{"data":{"id":"us/37-cfr-381.9","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"37 CFR 381.9","heading":"Unknown copyright owners.","body":"If PBS and its stations, NPR and its stations, or other public broadcasting entity is not aware of the identity of, or unable to locate, a copyright owner who is entitled to receive a royalty payment under this part, they shall retain the required fee in a segregated trust account for a period of three years from the date of the required payment. No claim to such royalty fees shall be valid after the expiration of the three-year period. Public broadcasting entities may establish a joint trust fund for the purposes of this section. Public broadcasting entities shall make available to the Copyright Royalty Judges, upon request, information concerning fees deposited in trust funds.","path":["Title 37—Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights","CHAPTER III—COPYRIGHT ROYALTY BOARD, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS","SUBCHAPTER E—RATES AND TERMS FOR STATUTORY LICENSES","PART 381—USE OF CERTAIN COPYRIGHTED WORKS IN CONNECTION WITH NONCOMMERCIAL EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTING"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-37.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:45Z","sha256":"b402bb92f7e5fc0a923468998dd4b21f4fdfb9cdd8338f79fb61f43097d3b746","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/37-cfr-381.8","next":"us/37-cfr-381.10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}