§ 1006. Entitlement to royalty payments
(a)
Interested Copyright Parties.—
The royalty payments deposited pursuant to section
1005 shall, in accordance with the procedures specified in section
1007, be distributed to any interested copyright party—
(b)
Allocation of Royalty Payments to Groups.—
The royalty payments shall be divided into 2 funds as follows:
(1)
The sound recordings fund.—
662/3 percent of the royalty payments shall be allocated to the Sound Recordings Fund. 25/8 percent of the royalty payments allocated to the Sound Recordings Fund shall be placed in an escrow account managed by an independent administrator jointly appointed by the interested copyright parties described in section
1001
(7)(A) and the American Federation of Musicians (or any successor entity) to be distributed to nonfeatured musicians (whether or not members of the American Federation of Musicians or any successor entity) who have performed on sound recordings distributed in the United States. 13/8 percent of the royalty payments allocated to the Sound Recordings Fund shall be placed in an escrow account managed by an independent administrator jointly appointed by the interested copyright parties described in section
1001
(7)(A) and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (or any successor entity) to be distributed to nonfeatured vocalists (whether or not members of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists or any successor entity) who have performed on sound recordings distributed in the United States. 40 percent of the remaining royalty payments in the Sound Recordings Fund shall be distributed to the interested copyright parties described in section
1001
(7)(C), and
60 percent of such remaining royalty payments shall be distributed to the interested copyright parties described in section
1001
(7)(A).
(c)
Allocation of Royalty Payments Within Groups.—
If all interested copyright parties within a group specified in subsection (b) do not agree on a voluntary proposal for the distribution of the royalty payments within each group, the Copyright Royalty Judges shall, pursuant to the procedures specified under section
1007
(c), allocate royalty payments under this section based on the extent to which, during the relevant period—