CRB Releases Finalized 2016-2020 Noninteractive Webcaster Royalty Rates

The Copyright Royalty Board finalized its 2016-2020 royalty rates for noninteractive webcasters, saying in a Monday notice in the Federal Register its 2016-2020 rates would remain at 0.17 cent per performance on nonsubscription services and 0.22 cent per performance on subscription services. The CRB originally released its 2016-2020 noninteractive webcaster rates in December (see 1512170063) and released its full determination in February (see 1602120058). Publication of the noninteractive webcaster rates in the Federal Register starts the 30-day clock for parties in the proceeding to file an appeal of the CRB’s decision to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.