The Copyright Royalty Board has set a cost of
living adjustment to the rates paid to master
recording copyright holders for 2018, with the
rate increasing on basis point each to $0.0018
for ad-supported, non-subscription music
streaming services; and $0.0023 per
performance for paid subscription services.
Previously, the rates had been $0.0017 and
$0.0022, respectively.
Meanwhile non-commercial webcasters will pay
$0.0018 per performance for each one in excess
of 159,140 ATH, or aggregate tuning hours, in
a month. That is up from $0.0017 in 2016 and
2017, but down from prior years.
These determinations are the first
announcements from the CRB in what are
expected to be a slate of rate determinations
that are scheduled to be announced shortly.
These rate determinations will impact all
aspects of the music industry, including the
mechanical licenses that labels and digital
services pay music publishers and songwriters;
and the rates paid to music copyright owners
by SiriusXM and Music Choice.
Outside the music industry, the Copyright
Royalty Board yesterday also set a 2 percent
cost of living adjustment for the royalty that
satellite carriers, acting as television
re-transmitters, pay under the compulsory
license.
Consequently, the 27 cents per subscriber per
month rate now will be 28 cent per month for
private viewers in their homes while the rate
for commercial establishments viewers rises to
58 cents per subscriber per month, up from 57
cents per subscriber per month.
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