statutory royalty

Court Rejects Appeals of Copyright Royalty Board Decision on 2021-2025 Webcasting Royalties

By David Oxenford|2023-08-01T12:39:42-05:00August 1st, 2023|Legal News|

The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit issued a decision last week rejecting all of the appeals of the decision by the Copyright Royalty Board (“CRB”) setting the rates that noninteractive webcasters pay to SoundExchange for the digital public performance of sound recordings in the period 2021-2025 (see our article here on the... Continue Reading…

New Congressional Attempts to Impose a Performance Royalty for Sound Recordings on Broadcast Radio, Including the PROMOTE Act – What Do They Provide?

By David Oxenford|2017-04-06T10:36:23-05:00April 6th, 2017|Legal News|

In the last month, there have been two bills introduced in the US House of Representatives seeking to impose a performance royalty for sound recordings on broadcast radio stations in the US. The bill introduced yesterday, The PROMOTE Act (standing for the Performance Royalty Owners of Music Opportunity to Earn Act – whatever that may… Continue Reading