SJ Mercury: Librarian of Congress rejects proposed royalty rates for Internet music broadcasts. The Librarian of Congress has rejected proposed royalty rates that would have charged Internet broadcasters based on each Web user that listens in. Librarian James H. Billington will issue a final decision setting the new rates by June 20, the U.S. Copyright Office said Tuesday. [Tomalak's Realm]
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Bush and Gore's Florida nightmare: It's ba-ack!. Experts weigh in on Justice's decision to investigate -- and possibly sue -- counties and municipalities in Florida, Tennessee and Missouri for disenfranchising voters, many of them blacks.