(ACT) EUA criam regras para serviços on line de música

« New radio platforms are rapidly gaining strength, though time-shifting and storage capabilities are generating major concerns. While consumers are increasingly opting for on-demand models, groups like the RIAA have been pushing for compensation on technologies that allow consumers to locate and store specific songs within streamed broadcasts. Now, a new piece of legislation has surfaced on Capitol Hill that addresses those concerns, specifically as they relate to satellite, internet, and cable-based radio formats. The freshly-introduced Platform Equality and Remedies for Rights Holders in Music Act of 2006, or PERFORM, is being backed by Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC). "I want new services to continue to be made available on different platforms," said Graham. "But the rules need to be fair for everyone.” Specific compensation amounts were not outlined, though a release from the office of Dianne Feinstein noted that "all cable, satellite, and internet companies should be subject to the same rates," defined by “fair market value. (…) "What a listener cannot do is set a recording device to find all the Frank Sinatra songs being played on the radio-service and only record those songs".

Fonte: «Legislation Seeks Compensation on Radio-Based Downloads», Digital Music News», 27/4/06

ACT a 30/4/06: esta medida vai ter consquências: «"If the PERFORM Act becomes law, webcasters who use the statutory SoundExchange licenses to play music would have to give up MP3 streaming in favor of a DRM-restricted, proprietary formats that impose restrictions on any recordings made. So much for great time-shifting technologies like Streamripper and RadioLover."»