killers of music

July 31, 2002

Type: discussion

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I am writing today to ask you to save non commercial, non-profit webcasting=
at colleges, universities, secondary schools and other public broadcasting=
stations.

This can be accomplished with your support of the Internet Radio Fairness A=
ct (H.R. 5825) in the House and the introduction of similar legislation in =
the Senate. The House bill, however, must be amended to cover these station=
s as well as the small business stations already defined in the legislation=
. A simple amendment to this bill would provide non-profit educational Inte=
rnet stations a fair rate-setting process designed to allow for reasonable =
retroactive and future fees, and would allow for these stations to fairly p=
articipate in future rate arbitration, just as the bill proposes for small =
business concerns.

I ask for your support for the concepts represented by the IRFA along with =
a slight amendment to the definition of "small entity," contained in Sectio=
ns 4.(a)(2) and 6. of the proposed bill. An amendment is necessary to add t=
o the definition the language "and a noncommercial educational broadcast st=
ation and noncommercial telecommunications entity as those terms are define=
d in section 397 of title 47, United States Code." For consistency and clar=
ity, Section 2.(b) should also change "small business concerns" to "small e=
ntities." If the IRFA and includes these amendments, and if parallel legisl=
ation in the Senate also addresses the issue of noncommercial educational e=
ntities, I would strongly support these bills and request that you do the s=
ame.

The demise of webcasting by colleges

It's a start - marc

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<P>I am writing today to ask you to save non commercial, non-profit webcast=
ing
at colleges, universities, secondary schools and other public broadcasting=

stations.
<P>This can be accomplished with your support of the Internet Radio Fairnes=
s Act
(H.R. 5825) in the House and the introduction of similar legislation in the=

Senate. The House bill, however, must be amended to cover these stations as=
well
as the small business stations already defined in the legislation. A simple=

amendment to this bill would provide non-profit educational Internet statio=
ns a
fair rate-setting process designed to allow for reasonable retroactive and=

future fees, and would allow for these stations to fairly participate in fu=
ture
rate arbitration, just as the bill proposes for small business concerns.
<P>I ask for your support for the concepts represented by the IRFA along wi=
th a
slight amendment to the definition of "small entity," contained in Sections=

4.(a)(2) and 6. of the proposed bill. An amendment is necessary to add to t=
he
definition the language "and a noncommercial educational broadcast station =
and
noncommercial telecommunications entity as those terms are defined in secti=
on
397 of title 47, United States Code." For consistency and clarity, Section =
2.(b)
should also change "small business concerns" to "small entities." If the IR=
FA
and includes these amendments, and if parallel legislation in the Senate al=
so
addresses the issue of noncommercial educational entities, I would strongly=

support these bills and request that you do the same.
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