From unconstitutional to constitutional in a couple of pages, the Copyright Royalty Board has dodged a bullet, thanks to the D.C. Circuit.… Continue Reading
The Copyright Royalty Board has announced that noncommercial webcasters must pay a $500 per channel annual minimum fee to perform copyrighted sound recordings during the 2006-2010 rate term. Big deal? Not really. But . . .… Continue Reading
Inferiority never felt so superior. By successfully painting themselves as "Inferior Officers", the judges of the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) have dodged a preliminary bullet.… Continue Reading
As expected, the Copyright Royalty Board has reinstated the $500 per channel annual minimum fee for both commercial and noncommercial webcasters.… Continue Reading
The Copyright Royalty Board has proposed -- again -- to impose a $500 annual payment requirement for non-interactive webcasters. If you want to comment on the proposal, you have until January 22.… Continue Reading
The D.C. Circuit has (with one minor exception) affirmed the 2007 webcasting royalty decision of the Copyright Royalty Judges, AFTER the private parties affected by the royalty decision had worked out various deals largely circumventing the CRJ decision. And for the second time in two weeks, the Court has mentioned, without resolving, serious questions about the constitutionality of the CRJs.… Continue Reading
It's only been a few weeks since the Webcaster Settlement Act was enacted and already it's working! A settlement agreement reached under that Act covers webcast royalty rates for "pureplay" webcasters for the years 2006-2015.… Continue Reading
The D.C. Circuit has affirmed the performance royalty rate set by the CRB for satellite radio services. No big surprise there. But a separate concurring opinion from one member of the three-judge panel could spell trouble for any decision coming out of the CRJ for the foreseeable future.… Continue Reading
