Before the Library of Congress United States Copyright Office COPYRIGHT ARBITRATION ROYALTY PANEL ~ ~ Washington, D.C. 20024 gg~gS co&'+~@~ g& gg, S~ ~ &~ @g c.,a(~
In the Matter of ) ) Docket No. 96-4 CARP DPRA DIGITAL PHONORECORD DELIVERY ) RATE ADJUSTMENT PROCEEDING )
NOTICE OF INTENT TO PARTICIPATE OF THE RECORDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
The Recording Industry Association of America ("RIAA") is a trade association whose member companies create, manufacture, and/or distribute approximately 90 percent of all legitimate sound recordings produced and sold in the United States. Currently, RIAA represents over 250 sound recording copyright owners, including all major U.S. record companies. See
Attachment. The RIAA, on behalf of all the sound recording copyright owners it represents, submits this "Notice of Intent to Participate" in a CARP proceeding to determine the rates and terms for the 17 U.S.C. $ 115 compulsory license for digital phonorecord deliveries ("DPDs").
63 Fed. Reg. 35984 (July 1, 1998). For the reasons set forth in the "Memorandum ofNMPA, SGA, and RIAA Regarding
Disposition of the Digital Phonorecord Delivery Rate Adjustment Proceeding" filed on July 21,
1998, the RIAA believes that there is no basis for convening a CARP to determine the rates and terms for DPDs. Nonetheless, should any such proceeding be held, the RIAA will participate.
Respectfully submitted,
Cary H. Sherman, Esq. Senior Executive Vice President 8c General Counsel
Steven M. Marks, Esq. Vice President, Deputy General Counsel
1330 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 (202) 775-0101
Steve Englund, Esq. Arnold A Porter 555 Twelfth Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20004-1202
July 27, 1998 RIAA MEMBER LABELS
143 Records Avenue/Vertebrae Catalyst 21 Records AWOL Celtic Heartbeat 4AD Records Axiom Century Media 510 Records B-rite CGI/Platinum 57 Records Backyard Records Chameleon A+ Bad Boy Entertainment Chaos Recordings A&M Records Balance Productions Charisma A@M Associated Labels Bantam Doubleday Dell Chartbeat Records ABC Kids Barb Wire Cherry Disc ABKCO Music@Records Barco's Chess Records Aftermath Barking Pumpkin Chignon Records Albertine Basic Records Chordant All American Music Bass Production Chronicles Group BEC Chrysalis Records Alliance Quasar Music Bellmark Records Chuck Life Group Benson/Gaither Circumstantial Almo Big Records Click Records America Recordings Big Screen Music CMC International American Big Tree Records Cocoa Records Amuse America Big Cat Cold Andrea Music, Inc. Big Beat Records Chillin'olumbia Home Video Angel Records Big Bad Records Columbia Records Group Angel/EMI Black Out Command Classics/Virgin Classics Blue Thumb Conifer Classics Ardent Blue Note Records Continuum Records Ariola Dance Bluebird/Novus Coral Records Ariola BMG Entertainment Cotillion Arista Video BMG U.S. Latin Coyote/ASM Arista Texas BMG Crave Arista Latin Video/Discovery/Reebok Creation Records Arista Austin BMG Distribution Crescent Moon Arista Records Nashville BMG Direct Critique Arista Records, Inc. BMG Classics Video Curb/MCA-Nashville Ark21 BMG Classics Curb/Rising Tide Arte Nova BNA Entertainment Curb/Universal Asia Entertainment, Inc. Bon Ami Curb/Wynonna Astor Music Branford Marsalis Curb/MCA-L.A. Astoria Entertainment Broken Records Curb Records Atco Cadena Cypress Atlantic Jazz Carman Daemon Atlantic Jazzlore Capitol Nashville Dagger Records Atlantic Nashville Capitol Records Dali Records Atlantic Classics Capricorn Dancing Cat Atlas Records Career Records Dark Horse AV8 Records Cargo Day Spring DB Records Epic Records Group Guardian DCC/Sandstone Epic Soundtrax Guitar Recordings De-Lite Epitaph Hall of Fame Death Row Erato Harmony Records Decca Nashville Esparanza Records Heads Up Dedicated Records Essential Classics Heartcry Deep Purple