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NCW-CRB – What do I do each year?
These are for services operating under the default rates and terms established by the Copyright Royalty Board at 37 CFR 380 Subpart A. (See website summary for CRB rates for 2011-2015)
2012 RATE: $500 annual fee (per station/channel) covers 159,140 aggregate tuning hours (definition at 37 CFR 380.2) monthly. Excess performances (per play, per listener; definition at 37 CFR 380.2) due monthly at $0.0021 per performance.
•NONCOMMERCIAL WEBCASTER (CRB) MINIMUM FEE STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT FORM: (Excel) Licensees should submit this form within 45 days of the end of the month in which any station/channel begins creating transmissions in 2012, or prior to January 31, 2012 (whichever is later). NOTE: Noncommercial services must file separate Statement of Account forms for each station/channel.
•NONCOMMERCIAL WEBCASTER (CRB) EXCESS MONTHLY LIABILITY SOA FORM: (Excel)
These forms are due within 45 days of the end of any month in which a service exceeds the 159,140 ATH threshold. If a service has not exceeded the threshold, there is no need to submit this form.
REPORTS OF USE: Due monthly, via electronically submission (via FTP or e-mail). Standard requirements. However, “minimum fee broadcasters” (i.e., FCC-licensed AM or FM stations that do no exceed their minimum fee) may submit quarterly two-week samples, as detailed here at 37 CFR 370.4(d).
NOTICE OF USE: As a reminder, all services operating under statutory licensing must file a Notice of Use form with the Copyright Royalty Board before beginning operation (this only needs to be done once, if beginning on or after July 2004). If you have not already done so, or need to amend a previous submission, please send a check or money order for $25 along with this form to the Copyright Royalty board directly.
SO… TO REVIEW:
(1) Make sure that you have submitted the Notice of Use (plus $25, if filing new) to the Copyright Royalty Board. (This is not annual; it is only required once.)
(2) Send the annual minimum fee of $500 (per station/channel) prior to Janaury 31, 2012 (or, if starting on or after 2/1, with your first month’s statement of account form; see (3) below…). Do not forget to sign and complete the statement of account.
(3) If excess liability is accrued, send SoundExchange a signed and completed statement of account for the applicable month (within 45 days of the end of that month), accompanied by a payment if the form indicates one is owed.
(4) Submit reports of use within 45 days of the end of each month (or within 45 days of the end of the each quarter, if a “minimum fee broadcaster”) via FTP or via e-mail to reports@soundexchange.com. NOTE: reports of use are due even if no payment is owed.
Questions? l&e@soundexchange.com
