BRS Media Makes an Appeal to Law Makers -- ''Don't Let Internet Radio be Silenced!''.Business Editors SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 8, 2002 BRS BRS - Big Red Switch. This abbreviation is fairly common on-line. Media, an e-commerce firm that specializes in assisting radio station and multimedia websites build and brand on the power of the Web, today released details of a letter they sent to law makers in Washington with regard to the Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel Three-member ad hoc board empowered to make decisions regarding ratemaking and distributions of copyright royalties collected for compulsory licenses under the Copyright Act of 1976. (CARP carp, hardy freshwater fish, Cyprinus carpio, the largest member of the minnow family. A native of Asia, the carp was introduced into Europe and America and has become so well established that it is called the English sparrow of the fishes. ). In the letter to Congress BRS Media's Chairman & CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. George T. Bundy stated, "The Copyright Office may be about to make a decision that will effectively destroy a once thriving Internet sector known as Internet Radio Listening to audio broadcasts via the Internet. There are more than 4,000 broadcasts available on the Internet that can be streamed and played by a software media player in the computer or in a stand-alone Internet radio with the software built in. ." Bundy went on to write, "The CARP recommendation to the Library of Congress suggests royalty rates that are disproportionate, arbitrary, and biased against Internet Radio." He then added, "One of the greatest opportunities created by the commercialization of the Internet was the ability to level the playing field." Referencing numbers recently released by BRS Media, a firm which has been tracking Radio on the Internet since 1995, Bundy noted that the number of online radio stations worldwide is now down to 4633. As opposed to early Spring 2001 when there were over 5700 radio stations webcasting online. With those numbers in mind Bundy continued the letter, stating, "Unfortunately, the industry's growth has been stunted; and we are now seeing that the number of radio stations going offline has begun to exceed the number of new stations coming online." Clearly, the Internet Radio sector as a whole has been directly impacted. However, the negative impact this has had on consumer's options when it comes to Internet Radio should not be overlooked. If the CARP recommendation is accepted, it is feared that Internet Radio stations such as: Digitally Imported Digitally Imported (DI.fm) is a multi-channel Internet radio service based in New York city, that specializing in electronic dance music genres. It also offers other genres of music through its sister network, SKY.fm. (www.di.fm), SomaFM (www.soma.fm), and Total70s.FM (www.total70s.fm) would fall silent; being left without the resources required to continue providing the valuable online radio entertainment their thousands of listeners log on in search of. BRS Media's letter can be viewed online: http://www.brsmedia.fm/carp.html. Also, in an attempt to better inform Internet Radio listeners of the gravity of this matter BRS Media has launched SOS SOS, code letters of the international distress signal. The signal is expressed in International Morse code as … — — — … (three dots, three dashes, three dots). .DJ (www.sos.dj) for "Save Our (Internet) Stations & (Internet) DJs." The site acts as a resource for online radio listeners by providing information, as well as, by giving them a means through which they can show their support. Log on today! Find out how you can contact your legislators and show your support for your favorite Internet Radio station(s). BRS Media, a member of the International Webcasting Association (www.iwa.fm), is a full service Internet e-commerce firm whose online divisions include dotFM (www.dot.fm), the first registry in the world to offer premium multimedia domains under .FM. As well as, dotAM, dotzDJ, & dotzCD (www.dot.am ; www.dotz.cd), domain registrars See domain name registrar. of premium .AM, .DJ, & .CD (TLD (Top Level Domain) The highest level domain category in the Internet domain naming system. There are two types: the generic top level domains (gTLDs) such as .com, .org, and .net, and the country codes, such as .ca, .uk and .jp. See gTLD and Internet domain name. ) multimedia domains. BRS Media Inc. can be found on the World Wide Web at www.brsmedia.fm. |
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