2019-04067: Copyright Royalty Board Regulations Regarding Procedures for Determination and Allocation of Assessment To Fund Mechanical Licensing Collective and Other Amendments Required by the Hatch-Goodlatte Music Modernization Act

Summary

The Copyright Royalty Judges (Judges) propose regulations governing proceedings to determine the reasonableness of and allocate responsibility to fund the operating budget of the Mechanical Licensing Collective authorized by the Music Modernization Act (MMA). The Judges also propose amendments to extant rules as required by the MMA. The Judges solicit comments on the proposed rules.

The agency’s own summary, as published.

What this changes

Amends 9 parts of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.

• 37 CFR 303 General Administrative Provisions
• 37 CFR 350 Scope
• 37 CFR 355 Administrative Assessment Proceedings
• 37 CFR 370 Notice and Recordkeeping Requirements for Statutory Licenses
• 37 CFR 380 Rates and Terms for Transmissions by Eligible Nonsubscription Services and New Subscription Services and for the Making of Ephemeral Reproductions to Facilitate Those Transmissions
• 37 CFR 382 Rates and Terms for Transmissions of Sound Recordings by Preexisting Subscription Services and Preexisting Satellite Digital Audio Radio Services and for the Making of Ephemeral Reproductions to Facilitate Those Transmissions
• 37 CFR 383 Rates and Terms for Subscription Transmissions and the Reproduction of Ephemeral Recordings by Certain New Subscription Services
• 37 CFR 384 Rates and Terms for the Making of Ephemeral Recordings by Business Establishment Services
• 37 CFR 385 Rates and Terms for Use of Nondramatic Musical Works in the Making and Distributing of Physical and Digital Phonorecords