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Rule2026-04630

Determination of Rates and Terms for Digital Performance of Sound Recordings and Making of Ephemeral Copies To Facilitate Those Performances (Web VI)

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Published
March 10, 2026
Effective
March 10, 2026

Issuing agencies

Library of CongressCopyright Royalty Board

Abstract

The Copyright Royalty Judges publish a final rule governing the rates and terms for the digital performance of sound recordings by noncommercial educational webcasters and for the making of ephemeral recordings necessary for the facilitation of such transmissions for the period commencing January 1, 2026, and ending on December 31, 2030.

Indexed from Federal Register on March 10, 2026.

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