Determination of Rates and Terms for Digital Performance of Sound Recordings and Making of Ephemeral Copies To Facilitate Those Performances (Web VI)
Built by the Tribune's code from the Federal Register. No AI wrote this page. Published in the Federal Register March 10, 2026. Document 2026-04632. Updated Nov. 13, 2026.
- What it does
The Copyright Royalty Judges publish a final rule governing the rates and terms for the nonsubscription digital performance of sound recordings by commercial broadcasters and for the making of ephemeral recordings necessary for the facilitation of such transmissions for the period commencing January 1, 2026, and ending on December 31, 2030.
The Copyright Royalty Board's summary, as published in the Federal Register.
- What changed in the regulation
1 part of Title 37 of the Code of Federal Regulations:
Wording on eCFR: the day before it took effect and from the day it took effect (first part listed).
- Compared with
The Copyright Royalty Board has published 5 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 4 in all of 2025.
Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.
- What happens next and when
Effective March 10, 2026.
The agency's dates, word for word.
- Check it yourself
The record as published
| Document number | 2026-04632 |
|---|---|
| Action | Final rule. |
| Agencies | Library of Congress; Copyright Royalty Board |
| Published | March 10, 2026 |
| Effective date | March 10, 2026 |
| Docket | CRB-0012-WR |
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