Issues Related to Performing Rights Organizations

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Library of Congress U.S. Copyright Office [Docket No. 2025-1] AGENCY: U.S. Copyright Office, Library of Congress. ACTION: Notice of inquiry. SUMMARY: The U.S. Copyright Office is collecting information regarding issues related to performance rights organizations (“PROs”) and the Copyright Act's public performance right for musical works. It is initiating this inquiry at Congress's request to gather information on questions related to the increase in the number of PROs and the licensing revenue distribution practices of PROs. DATES: Written comments must be received no later than 11:59 p.m. ( printed page 9254) Eastern Time on April 11, 2025. Written reply comments must be received no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on May 27, 2025. ADDRESSES: For reasons of governmental efficiency, the Copyright Office is using the regulations.gov system for the submission and posting of public comments in this proceeding. All comments are therefore to be submitted electronically through regulations.gov. Specific instructions for submitting comments are available on the Copyright Office's website at https://copyright.gov/​policy/​pro-issues/​ . If electronic comment submission is not feasible due to lack of access to a computer or the internet, please contact the Copyright Office using the contact information below for special instructions. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rhea Efthimiadis, Assistant to the General Counsel, by email at meft@copyright.gov or te…