31, 2010 published in the Federal Register at 72 FR 24084 (May 1, 
2007) (the ``Final Determination'') or any proceeding before the 
Copyright Royalty Judges to determine royalty rates and terms under 
Sections 112(e) and 114 of the Copyright Act for the period January 
1, 2011, through December 31, 2015 (including Docket No. 2009-1 CRB 
Webcasting III and Docket No. 2009-2 CRB New Subscription II, as 
noticed in the Federal Register at 74 FR 318-20 (Jan. 5, 2009)) 
shall not have the right to elect to be treated as an Eligible Small 
Webcaster or claim the benefit of these Rates and Terms, unless it 
withdraws from such proceeding and submits to SoundExchange a 
completed and signed election form within thirty (30) days after 
publication of these Rates and Terms in the Federal Register. An 
Eligible Small Webcaster that elects to be subject to these Rates 
and Terms for any one or more years agrees that it has elected to do 
so in lieu of any different statutory rates and terms that may 
otherwise apply during that year and in lieu of participating at any 
time in a proceeding to set rates and terms for any part of the 
2006-2015 period. Thus, once an Eligible Small Webcaster has elected 
to be subject to these Rates and Terms it shall not at any time 
(even if it is no longer eligible, or has no longer elected to be 
treated, as an Eligible Small Webcaster) directly or indirectly 
participate as a party, amicus curiae or otherwise, or in any manner 
give evidence or otherwise support or assist, in any further 
proceedings to determine royalty rates and terms for reproduction of 
ephemeral phonorecords or digital audio transmission under Section 
112(e) or 114 of the Copyright Act for all or any part of the period 
2006-2015, including any appeal of the Final Determination, any 
proceedings on remand from such an appeal, any proceeding before the 
Copyright Royalty Judges to determine royalty rates and terms 
applicable to the statutory licenses under Sections 112(e) and 114 
of the Copyright Act for the period 2011-2015, any appeal of such 
proceeding, or any other related proceedings.
    (d) Compliance. By electing Eligible Small Webcaster and/or 
Microcaster status, a transmitting entity represents that it is 
eligible therefor and in compliance with all requirements of the 
statutory licenses under Sections 112(e) and 114 of the Copyright 
Act. By accepting an election by a transmitting entity or payments 
or reporting made pursuant to these Rates and Terms, SoundExchange 
does not acknowledge that the transmitting entity qualifies as an 
Eligible Small Webcaster or Microcaster or that it has complied with 
the requirements of the statutory licenses under Sections 112(e) and 
114 of the Copyright Act (including these Rates and Terms). It is 
the responsibility of each transmitting entity to ensure that it is 
in full compliance with the requirements of the statutory licenses 
under Sections 112(e) and 114 of the Copyright Act. SoundExchange is 
not in a position to, and does not, make determinations as to 
whether each of the many services that rely on the statutory 
licenses is eligible for statutory licensing or any particular 
royalty payment classification, nor does it continuously verify that 
such services are in full compliance with all applicable 
requirements. Accordingly, an Eligible Small Webcaster agrees that 
SoundExchange's acceptance of its election, payment or reporting 
does not give or imply any acknowledgment that it is in compliance 
with the requirements of the statutory licenses (including these 
Rates and Terms) and shall not be used as evidence that it is in 
compliance with the requirements of the statutory licenses 
(including these Rates and Terms). SoundExchange and copyright 
owners reserve all their rights to take enforcement action against a 
transmitting entity that is not in compliance with those 
requirements.

