Copyright Royalty Board

Also last week, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia rejected an appeal from SoundExchange and upheld the royalty rates that the Copyright Royalty Board (“CRB”)...

Television stations have just one week left to file distant signal copyright royalty claims for the year 2017.  As we have previously reported, claims for 2017 must be filed no...

It’s again that time of year for television stations to file distant signal copyright royalty claims.  Claims for 2017 must be filed no later than 11:59 p.m. EST on July...

The Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) recently announced an increase in the sound recording royalty rates that noninteractive webcasters pay to SoundExchange, effective January 1, 2018.  Each year, the CRB is...

Radio broadcasters who stream their programming over the Internet will be bringing in the New Year with much cheer.  The Copyright Royalty Board (“CRB”)—which is the entity that regulates music...

Don’t leave money sitting on the table.  When a television station’s copyrighted programming is retransmitted by cable or satellite as a “distant” signal, the station may be entitled to receive...

Don’t leave money sitting on the table.  When a television station’s copyrighted programming is retransmitted by cable or satellite as a “distant” signal, the station may be entitled to receive...

It is time for television stations to file claims for copyright royalties for distant carriage of locally produced programming on cable and/or satellite systems during the calendar year 2013. A...