37 CFR § 381.1 - General.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t37/s381.1"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "37 CFR § 381.1 - General."
title_number: 37
title_name: "Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights"
section_number: "381.1"
section_name: "General."
chapter_name: "COPYRIGHT ROYALTY BOARD, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "RATES AND TERMS FOR STATUTORY LICENSES"
part_number: "381"
part_name: "USE OF CERTAIN COPYRIGHTED WORKS IN CONNECTION WITH NONCOMMERCIAL EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTING"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "17 U.S.C. 118, 801(b)(1) and 803."
regulatory_source: "72 FR 67647, Nov. 30, 2007, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "381"
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# 381.1 General.

This part establishes terms and rates of royalty payments for certain activities using published nondramatic musical works and published pictorial, graphic and sculptural works during a period beginning on January 1, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2027. Upon compliance with 17 U.S.C. 118, and the terms and rates of this part, a public broadcasting entity may engage in the activities with respect to such works set forth in 17 U.S.C. 118(c).

[72 FR 67647, Nov. 30, 2007, as amended at 77 FR 71105, Nov. 29, 2012; 83 FR 2740, Jan. 19, 2018; 88 FR 41828, June 28, 2023]