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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 final rule in the Federal Register on March 10, 2026. It took effect on March 10, 2026.
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What the agency says
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.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2026-04630
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule
- Agency
- Library of Congress; Copyright Royalty Board
- Published
- March 10, 2026
- Takes effect
- March 10, 2026
- Dates
- Effective March 10, 2026.
- Docket
- Docket No. 23-CRB-0012-WR (2026-2030)
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 37 CFR 380
- Topics
- Copyright
- Pages
- 4
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