37 CFR § 210.21 - General.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t37/s210.21"
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title: "37 CFR § 210.21 - General."
title_number: 37
title_name: "Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights"
section_number: "210.21"
section_name: "General."
chapter_name: "U.S. COPYRIGHT OFFICE, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "COPYRIGHT OFFICE AND PROCEDURES"
part_number: "210"
part_name: "COMPULSORY LICENSE FOR MAKING AND DISTRIBUTING PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL PHONORECORDS OF NONDRAMATIC MUSICAL WORKS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "17 U.S.C. 115, 702."
regulatory_source: "79 FR 56206, Sept. 18, 2014, unless otherwise noted."
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# 210.21 General.

This subpart prescribes rules for the compulsory blanket license to make and distribute digital phonorecord deliveries of nondramatic musical works pursuant to 17 U.S.C. 115(d), including rules for digital music providers, significant nonblanket licensees, the mechanical licensing collective, and the digital licensee coordinator.