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WHAT IS HAPPENING IN A NUTSHELL:

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) of 1998 and the Digital Performance Right in Sound Recordings Act of 1995 delegated authority to the Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel (CARP) to recommend specifics on recording industry royalty rates. CARP has proposed a retroactive fee dating back to October 1998 and a per-listener per-song fee that will effectively bankrupt independent webcasters.

Webcaster portals, like Live365.com and Shoutcast.com that host over 80,000 webcasters, will close operations. Thousands of independent webcasters will be silenced. The Corporate Webcasters that remain will be forced by the CARP proposal to infringe on your right to privacy. Your personal information will be used by organizations, such as the RIAA, for marketing and analysis.

In summation; the CARP Proposal allows unfair business trade, infringes on your right to privacy, restricts freedom of speech, and grants The Deep Pocket Corporate Webcaster monopolistic streams of income.

(the above was copied from http://www.povradio.com/riaa_carp_facts.htm)

HERE IS THE ADDRESS FOR AN ONLINE PETITION BEING SENT TO THE US COPYRIGHT OFFICE TO "Reject the Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel webcasting recommendations"
http://www.petitiononline.com/carp/petition.html

HERE IS A LETTER YOU CAN SEND TO ELECTED OFFICIALS TO GET THEM TO VOTE AGAINST THIS ACT: http://www.povradio.com/carp.doc

YOU CAN FIND THE ADDRESSES AND EMAILS OF ELECTED OFFICIALS AT: http://www.congress.org

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS CAN BE FOUND HERE:
http://www.povradio.com/riaa_carp_facts.htm#media

OR HERE