3. Royalty Rates for Eligible Small Webcasters

    For eligible nonsubscription transmissions made by an Eligible 
Small Webcaster during the period 2006-2015, except an electing 
Microcaster, the royalty rate shall be--
    (1) On any transmissions not exceeding 5,000,000 Aggregate 
Tuning Hours per month (equivalent to approximately 6,945 average 
simultaneous listeners, listening for thirty consecutive days, 24 
hours a day), the greater of (i) ten percent (10%) of the Eligible 
Small Webcaster's first $250,000 in Gross Revenues and twelve 
percent (12%) of any Gross Revenues in excess of $250,000 during the 
applicable year; or (ii) seven percent (7%) of the Eligible Small 
Webcaster's Expenses during the applicable year; and
    (2) On any transmissions in excess of 5,000,000 Aggregate Tuning 
Hours per month, the commercial webcasting rates provided in the 
Final Determination (for the period 2006-2010) or the then-
applicable commercial webcasting rates under Sections 112(e) and 114 
(for the period 2011-2015).

4. Minimum Annual Fees

    (a) In General. For each year from 2006-2015, an Eligible Small 
Webcaster shall pay annual minimum fees as follows:
    (1) $500 for electing Microcasters, which shall constitute the 
only royalty payable hereunder by an electing Microcaster, except 
that an electing Microcaster also shall pay a $100 annual fee (the 
``Proxy Fee'') to SoundExchange for the reporting waiver discussed 
in Section 6(a), and the provisions of Section 5(d) shall apply;
    (2) $2,000, for Eligible Small Webcasters other than electing 
Microcasters that had Gross Revenues during the prior year of not 
more than $50,000 and reasonably expect Gross Revenues of not more 
than $50,000 during the applicable year; or
    (3) $5,000, for Eligible Small Webcasters that had Gross 
Revenues during the prior year of more than $50,000 or reasonably 
expect Gross Revenues to exceed $50,000 during the applicable year.
    (b) The amounts specified in Section 4(a) shall be paid by 
January 31 of each year.
    (c) All minimum fees (but not the Proxy Fee for the reporting 
waiver for Microcasters) shall be fully creditable toward royalties 
due for the year for which such amounts are paid, but not any other 
year.

5. Payments

    (a) Qualification to Make Current Payments as Eligible Small 
Webcaster. If the Gross Revenues, plus the Third Party Participation 
Revenues and revenues from the operation of New Subscription 
Services, of a transmitting entity and its Affiliates have not 
exceeded $1,250,000 in any year, and the transmitting entity 
reasonably expects to be an Eligible Small Webcaster in a given 
year, the transmitting entity may make payments for that year on the 
assumption that it will be an Eligible Small Webcaster for that year 
for so long as that assumption is reasonable.
    (b) True-Up Between Gross Revenues and Expenses. In making 
monthly payments, an Eligible Small Webcaster shall, at the time a 
payment is due, calculate its Gross Revenues and Expenses for the 
year through the end of the applicable month and pay the applicable

