By way of Slashdot we found out that the Copyright Office has rejected CARP (Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel) recommendations.
CARP would vote whether to accept, reject or modify royalty rates for Internet-only broadcasters ($1.40 per song per 1000 listeners)
On February 20, 2002, the Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel ("CARP") delivered its report recommending rates and terms for the statutory license for eligible nonsubscription services to perform sound recordings publicly by means of digital audio transmissions ("webcasting") under 17 U.S.C. §114 and to make ephemeral recordings of sound recordings for use of sound recordings under the statutory license set forth in 17 U.S.C. §112. (Read details on proceeding.) |
On May 21, 2002, the Librarian of Congress, based upon the recommendation of the Register of Copyrights, issued an Order rejecting the Panel's determination proposing rates and terms for these licenses. In such cases, the law provides that the Librarian shall issue his final determination within 30 days of his decision to reject the Panel's proposed rates and terms. The final determination is due on June 20, 2002.
This is for now good news for broadcasters, but there will probably be something else to regulate current webbroadcasting, what they will come up in future is of course a big suprise...
Read more about the CARP here or here.
Source: Copyright.gov
