37 CFR § 385.31 - Royalty rates.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t37/s385.31"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "37 CFR § 385.31 - Royalty rates."
title_number: 37
title_name: "Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights"
section_number: "385.31"
section_name: "Royalty rates."
chapter_name: "COPYRIGHT ROYALTY BOARD, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "RATES AND TERMS FOR STATUTORY LICENSES"
part_number: "385"
part_name: "RATES AND TERMS FOR USE OF NONDRAMATIC MUSICAL WORKS IN THE MAKING AND DISTRIBUTING OF PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL PHONORECORDS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "17 U.S.C. 115, 801(b)(1), 804(b)(4)."
regulatory_source: "84 FR 2031, Feb. 5, 2019, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "385"
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# 385.31 Royalty rates.

(a) *Promotional Offerings.* For Promotional Offerings of audio-only Eligible Interactive Streams and Eligible Limited Downloads of sound recordings embodying musical works that the Sound Recording Company authorizes royalty-free to the Service Provider, the royalty rate is zero.

(b) *Free Trial Offerings.* For Free Trial Offerings, the royalty rate is zero.

(c) *Certain Purchased Content Locker Services.* For every Purchased Content Locker Service for which the Service Provider receives no monetary consideration, the royalty rate is zero.