LIBRARY of CONGRESS COPYRIGHT OFFICE Washington, D.C

Before the LIBRARY OF CONGRESS COPYRIGHT OFFICE Washington, D.C. vV~i'4 ~~ M1

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Digital Performance Right Docket No. 2000-9 in Sound Recordings CARP DTRA1 A 2 and Ephemeral Recordings

WITHDRAWAL OF NOTICE OF INTENT TO PARTICIPATE

Yahoo! Inc., a Delaware corporation, by and through undersigned counsel, and pursuant to 17 U.S.C. )$ 801 and Part 251 of the Rules of the Copyright Office, 37 C.F.R. $ 251, hereby withdraws its Notice of Intent to Participate in the proceedings ofthe Copyright Arbitration

Royalty Panel ("CARP") to determine the rate and terms ofthe statutory licenses for the performance of sound recordings by eligible nonsubscription transmission services under 17

U.S.C. ) 114 and the making of ephemeral recordings under 17 U.S.C. $ 112 for the license period beginning January 1, 2001, and ending December 31, 2002.

Respectfully submitted,

Date: January 31, 2001 Seth D. Greens ein Amy E. Hancock Douglas Edelschick MCDERMOTT, WILL k EMERY 600 Thirteenth Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20005 (202) 756-8000

WDC99 366956-1.044057.00] I Michael A. Kahn Mary Castle FOLGER LEVIN k, KAHN Embarcadero Center West 275 Battery Street, 23rd Floor San Francisco, CA 84111 (415) 886-2800

Attorneys for Yahoo! Inc.

WDC99 366956-] .044057.0011 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing Withdrawal ofNotice of Intent to Participate has been filed, and has been served this 31st day of January 2001, by first-class mail, postage prepaid, on the following persons:

Jerry Rubinstein Russell R. Hauth Musicplex.corn 4880 Santa Rosa Road 9905 Jefferson Boulevard Suite 300 Culver City, CA 90232 Camarillo, CA 93012 Representative for: NRB Music Patricia Polach License Committee; Salem Bredhoff k, Kaiser, P.L.L.C. Communications Corp. 805 Fifteenth Street, N.W. Suite 1000 Bruce G. Joseph Washington, D.C, 20005 John E. Barry Counsel for American Federation Wiley, Rein k, Fielding of Musicians 1776 K Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006 Aaron Stone Counsel for AMFM, Inc.; Clear Channel Global Media Network Communications, Inc. 400 Robson Vancouver, B.C. David J. Wittenstein V6B2B4 Dow, Lohnes k, Albertson, PLLC Canada 1200 New Hampshire Ave., N.W. Suite 800 Arthur Levine Washington, D.C. 20036-6802 Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Counsel for Cox Radio, Inc. Garrett k Dunner 1300 I Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20005 Counsel for American Federation of Television dk Radio Artists

