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100th co-sponsor signs on to Internet Radio Equality Act
·May 29, 12:50 PM
Posted by: Paul Maloney

RAIN CRB update

Since we’re all just back from a long Memorial Day weekend, I thought it would be useful to write a brief summary of where we stand on the issue of Internet radio royalty rates: Under the terms of the CRB decision, royalty payments are due on July 15th for the 17-month period from January 1, 2006 through May 31, 2007, unless…

ADJUDICATION: Various parties are in the process of filing appeals with the U.S. Court of Appeals. Some parties are expected to file an “emergency stay” this week…

NEGOTIATION: SoundExchange announced on Monday that two important Congressmen have asked them to negotiate with small commercial and noncommercial webcasters…

LEGISLATION: Meanwhile, the “Internet Radio Equality Act” is gaining support on Congress. The House version of the bill now has 100 co-sponsors (see story below)…

I’ve written a longer and more-detailed veresion of this summary that you’ll find here. —KH

From the SaveNetRadio.org press release: "A bill that would save the Internet radio industry from a dramatic increase of fees webcasters pay to play music gained the support of its 100th member of the House of Representatives today.

"Introduced by Representatives Jay Inslee (D-WA) and Donald Manzullo (R-IL), the Internet Radio Equality Act (H.R. 2060) would vacate the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) decision that increased the royalty rates by 300%-1200% over the next five years.

"‘Members of Congress are hearing loudly and clearly the passionate voices of webcasters, music fans and artists who have marched on Capitol Hill with their feet, their calls and their letters. Reaching 100 cosponsors in three legislative weeks is extraordinary, and is a major milestone for tens of thousands of webcasters, millions of Internet Radio listeners, and thousands of artists invested in the future of Internet
radio,’ Jake Ward, a spokesperson for SaveNetRadio said…

"Legislation currently before Congress, H.R. 2060 and S. 1353 — the Internet Radio Equality Act — would vacate the Copyright Royalty Board’s decision and set a 2006-2010 royalty rate at the same level currently paid by satellite radio services (7.5% of revenue.) The bill would also change the royalty rate-setting standard used in royalty arbitrations, so that the standard applied to webcasters would align with that applied to satellite radio."

Read the entire text of the press release here. Below is the roster of all of H.R. 2060’s supporters in the House so far. The most recently added co-sponsors are highlighted in blue in the chart.



Bill sponsors
Representative Jay Inslee
Washington’s 1st District
6th-term Democrat
Key committee(s): Energy and Commerce
Representative Donald A. Manzullo
Illinois’s 16th District
8th-term Republican




Co-sponsors
Representative Neil Abercrombie
Hawaii’s 1st District
10th-term Democrat
Todd Akin

Representative Todd Akin
Missouri’s 2nd District
3rd-term Republican
Key committee(s): Small Business

