Digital Performance Right in Sound Recordings and Ephemeral Recordings

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 Copyright Royalty Board 37 CFR Part 380 [Docket No. 2005-1 CRB DTRA] AGENCY: Copyright Royalty Board, Library of Congress. ACTION: Final rule and order. SUMMARY: The Copyright Royalty Judges, on behalf of the Copyright Royalty Board of the Library of Congress, are announcing their final determination of the rates and terms for two statutory licenses, permitting certain digital performances of sound recordings and the making of ephemeral recordings, for the period beginning January 1, 2006, and ending on December 31, 2010. DATES: Effective date: May 1, 2007. Applicability date: The regulations apply to the license period January 1, 2006 through December 31, 2010. ADDRESSES: The final determination is also posted on the Copyright Royalty Board Web site at http://www.loc.gov/​crb/​proceedings/​2005-1/​final-rates-terms2005-1.pdf . FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Strasser, Senior Attorney, or Gina Giuffreda, Attorney Advisor. Telephone: (202) 707-7658. Telefax: (202) 252-3423. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Introduction A. Subject of the Proceeding This is a rate determination proceeding convened under 17 U.S.C. 803(b) et seq. and 37 CFR 351 et seq. , in accord with the Copyright Royalty Judges' Notice announcing commencement of proceeding, with a request for Petitions to Participate in a proceeding to determine the rates and terms for a digital public performance of sound recordings by means of an eligible nonsubscription trans…