37 CFR § 383.1 - General.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t37/s383.1"
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title: "37 CFR § 383.1 - General."
title_number: 37
title_name: "Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights"
section_number: "383.1"
section_name: "General."
chapter_name: "COPYRIGHT ROYALTY BOARD, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "RATES AND TERMS FOR STATUTORY LICENSES"
part_number: "383"
part_name: "RATES AND TERMS FOR SUBSCRIPTION TRANSMISSIONS AND THE REPRODUCTION OF EPHEMERAL RECORDINGS BY CERTAIN NEW SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "17 U.S.C. 112(e), 114, and 801(b)(1)."
regulatory_source: "91 FR 11472, Mar. 10, 2026, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "383"
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# 383.1 General.

(a) *Scope.* This part 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 January 1, 2026, and continuing through December 31, 2030.

(b) *Legal compliance.* Licensees relying upon the statutory licenses set forth in 17 U.S.C. 112(e) 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 voluntary 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.