(f) Licenses for Certain Nonexempt Transmissions. [47]
(1)(A) [48] No later than 30 days after the enactment of the Digital
Performance Right in Sound Recordings Act of 1995, the Librarian of
Congress shall cause notice to be published in the Federal Register of
the initiation of voluntary negotiation proceedings for the purpose of
determining reasonable terms and rates of royalty payments for
subscription transmissions by preexisting subscription services and
transmissions by preexisting satellite digital audio radio services
specified by subsection (d)(2) of this section during the period
beginning on the effective date of such Act and ending on December 31,
2001, or, if a copyright arbitration royalty panel is convened, ending
30 days after the Librarian issues and publishes in the Federal Register
an order adopting the determination of the copyright arbitration royalty
panel or an order setting the terms and rates (if the Librarian rejects
the panel's determination). Such terms and rates shall distinguish among
the different types of digital audio transmission services then in
operation. Any copyright owners of sound recordings, preexisting
subscription services, or preexisting satellite digital audio radio
services may submit to the Librarian of Congress licenses covering such
subscription transmissions with respect to such sound recordings.
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