Eurodisc High Street Def Jam Recordings Everland Hightone Records Delicious Vinyl Fantasy Hippo Detonator Fat Wreck Chords Hitsville Deutsche Grammophon Fever Hola Records Deutsche Hermonia FFRR Hollywood Records Mundi DGC Finnadar Home Sweet Home DHM/Eurodisc First Warning Homeland Dinosaur Entertainment First Priority Music Hoppoh/Columbia Disa Flavor Unit Records House of Blues Discos International Flyte Tyme Records Hughes Brother Discovery Records FonoVisa, Inc. Hush Ent. Disques Vogue Fontana Hyperdisk Domino Forefront I AM Entertainment Don Hill Fox Music Group I.R.S. Records Dot Records Fox Records Ichiban Dragon Street Freeworld Recordings/ ie Music DreamWorks Nashville CZ Records/Freeworld Imaginary Road DreamWorks SKG Music/Global Imago Recording Duck Soul/NGRecords/Out of Company Immediate DV8 Control/Pavement Immortal E Pluribus Unurn Frontier Records Impact Records Earache Full Moon Records Impulse Records Eardrum Fully Loaded Independent Network Co. Earthbeat Gang of Seven Infinity Digital East West Records Gasoline Alley Infrared Music Group East West America Gee Street (IMG) Interscope Records ECM Geffen Goldline Island Records Group Elektra Entertainment Geffen/DGC Records Jeff Robinson Group Elektra/Musician Giant Records Jersey Films Elektra Asylum Records Gold Seal Jim Henson Records Elephant Good News Jireh EMI-Capitol Ent. Gospocentric Jive Records Properties Gotee Jive/Amaru/Benson/ EMI Christian Music Gramavision Brentwood Group Grateful Dead Records Music/Cedarmont/Kids/ EMI Latin Great Performances Reunion/Sick Wid EMI Music Distribution Greenside Records It/Silvertone/Sound Energy Grindcore Mex/Verity/Zomba Epic Street Groovetown Group Epic Associated Labels GRP Recording Company Joe Entertainment Epic Home Video GTS Records JRS Records ~ JVC Musical Industries, Matador Records New Deal Inc. Maverick Recording Next Century Latin Karen Max Music NFL Films Kelit-Aurora Record MCA Records - L.A. Nick @Nite Corp. MCA Records Nimbus Ketter Entertainment MCA Nashville/Decca Nitro Group MCA Classics No Face Kid Rhino McGhee Records Nonesuch King Biscuit Mechanic Nonesuch/Musician King Communications Medicine Noo Trybe Knitting Factory Megaforce Entertainment Noptee Krasnow Melodiya Nothing LaFace Mercury Nashville November Latin Mercury Records NPG Legacy/Columbia Mesa/Bluemoon nu. millenia Legacy/Epic Metal Blade Records Nude Legato Mighty Horn Oasis Lightyear Entertainment Milan Observed Lil Man Milan/Jade Records Oceana Lil'Joe Millenium Ode 2 Kids Limelight Jazz Mirage Odyssey Little Dog Miramar Oid Mortales Records Little David MJJ Records Okeh Live Home Video Modern Records Omni Living Stereo Modern Art One Little Indian Lobster Records Mojo One Globe Music Logic Records Mondo Opal London International Monument Organized Noise London Records Moon Orpheus Lonely Planet Moon Shine Outburst Loose Groove Mordam Outpost Loot Morgan Creek Music P.R.O. Loud Records Group Pacific Arts Audio Luakabop Motown Record Pagan America Luna Music, Inc. Company L.P. Pakaderm LV Moulin D'r Recordings Pallas MAG Records MTV Palma Music Magnet Records Music For Little People Pandisc/Streetbeat Malaco Records Musical Productions Papillon Mammoth Records Musicmaster Parachute Manga Mute Records Patriot Records Manticore Myrrh Pavement Maranatha! N2K Encoded Music Pendulum Records Margaritaville Records Narada Records Philips Classics Marinda Grace Nas Philips Masterworks Nation Records PIMA Masterworks Heritage ND Golf Pioneer Music Group Masterworks Portrait Nettwerk Platino Records Platinum Entertainment Reebok Seraphim PMP Records Refuge Shang Polydor Classics and Jazz Regency Shimmy-Disc Polydor Nashville Rejoice Shrapnel Polydor Atlas Relapse Silas Polydor Relativity Records Sire/Elektra PolyGram Video Relix Skunk PolyGram Holding, Inc. Reprise Sky PolyGram Latino Resound Slamm Dunk