Rule2025-03173
Statutory Cable, Satellite, and DART License Reporting Practices
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Published
February 28, 2025
Effective
February 28, 2025
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Abstract
This document clarifies the compliance date for certain reporting obligations issued in the U.S. Copyright Office's final rule governing the royalty reporting practices of cable operators, and the Statement of Account form and filing requirements.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 39 (Friday, February 28, 2025)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 10856-10857]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-03173]
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
U.S. Copyright Office
37 CFR Part 201
[Docket No. 2005-6]
Statutory Cable, Satellite, and DART License Reporting Practices
AGENCY: U.S. Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
ACTION: Clarification to final rule.
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SUMMARY: This document clarifies the compliance date for certain
reporting obligations issued in the U.S. Copyright Office's final rule
governing the royalty reporting practices of cable operators, and the
Statement of Account form and filing requirements.
DATES:
Effective date: February 28, 2025.
Compliance date: Compliance with reporting obligations published at
89 FR 100348, 100350 to 100356, is required as of the August 29, 2025,
filing deadline.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rhea Efthimiadis, Assistant to the
General Counsel, by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d4b9b1b2a094b7bba4ada6bdb3bca0fab3bba2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2f424a495b6f4c405f565d4648475b01484059">[email protected]</span></a>, or by telephone at
202-707-8350.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 12, 2024, the Copyright Office
(``Office'') published a final rule in the Federal Register at 89 FR
100348 regarding the Statement of Account (``SOA'') requirements for
cable operators pursuant to section 111 of
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Title 17. Among other things, the rule clarified and adjusted certain
information required to be reported on the biannual SOAs, which relate
to the calculation of royalties required to be paid to the Office for
subsequent distribution to copyright owners. The rule anticipated the
creation of a new SOA form by the Office, which is in progress, as well
as new instructions for completion of the SOA to reflect changes in the
rule. The Office has determined that the new form will not be available
prior to the upcoming filing deadline of March 1, 2025 and that the
instructions that would permit use of the existing forms consistent
with the rule are not yet available. Accordingly, the Office is
adjusting its compliance requirement regarding the final rule's
reporting obligations \1\ to apply to the SOA due on August 29, 2025,
which covers the January 1 through June 30, 2025, accounting period.
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\1\ See 89 FR at 100350-56.
Shira Perlmutter,
Register of Copyrights and Director of the U.S. Copyright Office.
Approved by:
Carla D. Hayden,
Librarian of Congress.
[FR Doc. 2025-03173 Filed 2-27-25; 8:45 am]
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