Joint Petition to Participate of the Mpaa-Represented Program Suppliers
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Before the COPYRIGHT ROYALTY JUDGES Washington, D.C. ___________________________________ ) In the Matter of ) ) Docket No. 14-CRB-007-CD (2010-12) Distribution of the 2010, 2011, ) and 2012 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 distribution proceeding regarding the 2010, 2011, and 2012 cable royalty funds (“2010-2012 Proceeding”) and requesting petitions to participate “in either or both Phase I or Phase II of the cable royalty proceeding” from interested parties, 79 Fed. Reg. 76396 (December 22, 2014) (“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 both Phase I and Phase II of the 2010- 2012 Proceeding, as required by 37 C.F.R. § 351.1(b)(2)(ii).1 Historically, at the Phase I level, MPAA has represented the interests of all copyright owners of syndicated series, movies, specials and non-team sports broadcast by television 1 The Judges’ Notice seeks simultaneous petitions to participate in both Docket No. 14-CRB-007-CD (2010-12) and 14-CRB-008-SD (2010-12) on January 21, 2015. In the interest of administrative efficiency and judicial economy, MPAA favors consolidation of these two separate dockets into a single proceeding at the earliest possible opportunity. 6612106.3/43507-00077 stations during the royalty years at issue in that proceeding (“Program Suppliers”).2 MPAA intends to represent the interests of those same Program Suppliers in Phase I of the 2010-2012 Proceeding, including the interests of copyright owners who have agreed to representation by MPAA in the 2010-2012 Proceeding. In Phase II of the 2010-2012 Proceeding, MPAA will represent the MPAA-represented Program Suppliers exclusively. The MPAA-represented Program Suppliers for each cable royalty year at issue are identified in Attachment A hereto.3 MPAA reserves the right to amend its list of represented participants as 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 2010-2012 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 2010, 2011, and 2012, the MPAA-represented Program Suppliers have a significant interest in the subject matter of the 2010-2012 Proceeding, and request that this Joint Petition to Participate in both Phase I and Phase II of the 2010-2012 Proceeding 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 76397-98. CONCLUSION For the foregoing reasons, the Judges should grant the MPAA-represented Program Suppliers’ joint petition to participate in the 2010-2012 Proceeding. 2 This definition of the Program Suppliers Phase I category is consistent with the longstanding definition of the Program Suppliers category that has been stipulated to by the parties in past royalty distribution proceedings. See Joint Motion Of The Phase I Parties To Adopt Stipulation As To Claimant Group Categorization And Scope Of Claims, Docket No. 2007-3 CRB CD 2004-2005 at Exhibit A (October 2, 2009) (“2004-05 Stipulation”). 3 As required by the Notice, MPAA is also submitting an electronic copy of Attachment A as a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. The electronic copy of Attachment A is included on the CD ROM that accompanies this filing. 6612106.3/43507-00077 SERVICE LIST JOINT SPORTS CLAIMANTS DEVOTIONAL CLAIMANTS Robert Alan Garrett Clifford M. Harrington Charles G. Curtis, Jr. PILLSBURY WINTHROP Michael Kientzle SHAW PITTMAN LLP ARNOLD & PORTER LLP 1200 17th Street NW 555 Twelfth Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20036 Washington, D.C. 20004-1206 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 Ann Mace COVINGTON & BURLING LLP CROWELL & MORING LLP One City Center 1001 Pennsylvania Ave., NW 850 10th Street NW Washington, DC 20004-2595 Washington, DC 20001 6612106.3/43507-00077 MUSIC CLAIMANTS AMERICAN SOCIETY OF COMPOSERS, BROADCAST MUSIC, INC. AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS 