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In January, the Copyright Royalty Board asked for comments as to whether it should require " census reporting " of all sound recordings that are used by a digital service subject to the statutory royalty. This would replace the current requirement that services need only report on the sound recordings used for two weeks every calender quarter.
As part of its order in it proceeding to encourage diversity in broadcast ownership , the FCC adopted a number of new rules , including a rule allowing parties holding construction permits for new broadcast stations to sell those permits to " qualified entities." The buying qualified entity would then then get 18 months to construct the new station, even if the construction permit would otherwise expire in less than 18 months.
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