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RE: Lawmakers Say Royalty Rates Will Kill Small Webcasters

Regarding "Lawmakers Say Royalty Rates Will Kill Small Webcasters," you can
learn more about this issue by visiting:

http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~willr/cb/sos/

The site is a great source of information about the threat of the DMCA to
educational and community webcasts, and it includes steps for further
action (should you be so inclined).  The site's author is scheduled to
provide expert testimony to Congress in May on the issue.

Often overlooked by the press in this discussion are the onerous reporting
requirements and the content restrictions that would be mandated if the
legislation is passed in its present state.

Sincerely,
+Richard

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Richard R. Johnson
Research Assistant
Darden Business School, University of Virginia
Email: JohnsonRi@darden.virginia.edu


-----Original Message-----
From: Hamaker, Chuck [mailto:cahamake@email.uncc.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 12:40 AM
To: Liblicense-L (E-mail)
Subject: Lawmakers Say Royalty Rates Will Kill Small Webcasters


http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/176056.html
Lawmakers Say Royalty Rates Will Kill Small Webcasters
By David McGuire, Newsbytes
WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S.A.,
22 Apr 2002, 4:39 PM CST

(a bipartisan group of 20 U.S. House members ).... urged the U.S.
Copyright Office to reconsider a music-royalties proposal that they say
would force small Internet broadcasters out of business.  The Copyright
Office's Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel (CARP) has recommended that
Internet-only Webcasters pay $.0014 for every song streamed.

Terrestrial radio stations that also stream music online would pay half
that amount, or $.0007 per stream, to be paid in addition to their
terrestrial broadcast royalties.  Webcasters would have one month to pay
retroactive back royalties dated to 1998 The librarian of Congress has
until May 21 to make a final decision on the proposal.

Thanks to Neal Pomea  DIGITAL-COPYRIGHT Digest 75 for the citation to this
article
Chuck