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percentage of Gross Revenues or Expenses, as the case may be, for 
the year through the end of the applicable month, less any amounts 
previously paid for such year. For the purposes of illustration 
only, if an Eligible Small Webcaster has $100,000 in Gross Revenues 
and $2,000 in Expenses in Month 1, the monthly payment shall be 
$10,000 (10% of aggregate gross yearly revenue up to $250,000). In 
Month 2, if the Eligible Small Webcaster has $100,000 in Gross 
Revenue and $2,000 in Expenses, then the Eligible Small Webcaster 
shall pay $10,000 in monthly payments (10% of aggregate gross yearly 
revenue for the year up to $250,000 less the $10,000 paid in Month 
1). In Month 3, if the Eligible Small Webcaster has $100,000 in 
Gross Revenue and $2,000 in Expenses, then the Eligible Small 
Webcaster shall pay $11,000 in monthly payments (10% of aggregate 
gross yearly revenue for the year up to $250,000 plus 12% of 
aggregate gross yearly revenue for the amount above $250,000, less 
prior payments).
    (c) Effect if Eligibility Condition is Exceeded. Except as 
provided in Section 5(e), if a transmitting entity has made payments 
for any year based on the assumption that it will qualify as an 
Eligible Small Webcaster, but the actual Gross Revenues plus Third 
Party Participation Revenues and revenues from the operation of New 
Subscription Services in that year of the transmitting entity and 
its Affiliates exceed the Gross Revenue threshold provided in 
Section 8(e), then the transmitting entity shall receive a six (6) 
month grace period measured from the first month following the month 
in which such revenues exceed $1,250,000 (the ``Grace Period''). 
During the Grace Period, the transmitting entity shall pay the rates 
as specified in Section 3(a). From and after the date the Grace 
Period has expired, the transmitting entity will pay the commercial 
webcasting rates provided in the Final Determination (for 2006-2010) 
or the then-applicable commercial webcasting rates under Sections 
112(e) and 114 (for 2011-2015), only for periods after the 
expiration of the Grace Period.
    (d) Effect if Microcaster Eligibility Condition is Exceeded. 
Except as provided in Section 5(e), if a transmitting entity has 
made payments and not reported usage for any year based on the 
assumption that it will qualify as a Microcaster, but the actual 
Gross Revenues plus Third Party Participation Revenues, Expenses, or 
Aggregate Tuning Hours in that year of the transmitting entity and 
its Affiliates exceed a threshold provided in Section 8(h), then the 
transmitting entity's payments for that entire year shall 
retroactively be adjusted as provided in this Section 5(d). By no 
later than January 31 of the following year, the transmitting entity 
shall notify SoundExchange whether it elects to be treated for the 
entire year in which such threshold was exceeded as either an 
Eligible Small Webcaster but not a Microcaster, or as a transmitting 
entity fully subject to the Final Determination (for 2006-2010) or 
to the then-applicable commercial webcasting rates under Sections 
112(e) and 114 (for 2011-2015) (whichever of the foregoing it 
elects, the ``Elected Status''). At the same time, the transmitting 
entity must pay all amounts that would have been due for that year 
if it had originally elected the Elected Status, less any royalties 
previously paid hereunder as a Microcaster for that year (but not 
less the Proxy Fee). The transmitting entity need not provide 
reports of use for that year, and SoundExchange may distribute the 
royalties paid by the transmitting entity for that year based on the 
proxy usage data applicable to Microcasters. For the year following 
the year in which such threshold was exceeded, the transmitting 
entity must comply with applicable requirements as either an 
Eligible Small Webcaster but not a Microcaster, or as a transmitting 
entity fully subject to the Final Determination (for 2006-2010) or 
to the then-applicable commercial webcasting rates under Sections 
112(e) and 114 (for 2011-2015).
    (e) True-Up for Certain Corporate Transactions. If a 
