37 CFR § 382.21 - Royalty fees for the public performance of sound recordings and the making of ephemeral recordings by SDARS.

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title: "37 CFR § 382.21 - Royalty fees for the public performance of sound recordings and the making of ephemeral recordings by SDARS."
title_number: 37
title_name: "Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights"
section_number: "382.21"
section_name: "Royalty fees for the public performance of sound recordings and the making of ephemeral recordings by SDARS."
chapter_name: "COPYRIGHT ROYALTY BOARD, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS"
subchapter_number: "E"
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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# 382.21 Royalty fees for the public performance of sound recordings and the making of ephemeral recordings by SDARS.

(a) *Royalty fees.* Commencing January 1, 2018, and continuing through December 31, 2027, Licensees must pay royalty fees for all Eligible Transmissions of sound recordings at the rate of 15.5% of Gross Revenues.

(b) *Ephemeral recordings royalty fees.* (1) The fee for all Ephemeral Recordings is part of the total fee payable under this section and constitutes 5% of it. All Ephemeral Recordings that a Licensee makes that are necessary and commercially reasonable for making noninteractive Digital Audio Transmissions as an SDARS are included in the 5%.

(2) The minimum fee is $5,000 per year.