Mary Wehmeier: CBDTPA - Intellectual Property LawsConsumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act, formerly known as the Security Systems Standards and Certification Act" (SSSCA), is the handiwork of Senators Hollings, Feinstein, Stevens, Inouye, Breaux and Nelson. This law would be deadly to the non corporate entertainment world as we know it today. Here are my views, opinions and the latest information.CARP Sticks a Fork in Internet Radi- July 26, 2002 The Devil is In the Details CARP Sticks a Fork in Internet Radio. Tonight it came to my attention that Kurt Hanson has been tracking the number of webcasters and internet radio stations going offline since the Final CARP Decision made by the Library of Congress on June 20, 2002. This decision issued a determination on proposed performance royalties webcasters will be forced to pay record companies and artists for the right to stream their music on the Internet. It is a fact of life that...http://radio.weblogs.com/0100243/categories/cbdtpaOtherLaws/2002/07/26.html#a442 CARP: Radio Stations Appeal Internet Royalty Decision- July 16, 2002 CARP: Radio Stations Appeal Internet Royalty Decision Reuter's is reporting that the Radio stations have asked a federal appeals court to rule that they do not have to pay musicians and recording companies when they play music on the Internet because they do not pay royalties for regular over-the-air broadcasts. The ball is now officially in play. The appeal was filed by the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB,) and Bonneville International Corp., Clear Channel Communications Inc,..http://radio.weblogs.com/0100243/categories/cbdtpaOtherLaws/2002/07/16.html#a418 The Devil's in The Details: Intellectual Property and the Internet- July 9, 2002 The Devil's in The Details: Intellectual Property and the Internet This is a collection of what's been happening over the past several days in the Intellectual Property - Internet World. US Dept of Commerce: "On July 17, 2002, the Technology Administration will host a Public Workshop on Digital Entertainment and Rights Management. This Workshop will bring together leaders from the information technology and content industries to address the status of technical standards that provide the...http://radio.weblogs.com/0100243/categories/cbdtpaOtherLaws/2002/07/09.html#a411 Universal To Allow Music File Burning- July 9, 2002 Vivendi Universal To Allow Music File BurningAnd the music companies said they weren't interested in allowing customers to burn their own CD's... Even as media conglomerate Vivendi Universal struggles with its corporate issues, the company's music arm announced that it would work with its digital music operation to offer subscription music downloads, reports Reuters.Universal Music Group, the world's largest music company, said it would offer the content of about 1,000 of its albums, primarily.http://radio.weblogs.com/0100243/categories/cbdtpaOtherLaws/2002/07/09.html#a410 |