PolyGram Classics/Jazz Restless Records Slash PolyGram Group Revelation SMSP/Signature Distribution Revolution SMV Popular Records RFC So So Def Premier Rhino Video Soho Square Premium Rhino Records SOLAR Records/J. Hines Priority Records Rhino Home Video Company Private Music Video Rising Tide Nashville Sonic Images Private Music Risky Business Sony Wonder PSI Comm Riva Sony Music Special Publishing River North Products Pumpko Inc., Ltd. RKD Sony Broadway Push Records RLG Records Sony Classical Q Division RLG/Nashville Sony Classical Film and Qwest Records RMM Video R.E.X. Music Roadrunner Records Sony Direct Rabbit Ears Robbins Entertainment Sony Discos Radio Universe Rodven Records Sony 550 Music Radioactive Rooart Sony Latin RAL Def Jam Roswell Records Sony Masterworks Random House Rotten Sony Music Distribution Rap-A-Lot Rowdy Sony Music Razor & Tie RSO Entertainment Inc. Razor Sharp RTR Records, Inc. Sony Music International RCA Victor (Greatest Rubenstein Media Label Sony Music Nashville Hits & Basic 100) Ruffhouse Records/Ovum Soundwave RCA Records Ruffhouse Records Southern Studios RCA Victor Jazz Rush Associated Labels Sparrow Records RCA Victor Living Stereo Ruthless Records Special Markets RCA Victrola Saja Records Spinart RCA Label Group Savage Records Stardog RCA Special Products SBK Records Starsong RCA Records Nashville Scotti Bros./Street Life Stepson Rebound Records Records Stonecreek Red Baron Productions, Scratchie Records Street Life Records L.T.D. Sea Creatures Streetbeat Red Seal Seed Stretch Records Red Light Seismic Records Suave House Redbook Select Records Super K Swan Song Uptown/URC Wild Pitch T.R.S. Uptown Records Win Time Tag Records V2/GeeStreet/Flydaddy/ Wind-Up Entertainment Telarc Blues BigCat Wind-Up/Grass/Surefire Telarc Jazz Varese Sarabande Windham Hill Group Telarc Jazz Zone Records Wonderland Telarc Vedisco Word Telarchive Velvel Records Word Song Teledec Velvel Records/Bottom Word Treasures The Children's Group Line Work The Right Stuff Vendetta World Domination Music The Columbia House Vernon Yard Yab Yum Entertainment Company Vertigo Zero Hour The Wal Verve Antilles Zoom Express The Atlantic Group Verve Forecast ZYX Music Distributors Third Stone Records Verve Thirsty Ear Vestron Threshold Viceroy Thump Records Victory Music Tim Kerr Victrola Time Bomb Vinyl Solution Time Warner Audio Virgin Compilations Books Virgin Underground TK Records Virgin Records, Inc. Tommy Boy Music Vivarte Tooth & Nail Vocalion Records Total Experience Walt Disney Records Touch and Go Wanderlust Interactive Track Factory Warner Western Trackmasters Warner Vision Trauma Entertainment Tribeca Warner Alliance Triloka Warner Bros. Records Triplex Inc. TriStar Music Group Warner/Curb Tropical Storm Warner/ Elektra/ Atlantic TVT/Nothing Warner Kids TVT/Nothing Warner Music Group Twlsm Warner/Reprise Twisted Warner/Reprise Nashville ULG Warner Reprise Video Unison Warner Special Products Unisphere Wave Entertainment Universal Records Way Cool Universal Latino WEA Latina Universal Music Group WEA Inc. Universal Music & Video What? Distribution Whitifield CERTIFICATION OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that I have this 27st day of July, 1998, served the foregoing Notice of Intent to Participate ofthe Recording Industry Association ofAmerica by overnight mail to the following counsel.
Ju+D. Titus
Carey R. Ramos Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, ~on & Garrison 1285 Avenue ofthe Americas New York, NY 10019-6064
Seth D. Greenstein McDermott, Will & Emery 600 Thirteenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20005
Bruce G. Joseph Wiley, Rein & Fielding 1776 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20006
Michael J. Remington Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Suite 900 901 15th Street, NW Washington, DC 20005