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17 U.S.C. § 1006

Entitlement to royalty payments

United States · Title 17 — COPYRIGHTS · Status: effective

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17 U.S.C. § 1006, Entitlement to royalty payments, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/448568
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The royalty payments deposited pursuant to section 1005 shall, in accordance with the procedures specified in section 1007, be distributed to any interested copyright party— whose musical work or sound recording has been— The royalty payments shall be divided into 2 funds as follows: If all interested copyright parties within a group specified in subsection (b) do not agree on a voluntary proposal for the distribution of the royalty payments within each group, the Copyright Royalty Judges shall, pursuant to the procedures specified under section 1007(c), allocate royalty payments under this section based on the extent to which, during the relevant period—

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. 102-563(S. 1623)1992-10-28
    Audio Home Recording Act of 1992
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 103-198(H.R. 2840)1993-12-17
    Copyright Royalty Tribunal Reform Act of 1993
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 105-80(H.R. 672)1997-11-13
    To make technical amendments to certain provisions of title 17, United States Code.
    House: 424–2Senate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 108-419(H.R. 1417)2004-11-30
    Copyright Royalty and Distribution Reform Act of 2004
    House: 406–0Senate: no recorded tally