Asociacion de Compositores y Editores de Musica LatinoAmericana v. Copyright Royalty Tribunal

FEINBERG, Chief Judge:

Asociación de Compositores y Editores de Música LatinoAmericana (“ACEMLA”) and Italian Book Corporation (“IBC”) petition for review of a final decision of the United States Copyright Royalty Tribunal (“Tribunal”) distributing jukebox royalties for 1985. Specifically, petitioners argue that the Tribunal incorrectly ruled in 1985 that they were not “performing rights societies,” as defined by 17 U.S.C. § 116. They also claim that even if they were not performing rights societies, the Tribunal’s allocation to them was arbitrary, capricious, and unsupported by substantial…