"On May 24, 2001, the Copyright Office received a petition from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) ... reading that lines alone means: watch out the record industry has some wishes and most importante that means: don´t burden me, burden the others

RIAA argues that the information it seeks from the Services is ``easily provided, [] not burdensome, and in fact, is currently provided by a number of licensees who have obtained licenses through negotiations with the RIAA and/or Sound Exchange.

the burden for the others is a long list. comments on the proposed rules are due by march 11. and when i understand it right, the government asks to keep documentation of following data for three years ?? All statutory licensees shall, for a period of at least three years from the date of service or posting of the Report of Use, keep and retain a copy of the Report of Use.

someone already extracted what they mean

Broadcasters, to say the least, are stunned as the Copyright Office followed almost to the letter the RIAA's wish list. Under the proposed rules radio stations, internet stations, and satellite companies would have to report the following information about every streamed program:

And a listener's log listing: 1) The name of the service or entity 2) The channel or program 3) the date and time that the user logged in (the user's timezone) 4) the date and time that the user logged out (the user's timezone) 5) The time zone where the signal was received (user) 6) Unique User identifier 7) The country in which the user received the transmissions

und wie sollen (wenn ich das jetzt richtig verstanden hab) radio-stations einen unique user identifier liefern? oder bezieht sich die untere liste nur auf die netz-broadcaster? nevertheless ein interessantes verlangen ...