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, ZUMWALT & HAYES PLLC 1014 16th Avenue South Nashville, TN 37212 6612106.3/43507-00077 CANADIAN CLAIMANTS L. Kendall Satterfield Victor Cosentino FINKELSTEIN THOMPSON LLP LARSON & GASTON LLP 1077 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 Jonathan D. Hart PICK & BOYDSTON LLP Gregory A. Lewis 10786 Le Conte Avenue NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO Los Angeles, CA 90024 1111 North Capitol Street, NE Washington, DC 20002 6612106.3/43507-00077 ATTACHMENT A ATTACHMENT A CLAIM CLAIM CLAIM PHASE I 2010 CABLE, MPAA-REPRESENTED CLAIMANTS YEAR NUMBER TYPE CATEGORY !K7 RCCORDS (OTHER) 2010 365 W 1 "FIRST TWENTY MILLION" FILMPRODUKTION GMBH & CO. KG 2010 169 W 1 "JOE SOMEBODY" FILMPRODUKTION GMBH & CO. KG 2010 169 W 1 "SHALLOW HAL" FILMPRODUKTION GMBH & CO. KG. 2010 169 W 1 "UNFAITHFUL" FILMPRODUKTION GMBH & CO. KG 2010 169 W 1 (RED) WIRE, P&D (UMG) 2010 365 W 1 111 FRICTION (WMG) 2010 365 W 1 112 - BAD BOY (UMG) 2010 365 W 1 112 RECORDS (UMG) 2010 365 W 1 12 PINGUINOS DIBUJOS ANIMADOS, S.L. 2010 454 W 1 12 PINGUINOS DIBUJOS ANIMADOS, S.L. 2010 536 W 1 127 SERVICE, INC. 2010 169 W 1 12TH STREET RCCORDS (SONY) 2010 365 W 1 13 PRODUCTION SAS 2010 417 W 1 1320 RECORDS (SONY) 2010 365 W 1 14 PIES AUDIOVISUAL, S.L. 2010 454 W 1 14 PIES AUDIOVISUAL, S.L. 2010 536 W 1 1500 RECORDS (UMG) 2010 365 W 1 1720 ENTERTAINMENT (UMG) 2010 365 W 1 1720 ENTERTAINMNT PS (UMG) 2010 365 W 1 19 RECORDS (UMG) 2010 365 W 1 19 TV LIMITED 2010 485 W 1 1A PRODUCTIONS LIMITED 2010 604 W 1 1CEH20 RECORDS (EMI) 2010 365 W 1 1NTERSCOPE (TRACS) (UMG) 2010 365 W 1 1SR/MOSLEY/ZONE 4 PS (UMG) 2010 365 W 1 1SR;'RAD I CULTURE PS (UMG) 2010 365 W 1 1ST AND HOPE DVD (UMG) 2010 365 W 1 1ST INDEPENDENT PICS (UMG) 2010 365 W 1 1VEY MUSIC INTERNATIONAL (EMI) 2010 365 W 1 2.13.61 RECORDS (WMG) 2010 365 W 1 2:59:00 (SONY) 2010 365 W 1 2008 GRAMMY ALBUM (UMG) 2010 365 W 1 2012 SDTK (SONY) 2010 365 W 1 20G ENTERTAINMENT (WMG) 2010 365 W 1 20TH CENT FOX-FAT AL (UMG) 2010 365 W 1 21 ENTERTAINMENT GRP (UMG) 2010 365 W 1 21 MUSIC/IDJ(FEFE D) (UMG) 2010 365 W 1 220 PRODUCTIONS PTY LTD 2010 417 W 1 2-4-1 RECORDS (UMG) 2010 365 W 1 28 WEEKS LTD. 2010 169 W 1 29 LETRAS, S.L.L. 2010 454 W 1 29 LETRAS, S.L.L. 2010 536 W 1 2929 ENTERTAINMENT LLC 2010 454 W 1 2929 ENTERTAINMENT LLC 2010 536 W 1 2929 PRODUCTIONS LLC 2010 169 W 1 2B1 (SONY) 2010 365 W 1 2PAC INT UNREL MAST (UMG) 2010 365 W 1 3 DOORS PRODUCTIONS, INC. 2010 485 W 1 3 KOMA 93 2010 454 W 1 3 KOMA 93 2010 536 W 1 30 DAYS I'M FAMOUS (UMG) 2010 365 W 1 32 RCCORDS (WMG) 2010 365 W 1 1 ATTACHMENT A CLAIM CLAIM CLAIM PHASE I 2010 CABLE, MPAA-REPRESENTED CLAIMANTS YEAR NUMBER TYPE CATEGORY 333 MUSIC (UMG) 2010 365 W 1 35 35 ENTERTAINMENT (UMG) 2010 365 W 1 35-35 ENTERTAINMENT/ASYLUM (WMG) 2010 365 W 1 360 DEGREE FILMS PTY LTD 2010 417 W 1 3868265 CANADA INC. (INCENDRO PRODUCTIONS INC.) 2010 437 W 1 3D FILMS PTY LTD 2010 417 W 1 3DD ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED 2010 604 W 1 3W PRODUCTIONS INC. 2010 437 W 1 4 LIFE (UMG) 2010 365 W 1 4 PAWS ENTERTAINMENT, LLC 2010 1 W 1 4 WEST RECORDS (SONY) 2010 365 W 1 4 WINDS FILMS LTD 2010 417 W 1 40 RECORDS (EMI) 2010 365 W 1 4113985 CANADA LTD. A SUBSIDIARY OF CINEPRO CTF PRODUCTIONS LTD. 2010 437 W 1 456 ENTERPRISES (UMG) 2010 365 W 1 46664 CONCERTS SA 2010 417 W 1 4AD (WMG) 2010 365 W 1 4KIDS PRODUCTION 2010 418 I 1 4PLAY MUSIC GROUP (WMG) 2010 365 W 1 4TH SUN ENTERTAINMENT GROUP (EMI) 2010 365 W 1 4TROOPS(SONY) 2010 365 W 1 5 FILMS DISTRIBUCIONES, S.L. 2010 454 W 1 5 FILMS DISTRIBUCIONES, S.L. 2010 536 W 1 5 FILMS, S.L. (BAJA) 2010 454 W 1 5 FILMS, S.L. (BAJA) 2010 536 W 1 5 MINUTE WALK MUSIC (EMI) 2010 365 W 1 5 POINTS RECORDS (WMG) 2010 365 W 1 50 CENT - MOVIE (UMG) 2010 365 W 1 50 CENT MOVIE (UMG) 2010 365 W 1 50 ENTERTAINMENT (SONY) 2010 365 W 1 50/50 MUSIC GROUP (UMG) 2010 365 W 1 500 YEARS LATER (UMG) 2010 365 W 1 500DS FILMS, INC.