[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: 37CFR383.1]

[Page 751]
 
              TITLE 37--PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, AND COPYRIGHTS
 
        CHAPTER III--COPYRIGHT ROYALTY BOARD, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
 
PART 383_RATES AND TERMS FOR SUBSCRIPTION TRANSMISSIONS AND THE REPRODUCTION OF EPHEMERAL RECORDINGS BY NEW SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 383.1  General.

    (a) Scope. This part 383 establishes rates and terms of royalty 
payments for the public performance of sound recordings in certain 
digital transmissions by Licensees in accordance with the provisions of 
17 U.S.C. 114, and the making of certain ephemeral recordings by 
Licensees in accordance with the provisions of 17 U.S.C. 112(e), during 
the period commencing from the inception of the Licensees' Services and 
continuing through December 31, 2010.
    (b) Legal compliance. Licensees relying upon the statutory licenses 
set forth in 17 U.S.C. 112 and 114 shall comply with the requirements of 
those sections and the rates and terms of this part.
    (c) Relationship to voluntary agreements. Notwithstanding the 
royalty rates and terms established in this part, the rates and terms of 
any license agreements entered into by Copyright Owners and Licensees 
shall apply in lieu of the rates and terms of this part to transmissions 
with the scope of such agreements.