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To: H James Morris who wrote (140169)	3/4/2002 8:44:19 AM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Respond to of 164685

For those of you that really use the internet, please write to the address below indicating your displeasure with the possibility of passing this rule. This came about through lobbying efforts of the large record labels and this will ruin a starting industry that I feel strongly about. Thank you for all that help. "Even as politicians and regulators profess their passion for broadband, they're busy attacking applications that could increase demand for high-speed Net access. The Copyright Office is considering an arbitration panel's report that would determine royalties for songs streamed to listeners online -- and penalize the independent Web broadcasters that give music fans an alternative to broadcast stations' endless top-40 fare and inane DJ blather. Traditional broadcasters -- radio stations that also stream their signals over the Internet -- would pay record companies a royalty of 0.07 cent for every song played, multiplied by the number of listeners. Web-only broadcasters would pay twice that. At Live365.com, which streams broadcasts by hundreds of Web DJs, the proposal is a huge blow. The company favors compensating artists but wants rates that won't destroy the Web radio movement before it has a chance to grow. If you want to weigh in, e-mail the Copyright Office at copyinfo@loc.gov."