2013 Cable, Satellite Royalty Applications Due July 6, CRB Says
The application deadline for copyright holders seeking payout of 2013 royalties they're owed by cable companies and satellite carriers is July 6, the Copyright Royalty Board said. The money is collected twice yearly by the Copyright Office for the license…
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to transmit terrestrial TV and radio broadcast signals via cable and satellite. A notice about the deadline and application process for 2013 royalty payments was published in the Federal Register after judges determined "controversies exist" about the distribution, based on previous comments from such organizations as the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, Canadian Broadcasting Corp., Motion Picture Association of America, NBA, NFL, Office of the Commissioner of Baseball and PBS. A CRB notice Thursday publicized the June 5 Federal Register notice.