transmitting entity that has at any time elected to be treated as an 
Eligible Small Webcaster under these Rates and Terms, and has not 
ceased to qualify as an Eligible Small Webcaster through growth in 
its business and thereafter paid full commercial webcasting rates 
for a period of at least twelve (12) full months (after any Grace 
Period applicable under Section 5(c)), becomes a party to or subject 
of any merger, sale of stock or all or substantially all of its 
assets, or other corporate restructuring, such that, upon the 
consummation of such transaction, the transmitting entity or its 
successor (including a purchaser of all or substantially all of its 
assets) does not qualify, or reasonably expect to qualify, as an 
Eligible Small Webcaster for the then-current year, then the 
transmitting entity or its successor shall, within thirty (30) days 
after the consummation of such transaction, pay to SoundExchange the 
difference between (1) the payment the transmitting entity would 
have been required to make under the commercial webcasting rates 
provided in the Final Determination (for 2006-2010) or under the 
then-applicable commercial webcasting rates under Sections 112(e) 
and 114 (for 2011-2015) for each year in which it elected to be 
treated as an Eligible Small Webcaster under these Rates and Terms, 
from January 1, 2006 through the date of such transaction, and (2) 
the royalty payments it made under these Rates and Terms for each 
such year. The burden of proof shall be on the transmitting entity 
or its successor to demonstrate its actual usage for purposes of 
determining the payment it would have been required to make under 
such commercial webcasting rates for each such year. If the 
transmitting entity has insufficient records to determine the 
payment it would have been required to make under such commercial 
webcasting rates for each such year, then such calculation shall be 
made on the basis of the assumption that it made transmissions of 
5,000,000 Aggregate Tuning Hours per month, and 15.375 performances 
per each such Aggregate Tuning Hour, during the relevant period.
    (f) Remittance. Payments of all amounts specified in these Rates 
and Terms shall be made to SoundExchange as provided in Section 
7(a). Eligible Small Webcasters shall not be entitled to a refund of 
any amounts paid to SoundExchange, but if an Eligible Small 
Webcaster makes an overpayment of royalties (other than payments of 
minimums) during a year, SoundExchange shall, at its discretion, 
either refund the overpayment or give the Eligible Small Webcaster a 
credit in the amount of its overpayment, which credit shall be 
available to be applied to its payments for the immediately 
following year only.
    (g) Ephemeral Recordings Royalty. SoundExchange has discretion 
to allocate payments hereunder between the statutory licenses under 
Sections 112(e) and 114 in the same manner as the majority of other 
webcasting royalties.
    (h) Past Periods. Notwithstanding anything else in this 
Agreement, to the extent that an Eligible Small Webcaster that 
elects to be subject to these Rates and Terms has not paid royalties 
for all or any part of the period beginning on January 1, 2006, and 
ending on February 28, 2009, any amounts payable under these Rates 
and Terms for eligible nonsubscription transmissions during such 
period for which payment has not previously been made shall be paid 
by no later than April 30, 2009, including late fees as provided in 
Section 5(i) from the original due date.
    (i) Late Fee. An Eligible Small Webcaster shall pay a late fee 
for each instance in which any payment, any statement of account or 
any report of use is not received by SoundExchange in full 
compliance with these Rates and Terms and applicable regulations by 
the due date. The amount of the late fee shall be 1.5% of a late 
payment, or 1.5% of the payment associated with a late statement of 
account or report of use, per month, or the highest lawful rate, 
whichever is lower. The late fee shall accrue from the due date of 
the payment, statement of account or report of use until a fully-
compliant payment, statement of account or report of use is received 
by SoundExchange.

