U.S. Copyright Royalty Board Rejects Webcasters Call to Maintain of Royalty Rates
By Seth Graham on March 13, 2007 at 6:57 pm
On Friday March 2nd The United States Copyright Royalty Board announced new royalty rates for webcasts, effective from 2006 to 2010. In doing so, Listening Post reported that the board ignroed the argumetns of the International Webcasting Association and other webcasters and apparently endorsed the proposal of the RIAA-associated SoundExchange royalty organization, which represents the major--and a few indie--record labels. Read more about U.S. Copyright Royalty Board Rejects Webcasters Call to Maintain of Royalty Rates
Rep. Rick Boucher Shares Thoughts on Legislative Initiatives for New Congress
By Seth Graham on February 20, 2007 at 7:03 pm
On Feb. 2, 2007, Rep. Rick Boucher (D., Va.) spoke at Stanford Law School as part of a speaker series sponsored by the Stanford Law and Policy Review ("SLPR"). This year, SLPR chose to sponsor a series of articles addressing "The Ethical Dimensions of Technology Policy". Their objective in soliciting articles was to broaden the scope of typical academic treatments of contemporary IP issues to uncover the important normative and ethical issues often swept under the rug in papers. Read more about Rep. Rick Boucher Shares Thoughts on Legislative Initiatives for New Congress