37 CFR § 382.2 - Scope and compliance.

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title: "37 CFR § 382.2 - Scope and compliance."
title_number: 37
title_name: "Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights"
section_number: "382.2"
section_name: "Scope and compliance."
chapter_name: "COPYRIGHT ROYALTY BOARD, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS"
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subchapter_name: "RATES AND TERMS FOR STATUTORY LICENSES"
part_number: "382"
part_name: "RATES AND TERMS FOR TRANSMISSIONS OF SOUND RECORDINGS BY PREEXISTING SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES AND PREEXISTING SATELLITE DIGITAL AUDIO RADIO SERVICES AND FOR THE MAKING OF EPHEMERAL REPRODUCTIONS TO FACILITATE THOSE TRANSMISSIONS"
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authority: "17 U.S.C. 112(e), 114 and 801(b)(1)."
regulatory_source: "83 FR 65265, Dec. 19, 2018, unless otherwise noted."
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# 382.2 Scope and compliance.

(a) *Scope.* This part codifies rates and terms of royalty payments for the public performance of sound recordings in certain Digital Audio Transmissions by certain Licensees in accordance with applicable provisions of 17 U.S.C. 114 and for the making of Ephemeral Recordings by those Licensees in accordance with the provisions of 17 U.S.C. 112(e), during the period January 1, 2018, through December 31, 2027.

(b) *Legal compliance.* Licensees relying upon the statutory licenses set forth in 17 U.S.C. 112(e) and 114 must comply with the requirements of 17 U.S.C. 112(e) and 114, this part and any other applicable regulations.

(c) *Voluntary agreements.* Notwithstanding the royalty rates and terms established in any subparts of this part, the rates and terms of any license agreements entered into by Copyright Owners and Licensees may apply in lieu of these rates and terms.