May 21, 2002
CARP Rejected, Briefs Filed in Eldred vs. Ashcroft
Good news. The Librarian of Congress has rejected the CARP proposal for licensing fees for webcasters. Cool, maybe now we can go back to the drawing board and inject some sanity into the determination of fair rates that webcasters can actually afford to pay.
In other news, opening briefs were filed yesterday in Eldred vs. Ashcroft, which challenges the constitutionality of the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act. The CTEA extended the length of both existing and future copyrights by 20 years.








