Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel
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The Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel (CARP) system is a part of the United States Congress involved in making decisions regarding copyright royalties.
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[edit] Panel Function
The system itself was created upon the suggestion of the Register of Copyrights, and is sanctioned to appoint and organize copyright arbitration royalty panels. The primary purpose of the panel is to make decisions involving the adjustment of copyright royalty rates as well as the terms and payments of royalties that fall under copyright law.
When determining the reasonable royalty rates, the Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel attempts to make the creative works accessible to the public, to grant the copyright holder a fair reward for the work, and to minimize any disruptive effects the industries involved or associated with the copyright holder and user. Additionally, arbitrary decisions are made concerning the adjustment of the copyright royalty rates by this group.[citation needed]
[edit] Distribution Reform Act of 2004
The CARP is being phased out due to the creation of the Distribution Reform Act of 2004. Under the new system, three Copyright Royalty Judges, also known as CRJ, establish the conditions and rates for (compulsory) copyright statutory licenses, and govern the distribution system of royalties collected by the Copyright office on these statutory licenses.[citation needed]
The CRJ appointees will serve for a full-time six-year term with the possibility for reappointment. In order to avoid replacing all three judges at the same time, the first three judges appointed will serve staggered terms of two, four, and six years.[citation needed]
[edit] Trivia
The title was permuted because "Copyright Royalty Arbitration Panel" would yield an unflattering acronym of "CRAP", a slang term for feces. This is a dubious improvement, as carp are environmentally destructive fish in areas into which they have been artificially introduced (which critics in the internet radio community consider an appropriate analogy).[citation needed]
