[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 37, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 37CFR254.3]

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              TITLE 37--PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, AND COPYRIGHTS
 
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PART 254--ADJUSTMENT OF ROYALTY RATE FOR COIN-OPERATED PHONORECORD PLAYERS--
Table of Contents
 
Sec. 254.3  Compulsory license fees for coin-operated phonorecord players.

    (a) Commencing January 1, 1982, the annual compulsory license fee 
for a coin-operated phonorecord player shall be $25.
    (b) Commencing January 1, 1984, the annual compulsory license fee 
for a coin-operated phonorecord player shall be $50.
    (c) Commencing January 1, 1987, the annual compulsory license fee 
for a coin-operated phonorecord player shall be $63.
    (d) If performances are made available on a particular coin-operated 
phonorecord player for the first time after July 1 of any year, the 
compulsory license fee for the remainder of that year shall be one half 
of the annual rate of (a), (b), or (c) of this section, whichever is 
applicable.
    (e) Commencing January 1, 1990, the annual compulsory license fee 
for a coin-operated phonorecord player is suspended through December 31, 
1999, or until such earlier or later time as the March 1990 license 
agreement between AMOA and ASCAP/BMI/SESAC is terminated.

[51 FR 27537, Aug. 1, 1986, as amended at 55 FR 28197, July 10, 1990. 
Redesignated at 59 FR 23993, May 9, 1994]