We’ve almost been afraid to mention it, for fear it will go away. Even as we were preparing our previous post about the dangers that this coming Monday would bring a deafening silence from Internet radio broadcasters—webcasters, if you prefer—there were rumors circulating that cooler heads would prevail in the standoff between SoundExchange and the […]
July 12, 2007
Representative Chris Van Hollen
Dear Representative Van Hollen:
I’m writing to you regarding HR 2060 (the “Internet Radio Equality Act”) and the recent rulings of the Copyright Royalty Board. I spoke with your office back in April and was told that you had reached no decision on HR 2060 but that you were studying […]
We are currently reviewing the proposed HR 2060 (Internet Radio Equality Act) and will be posting our thoughts and possibly some industry reaction shortly.
So far, by the way, it looks good. Certainly the Act as it stands is vastly superior to the Copyright Royalty Board regulations set to take effect May 15–barely two weeks from […]