61172 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 200 / Wednesday, October 15, 2008 / Notices 

1The ‘‘Phase I Parties’’ are the Program Suppliers, 

Joint Sports Claimants, Public Television 

Claimants, the National Association of 

Broadcasters, the American Society of Composers, 

Authors and Publishers, Broadcast Music, Inc., 

SESAC, Inc., Canadian Claimants, National Public 

Radio, and the Devotional Claimants. 

Total Annual Responses: 2,500. 

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 625. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): 

$0. 

Total Burden Cost (operating/ 

maintenance): $1,125. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for Office of 

Management and Budget approval of the 

information collection request; they will 

also become a matter of public record. 

Dated: October 9, 2008. 

Hazel M. Bell, 

Acting Chief, Branch of Management Review 

and Internal Control, Division of Financial 

Management, Office of Management, 

Administration and Planning, Employment 

Standards Administration. 

[FR Doc. E8–24413 Filed 10–14–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–CK–P 

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

Copyright Royalty Board 

[Docket No. 2008–4 CRB CD 2006] 

Distribution of the 2006 Cable Royalty 

Funds 

AGENCY: Copyright Royalty Board, 

Library of Congress. 

ACTION: Notice soliciting comments on 

motion of Phase I claimants for partial 

distribution. 

SUMMARY: The Copyright Royalty Judges 

are soliciting comments on a motion of 

Phase I claimants for partial distribution 

in connection with the 2006 cable 

royalty funds. 

DATES: Comments are due on or before 

November 14, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent 

electronically to crb@loc.gov. In the 

alternative, send an original, five copies, 

and an electronic copy on a CD either 

by mail or hand delivery. Please do not 

use multiple means of transmission. 

Comments may not be delivered by an 

overnight delivery service other than the 

U.S. Postal Service Express Mail. If by 

mail (including overnight delivery), 

comments must be addressed to: 

Copyright Royalty Board, P.O. Box 

70977, Washington, DC 20024–0977. If 

hand delivered by a private party, 

comments must be brought to the 

Library of Congress, James Madison 

Memorial Building, LM–401, 101 

Independence Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20559–6000. If 

delivered by a commercial courier, 

comments must be delivered to the 

Congressional Courier Acceptance Site 

located at 2nd and D Street, NE., 

Washington, DC. The envelope must be 

addressed to: Copyright Royalty Board, 

Library of Congress, James Madison 

Memorial Building, LM–403, 101 

Independence Avenue, SE., 

Washington, DC 20559–6000. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Richard Strasser, Senior Attorney, or 

Gina Giuffreda, Attorney Advisor, by 

telephone at (202) 707–7658 or e-mail at 

crb@loc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Each year 

cable systems must submit royalty 

payments to the Register of Copyrights 

as required by the statutory license set 

forth in section 111 of the Copyright Act 

for the retransmission to cable 

subscribers of over-the-air television 

and radio broadcast signals. See 17 

U.S.C. 111(d). These royalties are then 

distributed to copyright owners whose 

works were included in a qualifying 

transmission and who timely filed a 

claim for royalties. Allocation of the 

royalties collected occurs in one of two 

ways. In the first instance, these funds 

will be distributed through a negotiated 

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

111(d)(4)(A). If the claimants do not 

reach an agreement with respect to the 

royalties, the Copyright Royalty Judges 

\ (‘‘Judges’’) must conduct a proceeding 

to determine the distribution of any 

royalties that remain in controversy. 17 

U.S.C. 111(d)(4)(B). 

On August 27, 2008, representatives 

of the Phase I claimant categories (the 

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

a motion requesting a partial 

distribution of 50% of the 2006 cable 

royalty funds. Under section 

801(b)(3)(C) of the Copyright Act, the 

Judges must publish a notice in the 

Federal Register seeking responses to 

the motion for partial distribution to 

ascertain whether any claimant entitled 

to receive such fees has a reasonable 

objection to the requested distribution 

before ruling on the motion. 

Consequently, by today’s Notice, the 

Judges seek comments from interested 

claimants on whether any reasonable 

objection exists that would preclude the 

distribution of 50% of the 2006 cable 

royalty funds to the Phase I Parties. 

The Judges also seek comment on the 

existence and extent of any 

controversies to the 2006 cable royalty 

funds at Phase I with respect to the 50% 

of those funds that would remain if the 

partial distribution is granted. In Phase 

I of a cable royalty distribution, royalties 

are distributed to certain categories of 

broadcast programming that have been 

retransmitted by cable systems. The 

categories have traditionally been 

movies and syndicated television series, 

sports programming, commercial and 

noncommercial broadcaster-owned 

programming, religious programming, 

music, public radio programming, and 

Canadian programming. In Phase II of a 

cable royalty distribution, royalties are 

distributed to claimants within each of 

the Phase I categories. 

The Judges must be advised of the 

existence and extent of all Phase I 

controversies by the end of the comment 

period. They will not consider any 

controversies that come to their 

attention after the close of that period. 

The Motion of the Phase I Claimants 

for Partial Distribution is posted on the 

Copyright Royalty Board Web site at 

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

2008-4/08-27-08-phase1motion.pdf. 

Dated: October 8, 2008. 

James Scott Sledge, 

Chief Copyright Royalty Judge. 

[FR Doc. E8–24438 Filed 10–14–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 1410–72–P 

NATIONAL CREDIT UNION 

ADMINISTRATION 

Sunshine Act; Notice of Agency 

Meeting 

TIME AND DATE: 10 a.m., Thursday, 

October 16, 2008. 

PLACE: Board Room, 7th Floor, Room 

7047, 1775 Duke Street, Alexandria, VA 

22314–3428. 

STATUS: Open. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

1. Quarterly Insurance Fund Report. 

2. Proposed Rule—Section 740.4 of 

NCUA’s Rules and Regulations, 

Requirements for the Official Sign. 

3. Final Rule—Part 721 of NCUA 

Rules and Regulations, Incidental 

Powers. 

4. Final Rule—Part 701 of NCUA 

Rules and Regulations, Interpretive 

Ruling and Policy Statement (IRPS) 08– 

2, Criteria to approve service to 

underserved areas. 

RECESS: 11 a.m. 

TIME AND DATE: 11:15 a.m., Thursday, 

October 16, 2008. 

PLACE: Board Room, 7th Floor, Room 

7047, 1775 Duke Street, Alexandria, VA 

22314–3428. 

STATUS: Closed. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

1. One (1) Administrative Action 

under Sections 206 and 208 of the 

Federal Credit Union Act. Closed 


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