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Dear Chairman Leahy and Senator Hatch: Thank you for holding a hearing about Internet radio and the risk that Internet radio is going to be crushed by high royalties owed to the record industry. I listen to Internet radio, I enjoy it a great deal, and I have purchased several CDs after first hearing the music online. Internet radio helps me discover new music and enjoy more varieties of old music. It is great for artists who don’t get airplay on broadcast radio, and great for listeners like me who dislike cookie-cutter radio. Please make sure that royalties do not kill Internet radio, so that I can continue to discover new artists and new music. Thank you. NAME
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20020621 "Groups Mull Internet Music Rates." "Opponents of Thursday's ruling can appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit within 30 days. The court could modify the decision or set it aside if it finds the ruling was highly unreasonable."-By David Ho -AP via -excite / News "Royalty fees threaten Net radio: The royalty rates for online radio have been agreed - they are less than the proposed .14 cent, but some radio stations still fear they will be crippled by the cost." ... "The first monthly payments for companies that play music online are due in November, for the period beginning in September. Back payments will also be due in October for any music played online since 28 October, 1998." ... "Some small stations began pulling their own plug just moments after the decision was made available online." -By John Borland -CNET /News via -ZDNet.co.uk "Radio Webcast Ruling Plays to Big Favorites." -By By George Mannes -TheStreet.com "Web radio royalty rate for songs criticized." ... "In a joint statement, U.S. Reps. Jay Inslee, D-Wash., and Rick Boucher, D- Va., said they were considering legislation to lower Webcaster fees because the current rate "will lead to the elimination of hundreds of small businesses and does not provide a viable model to serve both the Internet radio industry and recording artists."" ... "The recording industry association's president, Cary Sherman, however, said the rates were still too low." -By Benny Evangelista -SFGate.com "Curtain Call for Webcasts? Some Decry Order to Pay Royalties to Musicians." -By Christopher Stern -WashingtonPost -Washtech "Webcasting Royalty Rates Set--For Now: Fees are half the previously proposed rates, but the recording industry and online radio stations are still unhappy." -By Scarlet Pruitt -IDG.net -PCWorld.com "Webcasters' Fees Slashed in Half." ... "Webcasters worried that Internet radio would be wiped out by outrageously high royalty rates found little solace on Thursday despite a ruling that slashed a controversial licensing fee in half." ... "Representative Rick Boucher (D-Virginia) has gathered support for his Music Online Competition Act (MOCA), the Department of Justice opened an investigation into possible anti-trust violations within the music industry, Ninth Circuit U.S. District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel declared licensing practices used by the major record labels appeared shady, and the CARP report (pdf) found an RIAA "strategy to negotiate deals for the purpose of establishing a high benchmark" meant to artificially inflate webcasting royalty rates." -By Brad King -Wired "Webcast royalty rates halved: Government sets new rates, but ruling subject to appeal." ... "Librarian of Congress James H. Billington, who oversees the U.S. Copyright Office, found that the original proposal setting a higher rate “was arbitrary and not supported by the record of evidence,” said spokeswoman Jill Brett." -AP via -MSNBC Discussion: "Copyright Office Publishes Final Webcasting Rates." -Slashdot "Cut in Webcast royalty rates angers both sides." ... "The Librarian of Congress on Thursday cut in half the royalty rate Webcasters must pay to stream music over the Internet, a compromise that made almost no one happy." ... "The ruling means Webcasters must pay by Oct. 20 royalties for all streaming activity dating back to Oct. 28, 1998. That's more than $1 million for Live365.com, a Foster City company that operates the largest collection of Internet radio stations." -By Dawn C. Chmielewski -SiliconValley.com Librarian of Congress [James H. Billington] -- a Rhodes Scholar, Woodrow Wilson expert and author of numerous books about Russia who, until now, has been little-known beyond academic circles and the Washington Beltway." -By Dawn C. Chmielewski -SiliconValley.com 20020429 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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