6. Notice and Recordkeeping

    (a) Microcasters. SoundExchange believes that accurate census 
reporting by services is the best way for it to obtain data for 
making fair royalty distributions to copyright owners and 
performers, and for that reason, Section 6(b) generally requires 
census reporting by Eligible Small Webcasters. However, 
SoundExchange has observed a low level of compliance by the smallest 
webcasters with the payment and notice and recordkeeping 
requirements imposed by applicable regulations. Moreover, where 
SoundExchange has received reports of use from the smallest 
webcasters, it has had to devote levels of resources to processing 
those reports that are high relative to the usage and payment 
involved. While SoundExchange's ultimate goal is for all webcasters 
to provide census reporting, requiring census reporting by the 
smallest webcasters at this time may further reduce compliance and 
significantly increase distribution costs.
    Accordingly, on a transitional basis for a limited time and for 
purposes of these Rates and Terms only, and in light of the unique 
business and operational circumstances currently existing with 
respect to these services, electing Microcasters shall not be 
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sound recordings for eligible nonsubscription transmissions and 
related ephemeral recordings. Instead, SoundExchange shall 
distribute the aggregate royalties paid by electing Microcasters 
based on proxy usage data in accordance with a methodology adopted 
by SoundExchange's Board of Directors. In addition to minimum 
royalties hereunder, electing Microcasters will pay to SoundExchange 
a $100 Proxy Fee to defray costs associated with this reporting 
waiver, including development of proxy usage data. SoundExchange 
hopes that offering this option to electing Microcasters will 
promote compliance with statutory license obligations and thereby 
increase the pool of royalties available to be distributed to 
copyright owners and performers. SoundExchange further hopes that 
selection of a proxy believed by SoundExchange to represent fairly 
the playlists of the smallest webcasters will allow payment to more 
copyright owners and performers than would be possible with any 
other reasonably available option. Microcasters should assume that, 
effective January 1, 2016, they will be required to report their 
actual usage in full compliance with then-applicable regulations. 
Microcasters are encouraged to begin to prepare to report their 
actual usage by that date, and if it is practicable for them to do 
so earlier, they may wish not to elect Microcaster status.
    (b) Reports to Be Provided by other Eligible Small Webcasters. 
As a condition of these Rates and Terms, except as provided in 
Section 6(a), an Eligible Small Webcaster shall submit reports of 
use of sound recordings to SoundExchange covering the following for 
all of its eligible nonsubscription transmissions, on a channel by 
channel basis:
    (1) The featured recording artist, group or orchestra;
    (2) The sound recording title;
    (3) The title of the retail album or other product (or, in the 
case of compilation albums created for commercial purposes, the name 
of the retail album upon which the track was originally released);
    (4) The marketing label of the commercially available album or 
other product on which the sound recording is found;
    (5) The International Standard Recording Code (``ISRC'') 
embedded in the sound recording, if available;
    (6) The copyright owner information provided in the copyright 
notice on the retail album or other product (e.g., following the 
symbol (P) (the letter P in a circle) or, in the case of compilation 
albums created for commercial purposes, in the copyright notice for 
the individual track);
    (7) The Aggregate Tuning Hours, on a monthly basis, for each 
channel provided by the Eligible Small Webcaster as computed by a 
recognized industry ratings service or as computed by the Eligible 
Small Webcaster from its server logs;
    (8) The channel for each transmission of each sound recording; 
and
    (9) The start date and time of each transmission of each sound 
recording.
    If at any time during the period through December 31, 2015, 
Eligible Small Webcasters would be required under regulations 
applicable to the Section 112(e) or 114 statutory license to provide 
reports of use more extensive than provided in this Section 6(b), 
then any incremental information required by such regulations shall 
be provided under these Rates and Terms in addition to the 
information identified above.
    (c) Provision of Reports. Reports of use described in Section 
6(b) shall be provided at the same time royalty payments are due 
under Section 7(a).
    (d) Server Logs. To the extent not already required by the 
current regulations set forth in 37 CFR Part 380, all Eligible Small 
Webcasters shall retain for a period of at least four (4) years 
server logs sufficient to substantiate all information relevant to 
eligibility, rate calculation and reporting hereunder. To the extent 
that a third-party web hosting or service provider maintains 
equipment or software for an Eligible Small Webcaster and/or such 
third party creates, maintains, or can reasonably create such server 
logs, the Eligible Small Webcaster shall direct that such server 
logs be created and maintained by said third party for a period of 
at least four years and/or that such server logs be provided to, and 
maintained by, the Eligible Small Webcaster. SoundExchange shall 
have access to the same pursuant to applicable regulations for the 
verification of statutory royalty payments (presently 37 CFR 380.6).

