[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 37, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 37CFR381.8]

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              TITLE 37--PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, AND COPYRIGHTS
 
        CHAPTER III--COPYRIGHT ROYALTY BOARD, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
 
PART 381_USE OF CERTAIN COPYRIGHTED WORKS IN CONNECTION WITH NONCOMMERCIAL EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTING--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 381.8  Terms and rates of royalty payments for the use of published pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works.

    (a) Scope. This section establishes rates and terms for the use of 
published pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works by public 
broadcasting entities for the activities described in 17 U.S.C. 118. The 
rates and terms established in this schedule include the making of the 
reproductions described in 17 U.S.C. 118(c).
    (b) Royalty rate. (1) The following schedule of rates shall apply to 
the use of works within the scope of this section:
    (i) For such uses in a PBS-distributed program:

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                                                             2008-2012
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(A) For featured display of a work......................          $69.70
(B) For background and montage display..................           33.99
(C) For use of a work for program identification or for           137.40
 thematic use...........................................
(D) For the display of an art reproduction copyrighted             45.14
 separately from the work of fine art from which the
 work was reproduced irrespective of whether the
 reproduced work of fine art is copyrighted so as to be
 subject also to payment of a display fee under the
 terms of the schedule..................................
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    (ii) For such uses in other than PBS-distributed programs:

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                                                             2008-2012
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(A) For featured display of a work......................          $45.14
(B) For background and montage display..................           23.13
(C) For use of a work for program identification or for            92.27
 thematic use...........................................
(D) For the display of an art reproduction copyrighted             23.14
 separately from the work of fine art from which the
 work was reproduced irrespective of whether the
 reproduced work of fine art is copyrighted so as to be
 subject also to payment of a display fee under the
 terms of this schedule.................................
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    (2) For the purposes of the schedule in paragraph (b)(1) of this 
section the rate for the thematic use of a work in an entire series 
shall be double the single program theme rate. In the event the work is 
first used other than in a PBS-distributed program, and such program is 
subsequently distributed by PBS, an additional royalty payment shall be 
made equal to the difference between the rate specified in this section 
for other than a PBS-distributed program and the rate specified in this 
section for a PBS-distributed program.
    (3) ``Featured display'' for purposes of this schedule means a full-
screen or substantially full-screen display appearing on the screen for 
more than three seconds. Any display less than full-screen or 
substantially full-screen, or full-screen for three seconds or less, is 
deemed to be a ``background or montage display''.
    (4) ``Thematic use'' is the utilization of the works of one or more 
artists where the works constitute the central theme of the program or 
convey a story line.
    (5) ``Display of an art reproduction copyrighted separately from the 
work of fine art from which the work was reproduced'' means a 
transparency or other reproduction of an underlying work of fine art.
    (c) Payment of royalty rate. PBS or other public broadcasting entity 
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pay the required royalty fees to each copyright owner not later than 
July 31 of each calendar year for uses during the first six months of 
that calendar year, and not later than January 31 for uses during the 
last six months of the preceding calendar year.
    (d) Records of use. (1) PBS and its stations or other public 
broadcasting entity shall maintain and furnish either to copyright 
owners, or to the offices of generally recognized organizations 
representing the copyright owners of pictorial, graphic and sculptural 
works, copies of their standard lists containing the pictorial, graphic, 
and sculptural works displayed on their programs. Such notice shall 
include the name of the copyright owner, if known, the specific source 
from which the work was taken, a description of the work used, the title 
of the program on which the work was used, and the date of the original 
broadcast of the program.
    (2) Such listings shall be furnished not later than July 31 of each 
calendar year for displays during the first six months of the calendar 
year, and not later than January 31 of each calendar year for displays 
during the second six months of the preceding calendar year.
    (e) Filing of use reports with the Copyright Royalty Judges. (1) PBS 
and its stations or other public broadcasting entity shall deposit with 
the Copyright Royalty Judges one electronic copy in Portable Document 
Format (PDF) on compact disk (an optical data storage medium such as a 
CD-ROM, CD-R or CD-RW) or floppy diskette of their standard lists 
containing the pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works displayed on 
their programs. Such notice shall include the name of the copyright 
owner, if known, the specific source from which the work was taken, a 
description of the work used, the title of the program on which the work 
was used, and the date of the original broadcast of the program.
    (2) Such listings shall be furnished not later than July 31 of each 
calendar year for displays during the first six months of the calendar 
year, and not later than January 31 of each calendar year for displays 
during the second six months of the preceding calendar year.
    (f) Terms of use. (1) The rates of this schedule are for unlimited 
use for a period of three years from the date of the first use of the 
work under this schedule. Succeeding use periods will require the 
following additional payment: Additional one-year period--25 percent of 
the initial three-year fee; second three-year period--50 percent of the 
initial three-year fee; each three-year period thereafter--25 percent of 
the initial three-year fee; provided that a 100 percent additional 
payment prior to the expiration of the first three-year period will 
cover use during all subsequent use periods without limitation. Such 
succeeding uses which are subsequent to December 31, 2012, shall be 
subject to the rates established in this schedule.
    (2) Pursuant to the provisions of 17 U.S.C. 118(e), nothing in this 
schedule shall be construed to permit, beyond the limits of fair use as 
provided in 17 U.S.C. 107, the production of a transmission program 
drawn to any substantial extent from a published compilation of 
pictorial, graphic, or sculptural works.