| disruption or suspension of such services has terminated, shall be considered timely. |
§ 710. Reproductions for use of the blind and physically handicapped: Voluntary licensing forms and procedures
| The Register of Copyrights shall, after consultation with the Chief of the Division for the Blind and Physically Handicapped and other appropriate officials of the Library of Congress, establish by regulation standardized forms and procedures by which, at the time applications covering certain specified categories of nondramatic literary works are submitted for registration under section 408 of this title, the copyright owner may voluntarily grant to the Library of Congress a license to reproduce the copyrighted work by means of Braille or similar tactile symbols, or by fixation of a reading of the work in a phonorecord, or both, and to distribute the resulting copies or phonerecords solely for the use of the blind and physically handicapped and under limited conditions to be specified in the standardized forms. |
Chapter 8.—Copyright Royalty Tribunal
Sec.
- Copyright Royalty Tribunal: Establishment and purpose.
- Membership of the Tribunal.
- Procedures of the Tribunal.
- Institution and conclusion of proceedings.
- Staff of the Tribunal.
- Administrative support of the Tribunal.
- Deduction of costs of proceedings.
- Reports.
- Effective date of final determinations.
- Judicial review.
§ 801. Copyright Royalty Tribunal: Establishment and purpose
| (a) | There is hereby created an independent Copyright Royalty Tribunal in the legislative branch. |
| (b) | Subject to the provisions of this chapter, the purposes of the Tribunal shall be− |
| (1) | to make determinations concerning the adjustment of reasonable copyright royalty rates as provided in sections 115 and 116, and to make determinations as to reasonable terms and rates of royalty payments as provided in section 118. The rates applicable under sections 115 and 116 shall be calculated to achieve the following objectives: |
| (A) | To maximize the availability of creative works to the public; |
| (B) | To afford the copyright owner a fair return for his creative work and the copyright user a fair income under existing economic conditions; |
| (C) | To reflect the relative roles of the copyright owner and the copyright user in the product made available to the public with respect to relative creative contribution, technological contribution, capital investment, cost, risk, and contribution to the opening of new markets for creative expression and media for their communication; |
| (D) | To minimize any disruptive impact on the structure of the industries involved and on generally prevailing industry practices. |
