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Code · CFR · Title 37 — Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights · Part 381 · § 381.10

§ 381.10. Cost of living adjustment.

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(a)On or before December 1, 2023, the Copyright Royalty Judges shall publish in the Federal Register a notice of the change in the cost of living as determined by the Consumer Price Index (all consumers, all items) during the period from the most recent Index published prior to December 1, 2022, to the most recent Index published prior to December 1, 2023. On or before each December 1 thereafter the Copyright Royalty Judges shall publish a notice of the change in the cost of living during the period from the most recent index published prior to the previous notice to the most recent Index published prior to December 1 of that year.
(b)On the same date of the notices published pursuant to paragraph
(a)of this section, the Copyright Royalty Judges shall publish in the Federal Register a revised schedule of the rates for § 381.5(c)(3) and (4), the rates to be charged for compositions in the repertory of SESAC and GMR, which shall adjust the royalty amounts established in a dollar amount according to the greater of:
(1)The change in the cost of living determined as provided in paragraph
(a)of this section; or
(2)One-and-a-half percent (1.5%).
(3)Such royalty rates shall be fixed at the nearest dollar.
(c)The adjusted schedule for the rates for § 381.5(c)(3) and
(4)shall become effective thirty
(30)days after publication in the Federal Register. \[88 FR 41833, June 28, 2023\]
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