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Copyright Royalty Board CRB News December 20, 2007 Issue 21 ********************************************************** For additional information, visit the Copyright Royalty Board website at http://www.loc.gov/crb ********************************************************** * NEWS * ------------- Copyright Royalty Board ----------------- THE COPYRIGHT ROYALTY BOARD ADJUSTS RATES AND TERMS FOR PREEXISTING SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES (72 FR 71795) AND PUBLISHES FINAL RULE ON DIGITAL PERFORMANCE RIGHT IN SOUND RECORDINGS AND EPHEMERAL RECORDINGS FOR NEW SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE (72 FR 72253) The Copyright Royalty Judges published final regulations setting the royalty rates and terms for the use of sound recordings and the making of ephemeral phonorecords by preexisting subscription services for the period January 1, 2008, through December 31, 2012. For more information, go to http://www.loc.gov/crb/fedreg/2007/72fr71795.pdf In addition, the Copyright Royalty Judges published final regulations setting the rates and terms for the use of sound recordings in transmissions made by new subscription services and for the making of the ephemeral recordings necessary for the facilitation of such transmissions for the period commencing from the inception of a new subscription service through December 31, 2010. For more information, go to http://www.loc.gov/crb/fedreg/2007/72fr72253.pdf ********************************************************* * CALENDAR * January 1, 2008: Effective date for final rule on royalty rates and terms for the noncommercial educational broadcasting statutory license for the period 2008 through 2012 (72 FR 67646). January 1: Effective date for final regulations setting the royalty rates and terms for the use of sound recordings and the making of ephemeral recording by preexisting subscription services for the period 2008 through 2012 (72 FR 71795). January 21: Effective date for final regulations setting the rates and terms for the use of sound recordings in transmissions made by new subscription services and for the making of the ephemeral recordings necessary for the facilitation of such transmissions for the period commencing from the inception of a new subscription service through December 31, 2010 (72 FR 72253). ********************************************************* * TO SUBSCRIBE/UNSUBSCRIBE TO CRB News * To subscribe, send an email message to: [log in to unmask] In the body of the message say: Subscribe crb-news To unsubscribe, send an email message to: [log in to unmask] In the body of the message say: Unsubscribe crb-news