Copyright Royalty Judges Announce Royalty Rates for Higher-Ed Use of SESAC Repertory

Copyright Royalty judges announced a “cost of living adjustment” of 2 percent for the royalty rates colleges and universities pay for the use of “nondramatic musical compositions” in the SESAC repertory, said a Copyright Royalty Board Federal Registernotice Tuesday. Those royalty rates are for statutory licenses under the Copyright Act for noncommercial broadcasting, it said. The decision applies to those institutions not affiliated with NPR and will become effective Jan. 2.