7. Additional Provisions

    (a) Monthly Obligations. All Eligible Small Webcasters except 
electing Microcasters must make monthly payments, provide statements 
of account, and submit reports of use as described in Section 6 for 
each month on the forty-fifth (45th) day following the month in 
which the transmissions subject to the payments, statements of 
account, and reports of use were made.
    (b) Proof of Eligibility. At all times, the burden of proof 
shall be on the Eligible Small Webcaster to demonstrate eligibility 
for the Rates and Terms set forth herein and for Microcaster status, 
and at all times the obligation shall be on the Eligible Small 
Webcaster to maintain records sufficient to determine eligibility. 
Failure to retain sufficient records to determine eligibility shall 
constitute a violation of these Rates and Terms and shall render a 
transmitting entity ineligible for the rates and terms set forth 
herein. An Eligible Small Webcaster that elects to be governed by 
the rates and terms set forth herein shall make available to 
SoundExchange, within thirty (30) days after SoundExchange's written 
request at any time during the three (3) years following a period 
during which it is to be treated as an Eligible Small Webcaster for 
purposes of these Rates and Terms, sufficient evidence to support 
its eligibility as an Eligible Small Webcaster and/or Microcaster 
during that period, including but not limited to an accounting of 
all Affiliate and Third Party Participation Revenue, and Aggregate 
Tuning Hours on a monthly basis. Any proof of eligibility provided 
hereunder shall be provided with a certification signed by the 
Eligible Small Webcaster if a natural person, or by an officer or 
partner of the Eligible Small Webcaster if the Eligible Small 
Webcaster is a corporation or partnership, stating, under penalty of 
perjury, that the information provided is accurate and the person 
signing is authorized to act on behalf of the Eligible Small 
Webcaster.
    (c) Default. An Eligible Small Webcaster shall comply with all 
the requirements of these Rates and Terms. If it fails to do so, 
SoundExchange may give written notice to the Eligible Small 
Webcaster that, unless the breach is remedied within thirty days 
from the date of notice and not repeated, the Eligible Small 
Webcaster's authorization to make public performances and ephemeral 
reproductions under these Rates and Terms will be automatically 
terminated. Such termination renders any public performances and 
ephemeral reproductions as to which the breach relates actionable as 
acts of infringement under 17 U.S.C. 501 and fully subject to the 
remedies provided by 17 U.S.C. 502-506.
    (d) Applicable Regulations. To the extent not inconsistent with 
the terms herein, use of sound recordings by Eligible Small 
Webcasters shall be governed by, and Eligible Small Webcasters shall 
comply with, applicable regulations, including 37 CFR Part 380. 
Without limiting the foregoing, the provisions of applicable 
regulations for the retention of records and verification of 
statutory royalty payments (presently 37 CFR 380.4(h) and 380.6) 
shall apply hereunder. Eligible Small Webcasters shall cooperate in 
good faith with any such verification, and the exercise by 
SoundExchange of any right with respect thereto shall not prejudice 
any other rights or remedies of SoundExchange or sound recording 
copyright owners.
    (e) Applicable Law and Venue. These Rates and Terms shall be 
governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the 
District of Columbia (without giving effect to conflicts of law 
principles thereof). All actions or proceedings arising directly or 
indirectly from or in connection with these Rates and Terms shall be 
litigated only in the United States District Court for the District 
of Columbia located in Washington, DC. SoundExchange and Eligible 
Small Webcasters consent to the jurisdiction and venue of the 
foregoing court and consent that any process or notice of motion or 
other application to said court or a judge thereof may be served 
inside or outside the District of Columbia by registered mail, 
return receipt requested, directed to the person for which it is 
intended at its last known address (and service so made shall be 
deemed complete five (5) days after the same has been posted as 
aforesaid) or by personal service or in such other manner as may be 
permissible under the rules of that court.
    (f) Rights Cumulative. The remedies provided in these Rates and 
Terms and available under applicable law shall be cumulative and 
shall not preclude assertion by any party of any other rights or the 
seeking of any other remedies against another party hereto. These 
Rates and Terms shall not constitute a waiver of any violation of 
Section 112 or 114 or their implementing regulations (except to the 
extent such implementing regulations are inconsistent

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with these Rates and Terms). No failure to exercise and no delay in 
exercising any right, power or privilege shall operate as a waiver 
of such right, power or privilege. Neither these Rates and Terms nor 
any such failure or delay shall give rise to any defense in the 
nature of laches or estoppel. No single or partial exercise of any 
right, power or privilege granted under these Rates and Terms or 
available under applicable law shall preclude any other or further 
exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or 
privilege. No waiver by any party of full performance by another 
party in any one or more instances shall be a waiver of the right to 
require full and complete performance of these Rates and Terms and 
of obligations under applicable law thereafter.
    (g) Entire Agreement. These Rates and Terms represent the entire 
and complete agreement between SoundExchange and an Eligible Small 
Webcaster with respect to their subject matter and supersede all 
prior and contemporaneous agreements and undertakings of 
SoundExchange and an Eligible Small Webcaster with respect to the 
subject matter hereof.

