certification made by the person described 
in subparagraph (B) in a manner reason-
ably determined by the collective. 
‘‘(iii) NO OBJECTION RECEIVED.—An 
objection to the distribution has not been 
submitted to the collective by the artist 
payee as of the date that is 10 business 
days before the date on which the first dis-
tribution is made. 
‘‘(B) ELIGIBILITY FOR PAYMENT.—A per-
son shall be eligible for payment under subpara-
graph (A) if such person— 
‘‘(i) is a producer, mixer, or sound en-
gineer of the relevant sound recording; 
‘‘(ii) has entered into a written con-
tract with a record company involved in 
the creation or lawful exploitation of the 
relevant sound recording, or with the re-
cording artist or artists featured on such 
sound recording (or the persons conveying 
rights in the artists performance in the 
sound recordings), pursuant to which such 
person is entitled to participate in royalty 
payments based on exploitation of the rel-
evant sound recording that are payable 
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from royalties otherwise payable to the re-
cording artist or artists featured on such 
sound recording (or the persons conveying 
rights in the artists performance in the 
sound recordings); 
‘‘(iii) made a contribution, of a nature 
subject to copyright protection under sec-
tion 102, to the creation of the relevant 
sound recording; and 
‘‘(iv) submits a written certification to 
the collective stating, under penalty of per-
jury, that such person meets the require-
ments in clauses (i) through (iii) and in-
cludes a true copy of the contract de-
scribed in clause (ii). 
‘‘(C) MULTIPLE
CERTIFICATIONS.—Sub-
ject to subparagraph (D), in a case in which 
more than one person described in subpara-
graph (B) has met the requirements for a dis-
tribution pursuant to subparagraph (A) with re-
spect to a sound recording as of the date that 
is 10 business days before the date on which a 
distribution is made, the collective shall divide 
the 2 percent distribution equally among all 
such persons. 
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‘‘(D) OBJECTION TO PAYMENT.—Not later 
than 10 days after the collective receives from 
the artist payee a written objection to a dis-
tribution made pursuant to subparagraph (A), 
the collective shall cease making any further 
payment related to such distribution. In any 
case in which the collective has made one or 
more distributions pursuant to subparagraph 
(A) to a person described in subparagraph (B) 
before the date that is 10 business days after 
the date on which the collective receives an ob-
jection by the artist payee to such distribution, 
the objection shall not affect that person’s enti-
tlement to any distribution made before the col-
lective ceases such distribution pursuant to this 
subparagraph. 
‘‘(E) OWNERSHIP OF THE RIGHT TO RE-
CEIVE PAYMENTS.—To the extent that the col-
lective determines that a distribution will be 
made pursuant to subparagraph (A) to a person 
described in subparagraph (B), such person 
shall during the period of such distribution be 
treated for all purposes as the owner of the 
right to receive such payments. 
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‘‘(F) ARTIST
PAYEE
DEFINED.—In this 
paragraph, the term ‘artist payee’ means a per-
son, other than a person described in subpara-
graph (B), who owns the right to receive all or 
part of the receipts payable under paragraph 
(2)(D) with respect to a sound recording. In a 
case in which there are multiple artist payees 
with respect to a sound recording, an objection 
by one such payee shall apply only to that pay-
ee’s share of the receipts payable under para-
graph (2)(D), and does not preclude payment 
under subparagraph (A) from the share of an 
artist payee that does not object.’’. 
(c) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
Section 114(g) of title 17, United States Code, as amend-
ed by subsections (a) and (b), is further amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘An agent 
designated’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as provided for in 
paragraph (7), a collective designated by the Copy-
right Royalty Judges’’; 
(2) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘agent designated’’ and in-
serting ‘‘collective designated by the Copyright 
Royalty Judges’’; and 
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(B) by striking ‘‘agent’’ and inserting ‘‘col-
lective’’, each place it appears; and 
(3) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘agent’’ and 
inserting ‘‘collective’’, each place it appears. 
SEC. 10. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, 
shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act, and 
except as provided in the amendment made by section 3, 
shall apply to any proceeding that is pending on, or com-
menced on or after, such effective date. 
Æ 
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