The infamous PERFORM Act, originally shelved in committee last year, has been revived, this time as senate bill S.256.

The limitations it will impose on both satellite and Web radio are no more benign than the Act's previous incarnation. In fact, the small Webcaster community would likely be cripped by the technological limitations alone. Not surprisingly, the RIAA is backing the PERFORM Act. Why else would Congress take such an atrocity of legislation so seriously? And so once again consumers' fair-use rights are in jeopardy.

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070112-8609.html

Rest assured, I will post a fully commentary on this issue once I have the time.

Randall Krause
Small Webcaster Community Initiative