Before the COPYRIGHT ROYALTY JUDGES Washington, D.C. ___________________________________ ) In the Matter of ) ) Docket No. 14-CRB-008-SD (2010-12) Distribution of the 2010, 2011, ) and 2012 Satellite 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 satellite royalty funds (“2010- 2012 Proceeding”) and requesting petitions to participate “in either or both Phase I or Phase II of the satellite 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 network and syndicated series, movies, specials, and non-team sports broadcast by television stations and retransmitted by satellite 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 network and syndicated series, movies, specials and non-team sports broadcast by 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. 6612193.3/43507-00079 television 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 satellite 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 satellite 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 cable 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”), except that for satellite royalty distribution purposes, Program Suppliers category includes network programs. 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. 6612193.3/43507-00079 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 BROADCASTER CLAIMANTS GROUP John I. Stewart, Jr. Ann Mace CROWELL & MORING LLP 1001 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, DC 20004-2595 6612193.3/43507-00079 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 INDEPENDENT PRODUCERS GROUP Brian D. Boydston PICK & BOYDSTON LLP 10786 Le Conte Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90024 6612193.3/43507-00079 ATTACHMENT A ATTACHMENT A CLAIM CLAIM PHASE I 2010 SATELLITE, MPAA-REPRESENTED CLAIMANTS CLAIM YEAR NUMBER TYPE CATEGORY "FIRST TWENTY MILLION" FILMPRODUKTION GMBH & CO. KG 2010 75 W 1 "JOE SOMEBODY" FILMPRODUKTION GMBH & CO. KG 2010 75 W 1 "SHALLOW HAL" FILMPRODUKTION GMBH & CO. KG. 2010 75 W 1 "UNFAITHFUL" FILMPRODUKTION GMBH & CO. KG 2010 75 W 1 12 PINGUINOS DIBUJOS ANIMADOS, S.L. 2010 189 W 1 127 SERVICE, INC. 2010 75 W 1 14 PIES AUDIOVISUAL, S.L. 2010 189 W 1 19 TV LIMITED 2010 190 W 1 1A PRODUCTIONS LIMITED 2010 225 W 1 28 WEEKS LTD. 2010 75 W 1 29 LETRAS, S.L.L. 2010 189 W 1 2929 ENTERTAINMENT LLC 2010 189 W 1 2929 PRODUCTIONS LLC 2010 75 W 1 3 DOORS PRODUCTIONS, INC. 2010 190 W 1 3 KOMA 93 2010 189 W 1 3DD ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED 2010 225 W 1 4KIDS PRODUCTION 2010 157 I 1 5 FILMS DISTRIBUCIONES, S.L. 2010 189 W 1 5 FILMS, S.L. (BAJA) 2010 189 W 1 500DS FILMS, INC. 2010 75 W 1 9 STORY ENTERPRISES INC 2010 225 W 1 9117-3112 QUEBEC INC. 