8. Definitions

    As used in these Rates and Terms, the following terms shall have 
the following meanings:
    (a) An ``Affiliate'' of a transmitting entity is a person or 
entity that directly, or indirectly through one or more 
intermediaries--
    (1) Has securities or other ownership interests representing 
more than 50 percent of such person's or entity's voting interests 
beneficially owned by--
    (A) Such transmitting entity; or
    (B) A person or entity beneficially owning securities or other 
ownership interests representing more than 50 percent of the voting 
interests of the transmitting entity;
    (2) Beneficially owns securities or other ownership interests 
representing more than 50 percent of the voting interests of the 
transmitting entity; or
    (3) Otherwise Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common 
Control with the transmitting entity.
    (b) The term ``Aggregate Tuning Hours'' has the meaning given 
that term in 37 CFR Sec.  380.2(a), as published in the Final 
Determination.
    (c) A ``Beneficial Owner'' of a security or other ownership 
interest is any person or entity who, directly or indirectly, 
through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship, or 
otherwise, has or shares voting power with respect to such security 
or other ownership interest.
    (d) The term ``Control'' means the possession, direct or 
indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the 
management and policies of a person or entity, whether through the 
ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
    (e) An ``Eligible Small Webcaster'' is a person or entity that 
(i) has obtained a compulsory license under 17 U.S.C. 112(e) and 114 
and the implementing regulations therefor to make eligible 
nonsubscription transmissions over the Internet and related 
ephemeral recordings; (ii) complies with all provisions of Sections 
112(e) and 114 and applicable regulations; (iii) is not a 
noncommercial webcaster as defined in 17 U.S.C. 114(f)(5)(E)(i); and 
(iv) in any calendar year in which it is to be considered an 
Eligible Small Webcaster has, together with its Affiliates, annual 
Gross Revenues plus Third Party Participation Revenues and revenues 
from the operation of New Subscription Services of not more than 
$1,250,000. In determining qualification under this Section 8(e), a 
transmitting entity shall exclude--
    (1) Income of an Affiliate that is a natural person, other than 
income such natural person derives from another Affiliate of such 
natural person that is either a media or entertainment related 
business that provides audio or other entertainment programming, or 
a business that primarily operates an Internet or wireless service; 
and
    (2) Gross Revenues of any Affiliate that is not engaged in a 
media or entertainment related business that provides audio or other 
entertainment programming, and is not engaged in a business that 
primarily operates an Internet or wireless service, if the only 
reason such Affiliate is Affiliated with the transmitting entity is 
that (i) it is under common Control of the same natural person or 
(ii) both are beneficially owned by the same natural person.
    In the case of a person or entity that offers both eligible 
nonsubscription transmissions (as defined in 17 U.S.C. 114(j)(6)) 
and a New Subscription Service, these Rates and Terms apply only to 
the Eligible Small Webcaster's eligible nonsubscription 
transmissions and not the New Subscription Service.
    (f) The term ``Expenses''--
    (1) Means all costs incurred (whether actually paid or not) by 
an Eligible Small Webcaster, except that capital costs shall be 
treated as Expenses allocable to a period only to the extent of 
charges for amortization or depreciation of such costs during such 
period as are properly allocated to such period in accordance with 
United States generally accepted accounting principles (``GAAP'');
    (2) Includes the fair market value of all goods, services, or 
other non-cash consideration (including real, personal, tangible, 
and intangible property) provided by an Eligible Small Webcaster to 
any third party in lieu of a cash payment and the fair market value 
of any goods or services purchased for or provided to an Eligible 
Small Webcaster by an Affiliate of such webcaster; and
    (3) Shall not include--
    (A) The imputed value of personal services rendered by up to 5 
natural persons who are, directly or indirectly, owners of the 
