Before the COPYRIGHT ROYALTY JUDGES Washington, DC ) in the Matter of ) ) Distribution of the 2004, 2005, ) 2006, 2007, 2008
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Before the COPYRIGHT ROYALTY JUDGES Washington, D.C. ) In the Matter of ) ) Docket No. 2012-6 CRB CD 2004-2009 Distribution of the 2004, 2005, ) (Phase H) 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009 ) Cable Royalty Funds ) ) JOINT PETITION TO PARTICIPATE OF THE MPAA-REPRESENTED PROGRAM SUPPLIERS Pursuant to the notice published in the Federal Register announcing the commencement of a Phase II distribution proceeding regarding the 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009 cable royalty funds ("2004-2009 Phase II Proceeding") and requesting petitions to participate from interested parties, 78 Fed. Reg. 50113 (August 16, 2013) ("Notice"), the Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. ("MPAA"), its member companies and other producers and distributors of syndicated series, movies, specials, and non-team sports broadcast by television stations and retransmitted by cable systems who have agreed to representation by MPAA ("MPAA-represented Program Suppliers"), hereby petition the Copyright Royalty Judges ("Judges") to participate in the 2004-2009 Phase II Proceeding, as required by 37 C.F.R. § 351.1(b)(2)(i0. MPAA will represent the copyright owners of syndicated series, movies, specials, and non-team sports broadcast by television stations in the years 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009 who have agreed to representation by MPAA in the 2004-2009 Phase II Proceeding. The MPAA-represented Program Suppliers for each cable royalty year at issue are identified in Attachment A hereto. MPAA reserves the right to amend its list of represented participants as 5505680A/43507-00068 such amendments may be necessary and legally permissible. As of the date of this joint petition to participate, MPAA and its undersigned counsel certify that they have the authority and consent of each of the parties listed on Attachment A to represent them in the 2004-2009 Phase II Proceeding. As copyright owners of the majority of programming broadcast on stations whose signals were carried by cable systems as distant signals in the years 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009, the MPAA-represented Program Suppliers have a significant interest in the subject matter of the 2004-2009 Phase II Proceeding, and request that their joint petition to participate be granted. As required by the Judges' regulations and the Notice, MPAA- represented Program Suppliers have attached a check with their $150 filing fee. See 37 C.F.R. § 351.1(b)(4); Notice at 50114. CONCLUSION For the foregoing reasons, the Judges should grant the MPAA-represented Program Suppliers' joint petition to participate in this proceeding. 5505680.1/43507-00068 Respectfully submitted, Dated: September 16, 2013 Gregory 0. 0 niran D.C. Bar No. 455784 Lucy Holmes Plovnick D.C. Bar No. 488752 Kimberly P. Nguyen D.C. Bar No. 996237 MITCHELL SILBERBERG & KNUPP LLP 1818 N Street, NW 8th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Telephone: (202) 355-7917 Facsimile: (202) 355-7887 [email protected] [email protected] Attorneys for MPAA-represented Program Suppliers 5505680.1/43507-00068 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on this 16th day of September, 2013, a copy of the foregoing Joint Petition to Participate of the MPAA-represented Program Suppliers was sent by Federal Express overnight mail to the parties listed on the attached service list, Lucy HolnYes Plovnick 5505680.1143507-00068 SERVICE LIST JOINT SPORTS CLAIMANTS DEVOTIONAL CLAIMANTS Robert Alan Garrett Clifford M. Harrington Stephen K. Marsh PILLSBURY WINTHROP ARNOLD & PORTER LLP SHAW PITTMAN LLP 555 Twelfth Street, N.W. 2300 N Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20004-1206 Washington, DC 20037-1128 Arnold P. Lutzker LUTZKER & LUTZKER LLP 1233 20th Street, NW Suite 703 Washington, DC 20036 PUBLIC TELEVISION CLAIMANTS COMMERCIAL TELEVISION CLAIMANTS NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS Ronald G. Dove, Jr. John I. Stewart, Jr. Lindsey Tonsager Jennifer H. Burdman COVINGTON & BURLING LLP Ann Mace 1201 Pennsylvania Ave., NW CROWELL & MORING LLP Washington, DC 20004-2401 1001 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, DC 20004-2595 5505680.1/43507-00068 MUSIC CLAIMANTS AMERICAN SOCIETY OF COMPOSERS, BROADCAST MUSIC, INC. AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS Joan M. McGivern Marvin L. Berenson Samuel Mosenkis Joseph J. DiMona ASCAP BROADCAST MUSIC, INC. One Lincoln Plaza 7 World Trade Center New York, NY 10023 250 Greenwich Street New York, NY 10007-0030 Michael J. Remington Jeffrey J. Lopez DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP 1500 K Street, NW — Suite 1100 Washington, DC 20005 SESAC, INC. John C. Beiter SHACKELFORD, ZUM WALT & HAYES PLLC 1014 16th Avenue South Nashville, TN 37212 5505680.1/43507-00068 CANADIAN CLAIMANTS L. Kendall Satterfield Victor Cosentino FINKELSTEIN THOMPSON LLP LARSON & GASTON LLP 1050 30th Street NW 200 S. Los Robles Avenue, Suite 530 Washington, DC 20007 Pasadena, CA 91101 INDEPENDENT PRODUCERS GROUP NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO Brian D. Boydston Terri Minatra PICK & BOYDSTON LLP Gregory A. Lewis 10786 Le Conte Avenue NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO Los Angeles, CA 90024 635 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20001-3753 5505680.1/43507-00068 ATTACHMENT A 2004 CABLE, MPAA-Represented Claimants 4Kids Production f/k/a The Summit Media Group ACI Communications AFMA Collections, A Division of AFMA AGICOA AGICOA Urheberrechtsschutz Allied Communications, Inc. