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• Court Rejects Webcaster Challenge to Copyright Royalty Board Decision on Internet Radio Royalties - And Does Not Rule on Constitutional Issue of CRB Appointment
  
  The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia today released its decision for the most part rejecting the appeals of webcasters of the 2007 decision of the Copyright Royalty Board setting Internet Radio royalty rates for the use of sound recordings . The Court generally upheld the Board's decision, finding that the issues raised by the appealing parties did not show that the decision was " arbitrary and capricious " - a high standard of judicial review that the Courts accord when reviewing supposedly "expert" administrative agency decisions. On only one issue did the Court have concerns with the CRB's decision - that being the question of the $500 per channel minimum fees that it had required that webcasters pay.
  Broadcast Law Blog - Friday, July 10, 2009
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• Police Board Not Bound by Meeting Law
  
  The Massachusetts open meeting law does not apply to a board created to review citizen complaints against police, the Hampden County district attorney's office has decided, according to a report yesterday in The Republican newspaper. McMahon concludes that the Community Complaint Review Board is not a governmental body covered by the law and therefore does not have to post notices of its meetings. The opinion issued by Assistant District Attorney Katherine E. Springfield's mayor created the nine-member board last year to review resident complaints against the police department.
  Media Law - Wednesday, October 1, 2008
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• Internet Radio Royalty Reminders - April 30 is the Last Date to Elect Small Webcaster Agreement and for Broadcasters to Pay Past Fees, and Don't Forget the Recordkeeping Obligations
  
  These rates act as a substitute for the rates set by the 2007 Copyright Royalty Board decision setting Internet radio royalties for the use of sound recordings in the period from 2006-2010. Tags: 'Copyright Board" Internet Radio Internet radio royalties NAB SoundExchange settlement Royalty SoundExchange Webcasters Settlement Act census reporting small webcaster sound recording royalty webcasting recordkeeping webcasting royaltie We recently wrote about the agreements between SoundExchange and various groups of webcasters, which became effective under the terms of the Webcasters Settlement Act .
  Broadcast Law Blog - Sunday, April 26, 2009
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• Details of Webcasting Royalty Settlements for Noncommercial Webcasters Including Educational and Religious Internet Radio Operators
  
  For large noncommercial webcasters, these rates cut the payments for performances in excess of the 159,140 cap by 2/3 from the rates set by the Copyright Royalty Board in its 2007 decision. Thus, there are now two options (in addition to a third option for stations eligible for funding by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting , and to the option the Copyright Royalty Board adopted for 2006-2010 and any option that they may adopt for 2011-2015) for the noncommercial webcaster. Noncommercial webcasters were provided with two royalty options under settlements reached with SoundExchange pursuant to the Webcaster Settlement Act of 2009 ("WSA") .
  Broadcast Law Blog - Sunday, August 9, 2009
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• Court Upholds Copyright Royalty Board Decision on Satellite Radio Royalties, But Questions Board's Constitutionality
  
  The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit today issued a decision basically upholding the royalty rates set by the Copyright Royalty Board due under Section 114 of the Copyright Act by satellite radio operators for the public performance of sound recordings . As we explained in our post, here , the Board looked at the the public interest factors set out by Section 801(b) of the Copyright Act , factors not applicable to Internet Radio royalties, in reaching the determination these royalties. The CRB decision, setting royalties for the years of 2007 to 2012, established rates that grew from 6% to 8% over the six year term.
  Broadcast Law Blog - Wednesday, July 8, 2009
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• Copyright Royalty Board Sets Comment Date on Internet Radio Minimum Fee Settlement
  
  Last year’s Court of Appeals decision on Internet radio royalties for 2006-2010 remanded one issue to the Copyright Royalty Board for further consideration – the issue of the minimum annual fee to be paid by each webcaster . Tags: Copyright Royalty Judges Internet Radio copyright royalty board appeal copyright royalty board royalties for internet radio minimum fees internet radio royalty payment music" royalties soundexchange webcasting payments webcasting royaltie The Copyright Royalty Judges (“CRJs”) had decided on a $500 per channel minimum fee – a fee that created much concern in the Internet radio community as there was no clear delineation of what a channel was.
  Broadcast Law Blog - Tuesday, January 5, 2010
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• SAG Board Meeting Starts
  
  The SAG National Board meeting began this morning at 9:00 a.m. accompanied by light informational leafleting from pro and con sources. The meeting is expected to be contentious . The leafleting was not. About 20 pro-hardline leafletters showed up, and about 5 anti-strike folks. Spotted among the hardline group were Ed Asner and National Board member Frances Fisher. A notable absence was the organizer of the anti-strike contingent, who stated in an email that he had showed up, then decided to leave when he saw how small the turnout was and because he felt the large picket
  Digital Media Law - Monday, January 12, 2009
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• SAG Board Approves Contract
  
  The Screen Actors Guild national board narrowly approved a tentative new two-year feature-primetime contract with the AMPTP Sunday. The official release is on the jump: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SCREEN ACTORS GUILD NATIONAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVES TENTATIVE TELEVISION AND MOTION PICTURE CONTRACTS AND RECOMMENDS RATIFICATION Los Angeles (April 19, 2009) – The Screen Actors Guild National Board of Directors today voted 53.38 Still to come: the 120,000 Guild members will vote whether or not to ratify a deal that is uncomfortably close to the one they have been rejecting since it expired ten months ago.
  Thompson On Hollywood - Sunday, April 19, 2009
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• Pirate Bay Boarded Today
  
  Frederik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, Peter Sunde Kolmsioppi and Carl Lundstorm begin their trial in Sweden today for operating The Pirate Bay. The record companies call The Pirate Bay an online copyright violation clearinghouse. The four Swedes say it just provides links to other sites.
  The Legal Satyricon - Monday, February 16, 2009
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• SAG Board Re-Do Successful
  
  The SAG Board met yesterday and re-affirmed actions already taken in writing two weeks earlier: the ouster of former National Executive Director Doug Allen and the replacement of the negotiating team. Negotiations will probably continue over a period of a few weeks, as a significant number of issues remain. The Board’s vote would appear to render moot a lawsuit filed last week by SAG president Alan Rosenberg. That action paves the way for resumed contract talks with the studios, which are expected to start next Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 17-18, according to sources and other
  Digital Media Law - Monday, February 9, 2009
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