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Coalition for Networked Information
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Information Policies: A Compilation of Position Statements, Principles,
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Statutes, and Other Pertinent Statements
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Copyright Royalty Tribunal
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Copyright Royalty Tribunal
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Suite 450
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1111 Twentieth Street, NW.,
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Washington, DC 20036
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202-653-5175.
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Source: U.S. Government Manual, Washington, DC, 1990/91, page 64.
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The Copyright Royalty Tribunal was established by act of October 19,
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1976 (17 U.S.C. 801). The Tribunal is composed of five Commissioners
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appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate.
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The Tribunal adjusts copyright royalty rates for cable retransmission of
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broadcast signals in recording new versions of previously recorded songs
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and for noncommercial educational stations that broadcast musical, pictorial,
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graphic, and sculptural works.
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The Tribunal also has stand-by authority to adjust the rates for jukeboxes
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and satellite retransmission of broadcast signals to satellite homedish
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owners if the parties are unable to reach voluntary agreements among
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themselves. In addition, the Tribunal distributes the royalty fees
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deposited with the Copyright Office by cable operators and satellite
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carriers to the proper copyright owners.
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In making its distribution determinations, the Tribunal considers the
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harm incurred by the copyright owners, the benefit to the cable satellite
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user, the marketplace value of the work, the time the work was aired, and
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the quality of the broadcast.
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[Actual legislation appears in the Copyright Act of 1976.]
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