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Previous Politech message: http://www.politechbot.com/p-03563.html Politech archive on CARP process: http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=carp --- From: AWeiss@riaa.com Subject: RIAA's statement To: declan@well.com Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 14:34:09 -0400 Declan: Thought you'd want our statement as well. best to you. Amy FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jonathan Lamy Tuesday, May 21, 2002 Amanda Collins http://www.riaa.com Amy Weiss 202-857-9650 COMMENT BY CARY SHERMAN, PRESIDENT OF THE RIAA ON THE LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS' DECISION "The Librarian has rejected the arbitration panel's determination, but we do not know why or what decision the Librarian will ultimately make based on the evidence presented. Since both sides appealed the panel's determination, anything is possible. We look forward to the conclusion of this process on June 20th, and to the day when artists and labels finally get paid for the use of their music." ### --- From: MLetonja@SoundExchange.com Subject: Comment of John Simson of SoundExchange on Decision of Librarian of Congress Today To: declan@well.com Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 14:58:46 -0400 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: John Simson Tuesday, May 21, 2002 202/857-9630 www.soundexchange.com COMMENT FROM JOHN SIMSON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SOUNDEXCHANGE ON DECISION BY THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS "Given the complexity of the issues, I am not surprised by the Librarian's decision. I remain confident that we can find creative solutions to enable webcasting to thrive while providing recording artists and those who invest in sound recordings a fair and equitable royalty in return. Over the past three years, webcasters have paid for bandwidth, rent, hardware, software and other business expenses. It is time that they finally start to pay the Artists and record companies whose creative output is the most important component of their business. "On behalf of our members and the thousands of artists we represent, SoundExchange will continue our discussions with webcasters to see if long term solutions can be reached in the marketplace." For more information about SoundExchange, go to www.soundexchange.com ##### ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------