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

The Copyright Royalty Board published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on December 4, 2025. Comments closed on January 5, 2026.

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What the agency says

The Copyright Royalty Judges are publishing for comment proposed regulations governing the rates and terms for the digital performance of sound recordings by Educational Media Foundation and for the making of ephemeral recordings necessary for the facilitation of such transmissions for the period from January 1, 2026, through December 31, 2030.

Key facts

Document number: 2025-21935
Type: Proposed rule
Action: Proposed rule related to certain noncommercial webcasting
Agency: Library of Congress; Copyright Royalty Board
Published: December 4, 2025
Comments due: January 5, 2026
Dates: Comments and objections, if any, are due January 5, 2026.
Docket: Docket No 23-CRB-0012-WR (2026-2030)
Code of Federal Regulations: 37 CFR 380
Topics: Copyright
Pages: 6

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