More Devilish Details on CARP:

It appears CARP of the Library of Congress (LOC) have been hit with a substancial number of Comment Letters on the issue.  The LOC has taken the time to publish a representative number of them on their website. However you should be aware that the Reply Comments period will be open until Friday, April 26, 2002. So your input is still needed. Be sure to follow the rules on how the LOC wants to receive this material.

It appears CARP is beginning to get the message, that the reporting necessary to meet CARP's requirements are illegal (existing privacy laws, esp. with minors,) difficult, expensive report without expensive software and impossible to comply because of legal and logical reasons.  (I will try to write more on this later in the week.)

• The LOC has decided to have a Public Roundtable Meeting regarding the reporting systems proposed by CARP, on Friday, May 10, 2002, from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. at LM620 (Dining Room A), James Madison Memorial Building, First and Independence Avenue, SE, Washington DC. Requests to participate or attend must be made by e-mail to 114roundtable@loc.gov or by fax to (202) 252-3423 by May 6, 2002. (DO NOT MAIL.) Be sure to read the Notice and Record filing from the Federal Register here, in order to completely comply with the rules before requesting admission.
• For those who can not attend, The International Webcasting Association will provide a webcast of the full proceedings of the Public Roundtable to be held May 10, 2002. The webcast will also be available live and on demand in both Windows Media and RealPlayer at TVWorldwide.com

Electronic Frontier Foundation is reporting that RIAA

"Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) recently dropped its request to the U.S. Copyright Office that webcasters be required to submit detailed records of user information."

Well that's a refreshing change. It appears Hilary Rosen of RIAA is finally getting the message that the small and non-profit webcaster can not afford the cost of reporting. 

However my reading is showing that RIAA got the opportunity to nail the Non-Commerical Low  Power FM stations by objecting to these stations being apart of CARP proceedings in this letter of objection.  

This isn't over yet folks. If you haven't written do so this week.  Also check with saveinternetradio.org for more information.

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