Reps. Blunt (R-Va.) and Cantor (R-Mo.) wrote CEA, NAB and RIAA Fr...
Reps. Blunt (R-Va.) and Cantor (R-Mo.) wrote CEA, NAB and RIAA Fri. urging they “renew” negotiations on audio flag content protection for digital radio. Though NAB and RIAA are believed to have talked, CEA hasn’t taken part. Instead, CEA…
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has suggested RIAA participate in Copy Protection Technical Working Group discussions. Blunt and Cantor take heart from the groups’ dialog and hope to see talks “move forward in a way that involves all other affected stakeholders,” they said. They hope consensus can be found and “a resolution ultimately found through private negotiation,” they said. Private talks have stalled as the Senate Commerce Committee weighed telecom reform legislation that includes an audio flag component. “It is not our intention to take a position” on audio flag, Blunt and Cantor said: “These policy considerations have serious implications. With that in mind, we encourage you to return to the table and continue to negotiate with all interested parties in an attempt to work out this issue through industry discussion.”