LIBRARY OF CONGRESS IN THE MATTER OF: ) ) UNCLAIMED ROYALTIES ) STUDY ROUNDTABLE ) Pages: 291 through 427 Place: Washington, D.C. Date: March 26, 2021 HERITAGE REPORTING CORPORATION Official Reporters 1220 L Street, N.W., Suite 206 Washington, D.C. 20005-4018 (202) 628-4888
[email protected] 291 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS IN THE MATTER OF: ) ) UNCLAIMED ROYALTIES ) STUDY ROUNDTABLE ) Remote Roundtable Suite 206 Heritage Reporting Corporation 1220 L Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. Friday, March 26, 2021 The parties met remotely, pursuant to notice, at 10:00 a.m. PARTICIPANTS: Session 1: Holding and Distribution, Part 1 STEVEN AMBERS, Society of Composures, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) RICK CARNES, Songwriters Guild of America (SGA) ALI LIEBERMAN, SoundExchange, Inc. IAIN MORRIS, Pandora WILLIAM NIX, Creative Projects Group SAM SOKOL, Artist Rights Alliance SHANNON SORENSEN, National Music Publishers Association (NMPA) ERIKA NURI TAYLOR, The MLC (Unclaimed Royalties Committee) Heritage Reporting Corporation (202) 628-4888 292 PARTICIPANTS: (Cont'd.) Session 2: Holding and Distribution, Part 2 JOHN BARKER, ClearBox Rights ALISA COLEMAN, The MLC TODD DUPLER, Recording Academy JÖRG EVERS, The International Council of Music Creators (CIAM) FRANK LIWALL, The MLC (Unclaimed Royalties Committee) MARK MEIKLE, Easy Song/Giddy Music JOHN SIMSON JENNIFER TURNBOW, Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI) Heritage Reporting Corporation (202) 628-4888 293 1 P R O C E E D I N G S 2 (10:00 a.m.) 3 MS. SMITH: Good morning, everyone. My name 4 is Regan Smith. I'm General Counsel of the U.S. 5 Copyright Office. And welcome to day two of our 6 roundtables in connection with our study to recommend 7 best practices for the mechanical licensee to consider 8 in connection with its project of reducing the 9 incidence of unclaimed royalties.