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[Manon Ress]

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FYI:  info on this morning vote at the FCC re radio flag

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Manon Anne Ress
Consumer Project on Technology
www.cptech.org
PO Box 19367, Washington, DC 20036
manon.ress@cptech.org, voice: 1.202.387.8030, fax: 1.202.234.5176

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Contact:  Art Brodsky
                202-518-0020 (o)                301-908-7715 (c)
                abrodsky@publicknowledge.org


For Immediate Release
April 15, 2004

PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE: NO "BUY BUTTON" FOR DIGITAL RADIO
Mike Godwin, senior technology counsel of Public Knowledge issued the
following statement in response to the FCC's decision to issue a Notice
of Inquiry to explore the necessity of a "broadcast flag" for new
digital radio services.  The Recording Industry Association of America
(RIAA) has been urging the Commission to adopt a radio flag:
"Public Knowledge is pleased that if the Commission felt it necessary to
deal with the notion of a broadcast flag for digital radio, it did so
with a Notice of Inquiry.  We are certain that a fair and balanced
examination of the facts will come to the same conclusion as Media
Bureau Chief Ken Ferree did on January 30 - that there is no need for
the Commission to act further on this issue.
"The RIAA has boldly declared that a radio flag would result in a "buy
button" on every radio, which consumers would have to use every time
they want to record a song.  This notion is completely at odds with the
well-established rights of Americans to use digital media, and to enjoy
broadcast radio content.  These rights include those established in the
Audio Home Recording Act of 1992, which preserved the ability of
consumers to make copies for personal use whether from a recorded
product or 'from a transmission.'  We hope and believe that the
Commission will conclude that a radio flag is neither necessary nor
lawful."


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Art Brodsky
Communications Director
Public Knowledge
(202) 518-0020  ext 103 (o)
(301) 908-7715 (c)
1875 Connecticut Ave., N.W.
Suite 650
Washington, D.C.  20009

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