But compulsory-licensing rights in many nations mean that any composition that has been released to the public (free or commercially) as an audio recording may be recorded again and sold by others for a statutorily defined fee, although it must be substantively the same music and lyrics as the original.
He could deploy as many boats as he chose, being paid defined fees for the weight and distance of goods carried, and for passage of empty boats through each lock.
In that case, a borrower may win a lawsuit only by showing that the disputed mortgage lacked the precise features required for a qualified mortgage, like a defined amount for points and fees.
Students who are receiving a fellowship administered by the University that will give them a defined minimum stipend level plus fees are subject to an employment restriction: they may work up to 25% time during the academic year (that is, 25% each term or 50% for one term only).
The Brotherhood, whose origins can be traced to a convention ten years ago in Philadelphia, doesn't charge a membership fee or have a defined organizational structure.
In exchange for a monthly or annual fee that covers a defined package of services, patients have guaranteed unlimited access to their physicians.
Within these models 'there's a previously defined service fee for a certain service' which covers the cost of the service but doesn't allow social enterprises to make a profit.
Independent Film Subscription Service – The ability to watch a defined number of independent films per month for a flat monthly fee.
The government's defined benefit, fee-for-service insurance system would be reshaped into a defined contribution system, much like guaranteed pensions have shifted to 401(k) plans.
Asking the House of Lords to approve the increased charges in a debate on Wednesday night, Lord Faulks, the justice minister, referred to them as "enhanced fees", which he defined as "fees that are set above the costs of the proceedings to which they relate".
(From an open letter to the BBC, published in the Guardian, from February 2015) "Perhaps the BBC should go back to having a couple of big broadcast channels, a couple of radio stations with a clearly defined remit and a reduced licence fee to support that".
