Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2004/01/06/04-183/digital-performance-right-in-sound-recordings-and-ephemeral-recordings
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A Notice by the Copyright Office, Library of Congress on 01/06/2004
The voluntary negotiation period begins on January 6, 2004.
689-690 (2 pages)
Docket No. 2004-1 CARP DTRA4
https://www.federalregister.gov/d/04-183 https://www.federalregister.gov/d/04-183
In 1995, Congress enacted the Digital Performance Right in Sound Recordings Act of 1995 (“DPRA”), Public Law 104-39, which created an exclusive right for copyright owners of sound recordings, subject to certain limitations, to perform publicly the sound recordings by means of certain digital audio transmissions. Among the limitations on the performance right was the creation of a new compulsory license for nonexempt, noninteractive, digital subscription transmissions. 17 U.S.C. 114(f).
The scope of this license was expanded in 1998 upon passage of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (“DMCA” or “Act”), Public Law 105-304, in order to allow for the public performance of a sound recording when made in accordance with the terms and rates of the statutory license, 17 U.S.C. 114(a), by a preexisting satellite digital audio radio service or as part of an eligible nonsubscription transmission.
In addition to expanding the current § 114 license, the DMCA also created a new statutory license for the making of an “ephemeral recording” of a sound recording by certain transmitting organizations. 17 U.S.C. 112(e). The new statutory license allows entities that transmit performances of sound recordings to business establishments, pursuant to the limitations set forth in § 114(d)(1)(C)(iv), to make an ephemeral recording of a sound recording for purposes of a later transmission. The new license also provides a means by which a transmitting entity with a statutory license under § 114(f) can make more than the one phonorecord permitted by the exemption specified in § 112(a). 17 U.S.C. 112(e).
The statutory scheme for establishing reasonable terms and rates is the same for both licenses. Terms and rates may Start Printed Page 690be determined by voluntary agreement among the affected parties, or if necessary, through compulsory arbitration conducted pursuant to Chapter 8 of the Copyright Act. Rates and terms are set for a two-year period through this process, unless a different period is otherwise agreed upon by the parties as part of a negotiated agreement.
The arbitration process begins when an interested party files a petition with the Librarian of Congress during the 60-day period specified by the statute and requests that the rates be set through the CARP process. The petition must be filed by a party with a significant interest in the outcome of the proceeding and it must identify “the extent to which the petitioner's interest is shared by other owners or users.” 17 CFR 251.62(a). For both the section 112 and section 114 licenses, the period for filing a petition to set rates and terms for the 2005 and 2006 license period shall begin on July 1, 2004. 17 U.S.C. 112(e)(6) and 114(f)(2)(C)(ii)(II).
Unless the schedule for setting terms and rates has been readjusted by the parties in a previous rate adjustment proceeding, §§ 112(e)(6) and 114(f)(2)(C)(i)(II) of the Copyright Act require the publication of a notice in January 2000, and at 2-year intervals thereafter, initiating the voluntary negotiation periods for determining reasonable rates and terms for the statutory licenses permitting the public performance of a sound recording by means of certain digital transmissions and the making of an ephemeral recording in accordance with § 112(e). See 65 FR 2194 (January 13, 2000) and 67 FR 4472 (January 30, 2002). The publication of today's notice fulfills this requirement.
[FR Doc. 04-183 Filed 1-5-04; 8:45 am]