---
kind: "section"
citation: "37 C.F.R. § 380.1"
title: "37"
number: "380.1"
heading: "Scope and compliance."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/37/380.1"
---

# §380.1. Scope and compliance.

- (a) **Scope.** Subparts [A](/cfr/37/subpartA.md) and [B](/cfr/37/subpartB.md) of this part codify rates and terms of royalty payments for the public performance of sound recordings in certain digital transmissions by certain Licensees in accordance with the applicable provisions of [17 U.S.C. 114](/usc/17/114.md) and for the making of Ephemeral Recordings by those Licensees in accordance with the provisions of [17 U.S.C. 112(e)](/usc/17/112.md?p=e), during the period January 1, 2021, through December 31, 2025.
- (b) **Limited application of terms and definitions.** The terms and definitions in subpart A of this part apply only to subpart B of this part, except as expressly adopted and applied in subpart C or subpart D of this part.
- (c) **Legal compliance.** Licensees relying upon the statutory licenses set forth in 17 U.S.C. [112(e)](/usc/17/112.md?p=e) and [114](/usc/17/114.md) must comply with the requirements of this part and any other applicable regulations.
- (d) **Voluntary agreements.** Notwithstanding the royalty rates and terms established in any subparts of this part, the rates and terms of any license agreements entered into by Copyright Owners and Licensees may apply in lieu of these rates and terms.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 86 FR 59590, Oct. 27, 2021, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 17 U.S.C. 112(e), 114(f), 804(b)(3).

### Source

Source: 79 FR 23127, Apr. 25, 2014, unless otherwise noted.