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17 U.S.C. § 513

Determination of reasonable license fees for individual proprietors

United States · Title 17 — COPYRIGHTS · Status: effective

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17 U.S.C. § 513, Determination of reasonable license fees for individual proprietors, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/448522
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In the case of any performing rights society subject to a consent decree which provides for the determination of reasonable license rates or fees to be charged by the performing rights society, notwithstanding the provisions of that consent decree, an individual proprietor who owns or operates fewer than 7 non-publicly traded establishments in which nondramatic musical works are performed publicly and who claims that any license agreement offered by that performing rights society is unreasonable in its license rate or fee as to that individual proprietor, shall be entitled to determination of a reasonable license rate or fee as follows:

Legislative history

The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.

  • Enacted byPub. L. 105-298(S. 505)1998-10-27
    Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 106-44(S. 1260)1999-08-05
    A bill to make technical corrections in title 17, United States Code, and other laws.
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally