Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 1.12.1995

Representation for Claiming DART Royalties in Musical Works

The Copyright Office currently requires a performing rights organization to have separate, specific and written authorization from its members or affiliates in order to file a claim on behalf of its members for DART royalties in the Musical Works Fund. The performing rights organization had sought reconsideration of this rule. This document establishes that the Office retains this practice, but amends the rule and applies the requirement to all organizations and associations that act as common agents for the purposes of filing claims, negotiating settlements and receiving digital royalties on behalf of their members or affiliates. Under this amended rule, organizations and associations that act only as common agents must specify in their claim how the parties entitled to receive royalties, i.e., their members or affiliates, fit the definition of interested copyright party under the Act.