Petition to participate

Both phases

Pursuant to the notice published in the Federal Register announcing the commencement of a distribution proceeding regarding the 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 cable royalty funds (“2018-2021 Proceeding”) and requesting petitions to participate from interested parties, 89 Fed. Reg. 65938 (August 13, 2024), the Motion Picture Association, Inc. (“MPA”), 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 MPA (“MPA-represented Program Suppliers”), hereby petition the Copyright Royalty Judges (“Judges”) to participate in both the Allocation and Distribution Phases of the 2018-2021 Proceeding, as required by 37 C.F.R. § 351.1(b)(2)(ii). Historically, in Allocation Phase proceedings, MPA has represented the interests of all copyright owners of syndicated series, movies, specials and non-team sports broadcast by television stations during the royalty years at issue in those proceedings (“Program Suppliers”). MPA intends to represent the interests of those same Program Suppliers in Allocation Phase proceedings regarding the distribution of the 2018-2021 cable funds, including the interests of copyright owners who have agreed to representation by MPA in the 2018-2021 Proceeding. In the Distribution Phase of the 2018-2021 Proceeding, MPA will represent the MPA-represented Program Suppliers exclusively. The MPA-represented Program Suppliers for each cable royalty year at issue are identified in the separate attachment submitted herewith. MPA reserves the right to amend its list of represented participants as such amendments may be necessary and legally permissible. As copyright owners of the majority of programming broadcast on stations whose signals were carried by cable systems as distant signals in the years 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021, the MPAA-represented Program Suppliers have a significant interest in the subject matter of the 2018-2021 Proceeding. As of the date of this Joint Petition to Participate, MPA and its undersigned counsel certify that they have the authority and consent of each of the parties identified herein and listed on the attachment to represent them in the 2018-2021 Proceeding.

Lucy H Plovnick

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Gregory O Olaniran

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Jacob D. Albertson

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Albina Gasanbekova

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Andrew F Nietes

Lucy H Plovnick

The counsel or representative that filed this joint petition certifies that, as of the date of submission of the joint petition, such counsel or representative has the authority and consent of the participants to represent them in the royalty rate proceeding.

09/12/2024