Legal Opinion
SoundExchange, Inc. v. Copyright Royalty Bd.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided September 18, 2018No. 16-1159; C/w 16-1162PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Srinivasan, Circuit Judge:
This case concerns the rates paid by webcasters to license copyrights in digital sound recordings. Webcasters stream digital sound recordings to listeners over the Internet. A so-called "noninteractive" webcasting service chooses the recordings to *46 play for listeners, whereas an "interactive" service allows an individual listener to select music on demand.
Congress established a statutory copyright license for noninteractive webcasters in the Copyright Act. The statutory license enables noninteractive webcasters to transmit recordings by paying a standard royalty rate…
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