(August 12, 2015, 10:32 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Minimum royalty rates of $500 for commercial and noncommercial webcasting set by the Copyright Royalty Board will stand, the District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Aug. 11, rejecting challenges to the merits of the determination, as well as the makeup of the board (Intercollegiate Broadcasting System Inc. v. Copyright Royalty Board and Librarian of Congress, No. 14-1068, D.C. Cir.; 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 14015).

(Decision available. Document #16-150817-025Z.)

In so concluding, the panel of Circuit Judges Merrick B. Garland, Sri...