Opinion ID: 187426
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 5

Heading: Late Fees

Text: The Judges set a late fee of 1.5% of the royalty payment due for that period, accruing monthly. See Order, 72 Fed.Reg. at 24,107. The commercial webcasters object, arguing that the Judges should have considered course of dealing evidence showing that in practice, rates of such magnitude are very rarely, if ever, imposed. Commercial Op. Br. 41. The Judges did, however, consider course of dealing evidence. See Order, 72 Fed.Reg. at 24,107. They considered it and were not persuaded that contracting parties' ability to waive late fees require[d] rejection of a higher late fee. Id. They noted that some contracts lacked discretion to grant waiver and observed that [w]hile waiving a late fee can promote good feelings in a private agreement ..., it has no bearing for a statutory license where copyright owners and performers cannot ... terminate access to their works under the license. Id. Therefore we affirm the Judges' determination with respect to late fees.