Representative Michael Arcuri
New York’s 24th District
1st-term Democrat
Representative Tammy Baldwin
Wisconsin’s 2nd District
5th-term Democrat
Key committee(s): Energy and Commerce; Judiciary
Representative Roscoe Bartlett
Maryland’s 6th District
8th-term R.epublican
Key committee(s): Small Business
Representative Earl Blumenauer
Oregon’s 3rd District
7th-term Democrat
Rick Boucher Representative Rick Boucher
Virginia’s 9th District
13th-term Democrat
Key committee(s): Energy and Commerce; Judiciary
Representative Bruce Braley
Iowa’s 1st District
1st-term Democrat
Key committee(s): Small Business
Representative Corrine Brown
Florida’s 3rd District
8th-term Democrat
Representative Vern Buchanan
Florida’s 13th District
1st-term Republican
Key committee(s): Small Business
Representative Lois Capps
California’s 23rd District
6th-term Democrat
Key committee(s): Energy and Commerce
Representative Michael Capuano
Massachusetts’ 8th District
5th-term Democrat
Representative Dennis Cardoza
California’s 18th District
3rd-term Democrat
Representative Julia M. Carson
Indiana’s 7th District
6th-term Democrat
Ben Chandler Representative Ben Chandler
Kentucky’s 6th District
2nd-term Democrat
Representative Emanuel Cleaver II
Missouri’s 5th District
2nd-term Democrat
Representative Stephen I. Cohen
Tennessee’s 9th District
1st-term Democrat
Key committee(s): Judiciary
Representative Joseph Courtney
Connecticut’s 2nd District
1st-term Democrat
Representative Barbara Cubin
Wyoming (at-large)
7th-term Republican
Key committee(s): Energy and Commerce
Elijah Cummings Representative Elijah Cummings
Maryland’s 7th District
6th-term Democrat
Representative Danny K. Davis
Illinois’ 7th District
6th-term Democrat
Representative Susan A. Davis
California’s 53rd District
4th-term Democrat
Representative Rosa DeLauro
Connecticut’s 3rd District
9th-term Democrat
Representative Peter A. DeFazio
Oregon’s 4th District
11th-term Democrat
Representative John T. Doolittle
California’s 4th District
9th-term Republican
Representative Keith M. Ellison
Minnesota’s 5th District
1st-term Democrat
Key committee(s): Judiciary
Representative Brad Ellsworth
Indiana’s 8th District
1st-term Democrat
Key committee(s): Small Business
Representative Anna Eshoo
California’s 14th District
7th-term Democrat
Key committee(s): Energy and Commerce
Representative Sam Farr
California’s 17th District
8th-term Democrat
Representative Chaka Fattah
Pennsylvania’s 2nd District
7th-term Democrat
Representative Bob Filner
California’s 51st District
8th-term Democrat
Res. Com. Luis Fortuno
Puerto Rico (at-large)
1st-term Republican
Representative Virginia Foxx
North Carolina’s 5th District
2nd-term Republican
Representative Paul E. Gillmor
Ohio’s 5th District
10th-term Republican
al green Representative Al Green
Texas’s 9th District
1st-term Democrat
Representative Raul M. Grijalva
Arizona’s 7th District
3rd-term Democrat
Key committee(s): Small Business
Representative Luis V. Gutierrez
Illinois’ 4th District
8th-term Democrat
Key committee(s): Judiciary
Representative Phil Hare
Illinois’ 17th District
1st-term Democrat
Representative Brian M. Higgins
New York’s 27th District
2nd-term Democrat
Representative Baron Hill
Indiana’s 9th District
4th-term Democrat
Key committee(s): Energy and Commerce
Representative Maurice Hinchey
New York’s 22nd District
8th-term Democrat
Representative Mazie K. Hirono
Hawaii’s 2nd District
1st-term Democrat
Representative Michael M. Honda
California’s 15th District
4th-term Democrat
Representative Jesse Jackson, Jr.
Illinois’ 2nd District
7th-term Democrat
Representative Timothy V. Johnson
Illinois’ 15th District
4th-term Republican
Representative Stephanie Tubbs Jones
Ohio’s 11th District
5th-term Democrat
Representative Steve Kagen
Wisconsin’s 8th District
1st-term Democrat
Representative Dale E. Kildee
Michigan’s 5th District
16th-term Democrat
Representative Ron J. Kind
Wisconsin’s 3rd District
6th-term Democrat
Representative Mark S. Kirk
Illinois’ 10th District
4th-term Republican
Representative Dennis J. Kucinich
Ohio’s 10th District
6th-term Democrat
Representative Ray H. LaHood
Illinois’ 18th District
7th-term Republican
Representative Rick Larsen
Washington’s 2nd District
4th-term Democrat
Key committee(s): Small Business
Representative Barbara Lee
California’s 9th District
6th-term Democrat
Representative John Lewis
Georgia’s 5th District
11th-term Democrat
Representative Jim Matheson
Utah’s 2nd District
4th-term Democrat
Key committee(s): Energy and Commerce
Representative Doris Matsui
California’s 5th District
2nd-term Democrat
Representative Michael McCaul
Texas’ 10th District
2nd-term Republican
Representative Jim McDermott
Washington’s 7th District
10th-term Democrat
Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers
Washington’s 5th District
2nd-term Republican
Representative Gerald McNerney
California’s 11th District
1st-term Democrat
Representative Michael R. McNulty
New York’s 21st District
10th-term Democrat
Representative Michael H. Michaud
Maine’s 2nd District
3rd-term Democrat
Key committee(s): Small Business
Representative George Miller
California’s 17th District
17th-term Democrat
Representative Dennis Moore
Kansas’ 3rd District
5th-term Democrat
Representative James P. Moran
Virginia’s 8th District
9th-term Democrat
Representative Christopher S. Murphy
Connecticut’s 5th District
1st-term Democrat
Representative Patrick Murphy
Pennsylvania’s 8th District
1st-term Democrat
Representative Marilyn Musgrave
Colorado’s 4th District
3rd-term Republican
Key committee(s): Small Business
Representative Richard E. Neal
Massachusetts’ 2nd District
10th-term Democrat
Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton
District of Columbia (at-large)
9th-term Democrat
Representative James L. Oberstar
Minnesota’s 8th District
17th-term Democrat
John Olver

Representative John Olver
Massachusetts’s 1st District
8th-term Democrat

Representative Frank Pallone, Jr.
New Jersey’s 6th District
10th-term Democrat
Key committee(s): Energy and Commerce
Representative Ron E. Paul
Texas’ 14th District
10th-term Republican
Representative David E. Price
North Carolina’s 4th District
10th-term Democrat
Representative Nick J. Rahall II
West Virginia’s 3rd District
16th-term Democrat
Representative Dave Reichert
Washington’s 8th District
2nd-term Republican
Representative Tim Ryan
Ohio’s 17th District
3rd-term Democrat
John Salazar Representative John Salazar
Colorado’s 3rd District
2nd-term Democrat
Representative Allyson Y. Schwartz
Pennsylvania’s 13th District
2nd-term Democrat
Representative Jose E. Serrano
New York’s 16th District
10th-term Democrat
Representative Christopher Shays
Connecticut’s 4th District
11th-term Republican
Representative Carol Shea-Porter
New Hampshire’s 1st District
1st-term Democrat
Representative Albio Sires
New Jersey’s 13th District
2nd-term Democrat
Representative Louise McIntosh Slaughter
New York’s 28th District
11th-term Democrat
Representative Adam Smith
Washington’s 9th District
6th-term Democrat
Representative Adrian Smith
Nebraska’s 3rd District
1st-term Republican
Representative Zack Space
Ohio’s 18th District
1st-term Democrat
Representative John M. Spratt, Jr.
South Carolina’s 5th District
13th-term Democrat
Representative Fortney H. Stark
California’s 13th District
18th-term Democrat
Representative Lee Terry
Nebraska’s 2nd District
5th-term Republican
Key committee(s): Energy and Commerce
Mike Thompson Representative Mike Thompson
California’s 1st District
4th-term Democrat
Representative John F. Tierney
Massachusetts’ 6th District
6th-term Democrat
Tim Walz Representative Tim Walz
Minnesota’s 1st District
1st-term Democrat
Representative Frank R. Wolf (R-VA 10th)
Virginia’s 10th District
14th-term Republican
Representative Lynn Woolsey
California’s 6th District
8th-term Democrat
Representative Albert Wynn
Maryland’s 4th District
8th-term Democrat
Key committee(s): Energy and Commerce



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