INDEPENDENT PRODUCERS GROUP v. COPYRIGHT ROYALTY

No. 18-1337 Consolidated with 19-1116.

966 F.3d 799 (2020)

INDEPENDENT PRODUCERS GROUP, Appellant v. COPYRIGHT ROYALTY BOARD and Librarian of Congress, Appellees. Amazing Facts, Inc., et al., Intervenors

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 21, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian D. Boydston , Los Angeles, CA, argued the cause and filed the briefs for appellant.

Martin V. Totaro , Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, New York, NY, argued the cause for appellees. With him on the brief was Daniel Tenny , Attorney. Mark R. Freeman , Attorney, entered an appearance.

Matthew J. MacLean , Jessica T. Nyman , Michael A. Warley , Gregory O. Olaniran , Lucy Holmes Plovnick , Daniel A. Cantor , R. Stanton Jones , Michael Kientzle , Washington, DC, Philip R. Hochberg , Potomac, MD, and Jeremy W. Dutra , Washington, DC, were on the brief for intervenors in support of appellees.

Before: GRIFFITH and PILLARD, Circuit Judges, and SILBERMAN, Senior Circuit Judge.


Under the Copyright Act, when a cable or satellite company retransmits programs initially aired on broadcast stations, the Register of Copyrights collects royalty fees under a compulsory licensing scheme and later redistributes the fees to the appropriate copyright owners. The Copyright Royalty Judges (the Judges) preside...

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