[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: 37CFR257.2]

[Page 595]
 
              TITLE 37--PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, AND COPYRIGHTS
 
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PART 257--FILING OF CLAIMS TO SATELLITE CARRIER ROYALTY FEES--Table of 
Contents
 
Sec. 257.2  Time of filing.

    During the month of July each year, any party claiming to be 
entitled to compulsory license royalty fees for secondary transmissions 
by satellite carriers during the previous calendar year of television 
broadcast signals to the public for private home viewing shall file a 
claim to such fees with the Copyright Office. No royalty fees shall be 
distributed to any party during the specified period unless such party 
has timely filed a claim to such fees. Claimants may file claims jointly 
or as a single claim.