Eligible Small Webcaster, and for which no compensation has been 
paid;
    (B) The imputed value of occupancy of residential property for 
which no Federal income tax deduction is claimed as a business 
expense;
    (C) Costs of purchasing phonorecords of sound recordings used in 
the Eligible Small Webcaster's service;
    (D) Royalties paid for the public performance of sound 
recordings; or
    (E) The reasonable costs of collecting overdue accounts 
receivable, provided that the reasonable costs of collecting any 
single overdue account receivable may not exceed the actual account 
receivable.
    (g) The term ``Gross Revenues''--(1) Means all revenue of any 
kind earned by a person or entity, less--
    (A) Revenue from sales of phonorecords and digital phonorecord 
deliveries of sound recordings;
    (B) The person or entity's actual costs of other products and 
services actually sold through a service that makes eligible 
nonsubscription transmissions, and related sales and use taxes 
imposed on such transactions, costs of shipping such products, 
allowance for bad debts, and credit card and similar fees paid to 
unrelated third parties;
    (C) Revenue from the operation of a New Subscription Service for 
which royalties are paid in accordance with provisions of 17 U.S.C. 
112 and 114; and
    (D) Revenue from the sale of assets in connection with the sale 
of all or substantially all of the assets of such person's or 
entity's business, or from the sale of capital assets; and
    (2) Includes--
    (A) All cash or cash equivalents;
    (B) The fair market value of goods, services, or other non-cash 
consideration (including real, personal, tangible, and intangible 
property);
    (C) In-kind and cash donations and other gifts (but not capital 
contributions made in exchange for an equity interest in the 
recipient); and
    (D) Amounts earned by such person or entity but paid to an 
Affiliate of such person or entity in lieu of payment to such person 
or entity.
    Gross revenues shall be calculated in accordance with U.S. 
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), except that a 
transmitting entity that computes Federal taxable income on the 
basis of the cash receipts and disbursements method of accounting 
for any taxable year may compute its gross receipts for any period 
included in such taxable year on the same basis.
    (h) A ``Microcaster'' is an Eligible Small Webcaster that, 
together with its Affiliates, in any calendar year in which it is to 
be considered a Microcaster, meets the following additional 
eligibility criteria: (i) Transmits sound recordings only by means 
of eligible nonsubscription transmissions (as defined in 17 U.S.C. 
114(j)(6)); (ii) had annual Gross Revenues plus Third Party 
Participation Revenues during the prior year of not more than $5,000 
and reasonably expects Gross Revenues plus Third Party Participation 
Revenues during the applicable year of not more than $5,000; (iii) 
has Expenses during the prior year of not more than $10,000 and 
reasonably expects Expenses during the applicable year of not more 
than $10,000; and (iv) during the prior year did not make eligible 
nonsubscription transmissions exceeding 18,067 Aggregate Tuning 
Hours, and during the applicable year reasonably does not expect to 
make eligible nonsubscription transmissions exceeding 18,067 
Aggregate Tuning Hours.
    (i) The term ``New Subscription Service'' has the meaning given 
that term in 17 U.S.C. 114(j)(8).

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    (j) The ``Third Party Participation Revenues'' of a transmitting 
entity are revenues of any kind earned by a person or entity, other 
than the transmitting entity, including those:
    (1) That relate to the public performance of sound recordings 
and are subject to an economic arrangement in which the transmitting 
entity receives anything of value; or
    (2) That are earned by such person or entity from the sale of 
advertising of any kind in connection with the transmitting entity's 
eligible nonsubscription transmissions.
    By way of example only, a transmitting entity's Third Party 
Participation Revenues would include revenues earned by the 
transmitting entity's proprietor, a marketing partner of the 
transmitting entity, or an aggregator through which the transmitting 
entity's transmissions are available, by virtue of the transmitting 
entity's transmissions.

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BILLING CODE 1410-30-P