2010 89 W 1 99 PRODUCTIONS, INC. 2010 75 W 1 A CONTRALUZ FILMS, S.L. 2010 189 W 1 A.G. FILMS, S.A. 2010 189 W 1 A.T.P.I.P., S.L. 2010 189 W 1 A.V. EL ALAMO, S.A. 2010 189 W 1 AARDMAN ANIMATIONS 2010 225 W 1 ABACO MOVIES, S.L. 2010 189 W 1 ABC CABLE NETWORKS GROUP 2010 159 W 1 ABC FAMILY 2010 159 W 1 ABC STUDIOS 2010 141 W 1 ABC STUDIOS 2010 159 W 1 ABRA PROD, S.L. 2010 189 W 1 ABS PRODUCTION-BARCELONA 2010 189 W 1 ABSINTHE WITHOUT LEAVE PTY. LTD. 2010 75 W 1 ACA2, INC. 2010 75 W 1 ACACIA FILMS, S.L. 2010 189 W 1 ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES 2010 40 I 1 ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCE 2010 113 W 1 ACAPELA FILMS, S.L. 2010 189 W 1 ACC ACTION CONCEPT CINEMA GMBH & CO. KG 2010 189 W 1 ACI COMMUNICATIONS, INC. 2010 190 W 1 ACTAEON FILMS LIMITED 2010 189 W 1 ACTEON, SCCL 2010 189 W 1 ACTION CONCEPT 2010 189 W 1 ACTION CONCEPT FILM UND STUNTPRODUKTION GMBH 2010 189 W 1 ACTION IMAGE GMBH & CO. KG 2010 189 W 1 ADAI FUMES, S.L. 2010 189 W 1 ADAM LLC 2010 75 W 1 ADELA MEDIA, LTD 2010 189 W 1 ADELAIDE PRODUCTIONS, INC. 2010 75 W 1 ADELAIDE PRODUCTIONS, INC. 2010 78 W 1 1 ATTACHMENT A CLAIM CLAIM PHASE I 2010 SATELLITE, MPAA-REPRESENTED CLAIMANTS CLAIM YEAR NUMBER TYPE CATEGORY ADI PRODUCCIONES, S.L. 2010 189 W 1 ADIVINA, S.L. P.C. 2010 189 W 1 ADNESS ENTERTAINMENT CO. LTD. 2010 189 W 1 ADORACION MARTINEZ ALFARO 2010 189 W 1 ADULT VIDEO FILMS, S.L. 2010 189 W 1 ADVENTURE PICTURES LTD 2010 225 W 1 AEROFILM, T.V., S.L. 2010 189 W 1 AFFINITY 4 2010 75 W 1 AGATA FILMS, S.A. 2010 189 W 1 AGAVE GRUPO 1NMOBILIARIO, S.L. 2010 189 W 1 AGNES BIBILONI VIDAL 2010 189 W 1 AGOTADAS LAS LOCALIDADES, S.L, 2010 189 W 1 AGUA DULCE FILMS 2010 189 W 1 AGUSTIN DIAZ YANEZ 2010 189 W 1 AGY SERVICE, INC. 2010 75 W 1 AICEA PRODUCCIONES CREATIVOS ASOCIADOS, S.L. 2010 189 W 1 AIETE FILMS, S.L. (4) 2010 189 W 1 AIETE-ARIANE FILMS, S.A. 2010 189 W 1 AIGUAVIVA FILMS, S.L. 2010 189 W 1 AIHPOSWATI, S.L. 2010 189 W 1 AIM GROUP LLC. 2010 189 W 1 AINHOA RODRIGUEZ LOPEZ 2010 189 W 1 AITOR ALVAREZ, P.C. 2010 189 W 1 AKTINO FILMS, S.L. 2010 189 W 1 ALACERA FILMS, S.L. (BAJA) 2010 189 W 1 ALAIN SIRITZKY PRODUCTIONS 2010 189 W 1 ALAMEDA FILMS, S.A. DE C.V. 2010 189 W 1 ALBA ADRIATICA, S.L. 2010 189 W 1 ALBACHIARA S.R.L. 2010 189 W 1 ALBER PONTE (FELIPE-ALBERTO PONTE PENA) 2010 189 W 1 ALBERT VAELLO ZAPATA 2010 189 W 1 ALBERTO EDUARDO PERNET 2010 189 W 1 ALCALA PRODUCCIONES, S.L. 2010 189 W 1 ALCAZAR FILM VIDEO PRODUCCIONES, S.L. (23) 2010 189 W 1 ALCE FILMS, S.A. 2010 189 W 1 ALCHEMY TELEVISION GROUP 2010 225 W 1 ALCINA PICTURES 2010 189 W 1 ALCON ENTERTAINMENT, LLC 2010 189 W 1 ALCON FILM FUND, LLC 2010 189 W 1 ALDEA FILMS, S.L.