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If you already have Licensee Direct access, and there are no changes
from the prior year, please log in to confirm AND certify your
minimum fee form online rather than use this form. Otherwise, email
this signed form to royaltyadministration@soundexchange.com.
2020 Minimum Fee Form
Statement of Account
Commercial CRB Webcaster
Check here if this is a restatement of a previously submitted
Minimum Fee Form for 2020
Name of Company or Station
Contact Information: Please enter the contact information of the representative who should receive
an invitation to Licensee Direct and who will be available to answer questions about your service.
Title First Name
Last Name
Street Address City
State Zip Code
Telephone Number
Email Address
Minimum Fee Calculation: Each service owes a minimum fee of $500 per station/channel, not to
exceed $50,000 if consolidating 100 or more stations/channels. Please see page 3 for due dates.
Number of Stations or Channels
Please enter the number of stations or channels represented on this form.
2020 Annual Minimum Fee
If a service has more than 100 stations or channels, please enter $50,000; otherwise, enter $500
multiplied by number of stations or channels.
Previous Payments for 2020 Liability
Enter any amounts previously paid for the 2020 minimum fee.
Current Total Minimum Fee Liability
Amount owed to SoundExchange. Subtract Previous Payments for 2020 Liability from 2020 Annual
Minimum Fee. If amount is less than 0, please contact SoundExchange.
Attestation: According to federal regulations, this form must be signed by an
owner/officer/partner/agent of the Licensee. For more information about rates and terms for
Commercial Webcasters, see 37 CFR Part 380 Subparts A and B.
I, the undersigned owner/officer/partner/agent of the Licensee, have examined this Statement of Account and hereby state
that it is true, accurate, and complete to my knowledge after reasonable due diligence and that it fairly represents, in all
material respects, the liabilities of the Licensee pursuant to 17 U.S.C. 112(e) and 114 and applicable regulations adopted
under those sections.
Signature
Printed Name
Date
Position
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2020 Minimum Fee Form
Statement of Account
Commercial CRB Webcaster
Station/Channel Information
Please select which kinds of transmissions your service will make (select only 1 box):
Statements of Account
If licensing multiple stations/channels, please select this box if you would like to submit separate monthly Statements of Account
(royalty calculations) for each and all of the stations/channels listed below. If this box is not selected, you will need to consolidate all
royalty calculations for all of the stations/channels listed below into each monthly Statement of Account.
Reports of Use
If licensing multiple stations/channels, please select this box if you would like to submit separate Reports of Use (detailed playlists)
for each station/channel listed below. If this box is not selected, we will expect a consolidated Report of Use for the
stations/channels listed below.
URL
(Do NOT include “http://” or
“www.”)
Call Letters
(If simulcasting an
AM or FM
transmission)
Initial
Streaming
Date
(MM/DD/YYYY)
Genre or Format
Check if a subscription
service
(A service where users
pay or provide other
consideration to listen)
BOTH – Simulcast transmissions and
internet-only transmissions which
are separate and unique from the
simulcast transmissions.
Simulcast transmissions from an
owned/operated AM/FM station
Transmissions only existing on the
internet (usually through a website
or mobile app)
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2020 Minimum Fee Form
Statement of Account
Commercial CRB Webcaster
URL
(Do NOT include “http://” or
“www.”)
Call Letters
(If simulcasting an
AM or FM
transmission)
Initial
Streaming
Date
(MM/DD/YYYY)
Genre or Format
Check if a subscription
service
(A service where users
pay or provide other
consideration to listen)
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2020 Minimum Fee Form
Statement of Account
Commercial CRB Webcaster
1. DUE DATE FOR ANNUAL MINIMUM FEE
If initial 2020 streaming occurs between January 1 and January 31, 2020, this annual minimum fee form and payment is due by January
31, 2020.
If initial 2020 streaming occurs between February 1 and December 31, 2020, this annual minimum fee form and payment is due by 45
days after the end of the month in which initial 2020 streaming occurs.
II. ELIGIBILITY FOR COMMERCIAL WEBCASTER (CRB) RATES AND TERMS
The Licensee identified above hereby declares that it is eligible for the rates and terms for the statutory licenses for the making of
ephemeral phonorecords and digital audio transmissions of sound recordings by Commercial Webcasters published at 37 CFR Part 380.
The Licensee also acknowledges that it is required to calculate royalties (monthly Statements of account), online at
https://licenseedirect.soundexchange.com/ calculating year-to-date liability, within 45 days after the end of each month.
The Licensee further acknowledges that services are required to submit Reports of Use on a monthly (or, in some instances, quarterly)
basis, as described in the notice and recordkeeping terms. For more information regarding these and other obligations, please visit
https://www.soundexchange.com/service-provider/.
SoundExchange will not confirm receipt of payments delivered by mail. If a service requires confirmation of receipt, please use
SoundExchange Licensee Direct, registered mail, return receipt requested, or an express/overnight delivery service with tracking ability.
III. MULTIPLE STATIONS/CHANNELS
Commercial Webcasters operating multiple stations or channels may choose to consolidate all stations and channels into a single
monthly Statement of Account and Report of Use. Services may also submit separate monthly Statements of Account per station or
channel and separate Reports of Use. The choice to submit stations or channels in a consolidated or per station manner should be
consistent during each calendar year, and changing this submission format should occur only beginning January of the subsequent
calendar year. Please indicate your selection on page 2 of this form.
IV. NOTICE
Services that have filed a Notice of Use of Sound Recordings under Statutory License with the Copyright Office are obligated to comply
with all requirements of the statutory licenses under Sections 112 and 114 of the Copyright Act. It is the responsibility of each such
service to ensure that it is in full compliance with the requirements of the statutory licenses under 17 U.S.C. §§ 112 & 114.
SoundExchange is not in a position to determine whether each of the many services that rely on these statutory licenses is eligible for
statutory licensing and does not in fact make any such determination. Nor does SoundExchange verify that such services are in full
compliance with all applicable requirements of the two statutory licenses. Accordingly, SoundExchange’s acceptance of services
payment does not express or imply any acknowledgment that a service is in compliance with the requirements of the statutory licenses
or otherwise eligible to rely on the statutory licenses. SoundExchange, its members and other copyright owners reserve all their rights
to take enforcement action against a service that is not in compliance with those requirements, regardless of any royalty payments
such service may have made to SoundExchange.
V. SUBMITTING: If you already have a Licensee Direct Account, and do not need to make any changes from your 2019 form, please log
in to Licensee Direct to confirm and certify your 2020 form, and (if desired) submit payment online.
If you do not already have a Licensee Direct account, or need to make changes from your 2019 form, please email this form to
royaltyadministration@soundexchange.com and request access or the applicable changes. If your service is new you will receive an
email invitation to Licensee Direct shortly after receipt of this form. After you gain access to Licensee Direct, or after the changes have
been made to your account, please submit your payment online or by mail.
To pay via check, please mail the check and a hard copy of this form to:
SoundExchange, Inc.
P.O. Box 75202
Baltimore, MD 21275-5202
Please email licenseerelations@soundexchange.com with any questions.
If using a courier or overnight delivery:
Lockbox Services 75202
Wells Fargo Bank
7175 Columbia Gateway Drive
Attn: SoundExchange, Inc., Lockbox 75202
Columbia, MD 21046
Tel.: 1-800-289-3557