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The Internet Radio Fairness Act

The Internet Radio Fairness Act—according to this story, " the bill would exempt from royalties any business that makes less than $6 million in annual revenue, a group that would include the vast majority of online radio stations unaffiliated with a larger Internet or broadcasting company."

[Donna.] [Ernie the Attorney]

| | Nº619 Posted: Monday, July 29, 2002 4:06:17 PM. Words: 66.

More on Sen. Berman of file-sharing bill fame

Bryan Responds to my post about Sen. Berman of file-sharing bill fame—"Good luck getting rid of Berman, he's been East Valley's rep for twenty years now. His district is overwhelmingly Latino and Democrat so if you want to chuck him out do it during the primaries with a Latino candidate." YACCS Comments for Ernie the Attorney

And Dave Winer reports: "I got a great political action plan from an anonymous wage slave in the entertainment industry."

Meanwhile, if you like to know what your representative's net worth is, John Robb has got a pointer to: Rollcall. Wealth ranking of congressmen and senators.

[Ernie the Attorney]

| | Nº618 Posted: Monday, July 29, 2002 4:02:06 PM. Words: 127.

Follow the money

U.S. Congressman Howard Berman wants to give Hollywood the right to hack your computer—and why is that? Well, as Ken Layne points out, maybe this helps explain: "Records show [Howard L.] Berman received at least $186,891 from the entertainment industry during the 2001-02 election cycle, including $31,000 from the Walt Disney Co. and $28,050 from AOL-Time Warner Inc."

[Ernie the Attorney]

| | Nº617 Posted: Monday, July 29, 2002 3:53:24 PM. Words: 77.