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. Audio-visual Copyright Society Trading as Screenrights B&A Productions, LLC Babe Winkelman Productions, Inc. BBC Worldwide Americas Inc. Big Ticket Television, Inc. Buena Vista Television (dba Disney-ABC Domestic Television) Califon Productions, Inc. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation CBS Broadcasting Inc. CCE Television Cesari Response Television, Inc. CF Entertainment, Inc. Classic Media, LLC Clear Channel Entertainment Inc. CNBC, Inc. CNN, LP, LLLP Compact Collections Limited Connection III Entertainment Corp Cookie Jar Entertainment Inc. D.L. Taffner Ltd. Dreamworks LLC Fintage Publishing and Collection B.V. Fox Entertainment Group, Inc. Fremantle Productions Latin America Inc. FremantleMedia North America, Inc. Harmony Gold USA, Inc. Hasbro, Inc. Hearst Entertainment, Inc. Home Box Office, Inc. Hortus, Ltd. IFTA Collections, a Division of IFTA Intermediary Copyright Royalty Services Jalbert Productions, Inc. Jasinski TV Jay Ward Productions, Inc. Jeopardy Productions, Inc. Litton Syndications Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. Marty Stouffer Productions Ltd. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. MG/Perin, Inc. NASCAR Media Group LLC, NASCAR Digital Entertainment LLC National Basketball Association ATTACHMENT A National Hockey League NBC Universal Inc. Nelvana Limited New Line Cinema Corp New York Road Runners NFL Films NGHT, Inc. 0. Atlas Enterprises, Inc. Oliver Productions Inc. Overview Productions, Inc., Euro-Pro, Bruce Nash Entertainment Paramount Pictures Corporation Recording Industry Association of America Inc. Remodeling Today, Inc. dba Today's Homeowner with Danny Lipford Rysher Entertainment Sandra Carter Productions, Inc. Scholastic Entertainment Inc. Screen Media Ventures, LLC Script to Screen Productions Inc. ,Sesame Workshop SFM Entertainment LLC Sony Pictures Television Inc. Spectacor Films Spelling Television, Inc. Stephen J. Cannell Productions, Inc. Steve Rotfeld Productions, Inc. Steve White Films Telco Productions, Inc. The Carsey-Werner Company LLC The Goodman Group The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts The Landsburg Company The Program Exchange (General Mills Sales, Inc.) The Summit Media Group, Inc. The Television Syndication Company, Inc. Total Gym Fitness, LLC Transworld International/International Management Group Tribune Entertainment Company Ulimate Choice, Inc. United States Olympic Committee Univision Network Limited Partnership Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Western International Syndication World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. Worldvision Enterprises, Inc. *MPAA represents all claimants within joint claims. 2 ATTACHMENT A 2005 CABLE, MPAA-Represented Claimants 4 Kids Production f/k/a The Summit Media Group AFMA Collections, A Division of AFMA AGICOA American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. Audio-visual Copyright Society Trading as Screenrights Babe Winkelman Productions, Inc. BBC Worldwide Americas Inc. Big Ticket Television, Inc. Buena Vista Television (dba Disney-ABC Domestic Television) Califon Productions, Inc. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation CBS Broadcasting Inc. CBS Studios, Inc., a CBS Company Cesari Response Television, Inc. CF Entertainment, Inc. Clear Channel Entertainment Inc. CNBC, Inc. Compact Collections Limited Connection III Entertainment Corp Cookie Jar Entertainment Inc. Dick Clark Productions, Inc. Dreamworks LLC Eclipse Television, LLC Fintage Publishing and Collection B.V. Fox Entertainment Group, Inc. FremantleMedia North America, Inc. GRB Entertainment Guthy - Renker Hearst Entertainment, Inc. Home Box Office, Inc. Hometime Video Publishing Inc. Hortus, Ltd. IFTA Collections, a Division of IFTA Intermediary Copyright Royalty Services Intersport Television Jalbert Productions, Inc. Jasinski TV Jay Ward Productions, Inc. Jeopardy Productions, Inc. Larry Harmon Pictures Corporation Litton Syndications, Inc. Major League Baseball Properties, Inc. Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc, Marty Stouffer Productions Ltd. Melange Pictures LLC Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. MG/Perin, Inc. NASCAR Media Group LLC National Basketball Association National Geographic Television ATTACHMENT A National Hockey League NBC Universal Inc. Nelvana Limited New Line Cinema Corp New York Road Runners NFL Films NGHT, Inc, 0, Atlas Enterprises, Inc. Oliver Productions Inc.