Copyright Royalty and Distribution Reform Act

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United States federal statute

The Copyright Royalty and Distribution Reform Act is a U.S. law that overhauled the system for setting and distributing copyright royalty rates, including creating the Copyright Royalty Judges to replace prior administrative mechanisms.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panels	1
Copyright Royalty and Distribution Reform Act of 2004	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal statute ⓘ
administeredBy	Copyright Royalty Board ⓘ Library of Congress ⓘ
affects	collective rights organizations ⓘ copyright owners ⓘ digital music services ⓘ licensees under statutory licenses ⓘ
appliesTo	compulsory license royalties for musical works ⓘ royalties for certain digital transmissions ⓘ sound recording performance royalties ⓘ
areaOfLaw	copyright law ⓘ intellectual property law ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
effect	created the Copyright Royalty Judges ⓘ replaced prior administrative mechanisms for royalty distribution ⓘ replaced prior administrative mechanisms for royalty rate setting ⓘ
establishes	Copyright Royalty Board ⓘ procedures for royalty distribution proceedings ⓘ procedures for royalty rate determinations ⓘ
goal	to centralize copyright royalty decision-making ⓘ to increase efficiency in royalty adjudication ⓘ to provide more predictable royalty-setting processes ⓘ
hasComponent	procedural rules for rate-setting proceedings ⓘ procedural rules for royalty distribution proceedings ⓘ provisions on appointment of Copyright Royalty Judges ⓘ provisions on terms and removal of Copyright Royalty Judges ⓘ
impact	altered standards and processes for setting statutory royalty rates ⓘ changed procedures for resolving royalty distribution disputes ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
legalNature	amendment to the Copyright Act of 1976 ⓘ
legislativeBody	United States Congress ⓘ
purpose	to reform the system for distributing copyright royalties ⓘ to reform the system for setting copyright royalty rates ⓘ
regulates	distribution of statutory license royalties ⓘ statutory copyright license royalty rates ⓘ
relatedTo	U.S. Copyright Act ⓘ surface form: Copyright Act of 1976 Copyright Royalty Board ⓘ surface form: Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panels Copyright Royalty Board ⓘ statutory licenses under U.S. copyright law ⓘ
replaces	Copyright Royalty and Distribution Reform Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panels
signedBy	President of the United States ⓘ
subjectOf	administrative law challenges ⓘ copyright royalty rate litigation ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Title 17 of the United States Code → amendedBy → Copyright Royalty and Distribution Reform Act ⓘ

U.S. Copyright Act → amendedBy → Copyright Royalty and Distribution Reform Act ⓘ

Copyright Royalty and Distribution Reform Act → replaces → Copyright Royalty and Distribution Reform Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panels