Determination of Rates and Terms for Making and Distributing Phonorecords (Phonorecords V)

of the Copyright Act requires the Copyright Royalty Judges (Judges) to conduct proceedings every five years to determine the rates and terms for the section 115 license. 17 U.S.C. 801(b)(1), 804(b)(4). Accordingly, the Judges commenced the current proceeding in December 2025, by publishing notice of the commencement and a request that interested parties submit petitions to participate. See 90 FR 61424 (Dec. 31, 2025). The Judges received petitions to participate in the current proceeding from Eight Mile Music Companies, Amazon.com Services LLC, Apple Inc., Copyright Owners (joint petitioners Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI) and National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA)), Google LLC, George Johnson, Joint Record Company Participants (filed by Recording Industry Association of America, Inc. for joint petitioners Sony Music Entertainment, UMG Recordings, Inc., and Warner Music Group Corp.), Global Music Rights, LLC,\1\ American Association of Independent Music (A2IM), Music Artists Coalition (MAC), Songwriters Guild of America, Inc., Spotify USA Inc., David Powell,\2\ Pandora Media LLC, Word Collections, Inc. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ Global Music Rights, LLC subsequently withdrew from the proceeding (eCRB no. 78125). \2\ David Powell was subsequently dismissed from the proceeding (eCRB no. 78090). ---