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INDEPENDENT PRODUCERS GROUP v. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

No. 13-1132.

759 F.3d 100 (2014)

INDEPENDENT PRODUCERS GROUP, Appellant v. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS and Register of Copyrights, Appellees. Christian Broadcasting Network, Inc., et al., Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 25, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian D. Boydston argued the cause and filed the briefs for appellant.

Sonia K. McNeil , Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for appellees. With her on the brief were Stuart F. Delery , Assistant Attorney General, and Scott R. McIntosh and Mark R. Freeman , Attorneys.

Clifford M. Harrington , Matthew J. MacLean , Gregory O. Olaniran , and Lucy H. Plovnick were on the brief for interveners Settling Devotional Claimants and Program Suppliers, in support of appellees.

Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge MILLETT.

MILLETT, Circuit Judge:

The Copyright Office of the Library of Congress manages a royalty fund that provides payments to copyright holders when they are statutorily obligated to license their work to third parties. Appellant Independent Producers Group (IPG) challenges the distribution of royalties from that fund for religious programming broadcasts on cable television in 1998. The complication for IPG is that, eleven years ago, its former president signed settlement...

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