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If you would like to comment on the proposed rules for Internet radio,
you must mail an original and 10 copies to this address:
Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel (CARP), P.O. Box
70977, Southwest Station, Washington, DC 20024-0977

Or deliver by courier to:
Office of the General Counsel, Copyright Office, James Madison
Building, Room LM-403, First and Independence Avenue, SE, Washington, DC

The full comment guidelines are posted here:
http://www.loc.gov/copyright/fedreg/2002/67fr5761.html

The text of a summary article from musicianslobby.com is pasted below.

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ACTION ALERT - MUSICIANS AND WEBCASTING 

STATUS: URGENT

Dear Fellow Independent Musicians and Business Professionals,

Your help is needed immediately to protect independent webcasting! The US
Copyright Office has recently proposed royalty rates for the webcasting of
music that will put many of these stations out of the webcasting business!

As an indie musician or business person, your best source of airplay will
always be small, non-commercial broadcasters like college radio or
independent web broadcast sites. Unfortunately, the new proposed royalty
rates are too high for most small broadcasters, who will be forced to
cease webcasting.

In addition, the new rules also require broadcasters to post a dizzying
array of information about each piece of music played, such as artist
name, album name, record company release number, start time of play, end
time of play, how many people are listening, and many, many other bits of
data. All of this is required to be posted online in real time - during
the play of the song. The technological and human resources to do this
will be expensive, and small players will be forced out.

How Did All This Happen?

The new regulations and royalties were mandated by the Digital Millennium
Copyright Act (DMCA) of 1998 and the Digital Performance Right in Sound
Recordings Act of 1995. The copyright office was charged with recommending
the specifics of the new rules.

While this new royalty would be paid partly to musicians (a good thing!),
it is becoming increasingly obvious that the rules will further
consolidate the broadcast industry. Independents will be forced out, while
huge conglomerates like Clear Channel will reap the monopoly
benefits. Unfortunately, few indie artists can expect airplay from Clear
Channel. We need the small independent outlets.

What Can You Do?

You can submit comments about these proposed rules. The copyright office
does not make it easy to submit, asking that you submit 11 copies of your
comments, and send them in by snail mail. To make responding easier for
you, we have included a sample letter to get you started, as well as the
correct mailing address to send your comments. Simply edit the letter,
print and sign 11 copies, and mail them quickly! If you don't want to edit
the letter, simply send it as is.

It is important that we flood the copyright office with comments
immediately to have a chance of reversing this troubling situation! The
deadline is March 11, 2002. Act Now!