Tracy Barnes HARDRADIO.COM 3504 Locust Drive Rowlett, TX 75089 Kenneth L. Steinthal Bruce D. Sokler R. Bruce Rich Fernando R. Laguardia Bruce S. Meyer Amy L. Bushyeager Adam I. Cohen Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky Sandra M. Aisters and Popeo, P.C. Fiona Schaeffer 701 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. Randi W. Singer Suite 900 Weil, Gotshal k. Manges LLP Washington, D.C. 20004 767 Fifth Avenue Counsel for Music Choice; America New York, NY 10153 Online, Inc. Counsel for: The Eclectic Radio Company LLC; MyPlay, Inc.; Echo Frank Pet Networks (f/k/a iGroove.corn; Radio DMX, LLC Wave.corn, Inc.; America Online, 11400 W. Olympic Blvd. Inc./Spinner.corn; Listen.corn; Suite 1100 Broadtime.corn LLC; Univision Los Angeles, CA 90064 Online.corn; RadioActive Media Partners, Inc.; Incanta, Inc.; Moodlogic. Inc.; Steven J. Plinio KGBS; Loudeye Technologies, Inc.; Manatt Phelps 0 Phillips, LLP Country.corn, Inc.; The MTV Group 11355 West Olympic Blvd. LLP/MTV Networks, a division of Los Angeles, CA 90064 Viacom International, Inc.; Counsel for Nordic Entertainment RealNetworks, Inc.; Rolling Stone Radio; CDnow Online, Inc.; Comedy Central; Neal Jackson Westwind Media.corn, Inc.; VocaLoca, Denise B Leary Inc.; BET.corn, LLC; TuneTo.corn, Inc.; National Public Radio MusicMatch, Inc.; SOUNDSBIG.corn, 635 Massachusetts Ave., N.W. Inc.; NetRadio Corporation; Launch Washington, D.C. 20001-3753 Media, Inc.; Everstream, Inc.; Emmis Communications Corporation; Mary Ann Lyman ABC, Inc.; The Walt Disney Company; Munger, Tolles k Olson LLP AKI Music Network; iVillage Inc.; 355 South Grand Avenue Bonneville International Corporation; Thirty-Fifth Floor American Broadband Productions, LLC; Los Angeles, CA 90071-1560 CBS Broadcasting, Inc.; Digital Counsel for Virgin E-Commerce (US) Bitcasting Corp.; Live365.corn; Inc.; Virgin Audio Holdings LLC (Radio Tunes.corn; iCAST Corporation; XACT Free Virgin) Radio LLC Laura Beth Miller Lynwood Spinks Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione VergeRadio.corn 455 N. Cityfront Plaza Drive c/o Lynwood Spinks, Industry NBC Tower, Suite 3600 Entertainment Chicago, IL 60611-5599 955 S. Carrillo Drive Counsel for Virgin E-Commerce (US) Inc. Los Angeles, CA 90048 Chuck Walker Barry I. Slotnick Muzak LLC Richards k O'eil, LLP 2901 Third Avenue 885 Third Avenue Suite 400 New York, NY 10022 Seattle, WA 98121 Counsel for Association for Independent Music Maria Rougvie Rights k, Clearances Manager Gregory J. Hessinger iCAST Ann E. Chaitovitz 78 Dragon Court American Federation of Woburn, MA 01801 Television and Radio Artists 260 Madison Avenue John P. Luneau New York, NY 10017 Blue Tape, LLC d/b/a Sputnik7.corn Four Columbus Circle Bruce A. Lehman Fifth Floor 201 Massachusetts Avenue, N.E. New York, NY 10019 Suite C-3 Washington, D.C. 20002 Michael Seltzer Counsel for the Performing Artists Blue Tape, LLC d/b/a Sputnik7.corn Society of America 22 West 19'" Street Fourth Floor Kenneth M. Kaufman New York, NY 10011 Davis Wright Tremaine LLP 1500 K Street, N.W., Suite 450 Robert Allen Garrett Washington, D.C 20005-1272 Ronald A. Schechter Counsel for Live365.corn Jule L. Sigall Michele Woods Barry H. Gottfried Brad R. Newberg Cynthia D. Greer Arnold A Porter JoEllen Masters 555 Twelfth Street, N.W. Shaw Pittman Washington, D.C. 20004 2300 N Street, N.W. Counsel for the Recording Industry Washington, D.C. 20037 Association of America, Inc. Counsel for XM Satellite Radio Inc.

Cary H. Sherman Douglas A. Kaplan Steven M. Marks Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. Linda R. Bocchi 1221 Avenue of the Americas Recording Industry Association of New York, NY 10020 America, Inc. 1330 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Walter F. McDonough Suite 300 Future of Music Coalition Washington, D.C. 20036 601 13 Street, N.W. Suite 900 South Washington, D.C. 20005 Stefan M. Lopatkiewicz Earl Metzger Tania W. Hanna WITZ AM/FM Dorsey 8h Whitney, LLP P.O. Box 167 1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Jasper, IN 47546 Suite 300 South Washington, D.C. 20004 Charles H. Sullivan, Jr. Counsel for BroadcastAmerica.corn, Inc. Ocean Broadcasting, LLC 25 N. Kerr Avenue, Suite C David W. Rahn Wilmington, NC 28405 c/o SBR Creative Media, Inc. 7464 Arapahoe Road Tom Aterna Suite B4 WMET Boulder, CO 80303 P.O. Box 159 Representative for SBR Custom Channels Black Mountain, NC 28711

Brett D. Paradis Richard Trautschold Paradis Broadcasting of Alexandria, Inc. 319 "B" East Battlefield (dba KXlM.-KX92-Z99) Springfield, MO 65807 1312 Broadway Representative for KOSP-FM; KKLH- Alexandria, MN 56308 FM; KOM6-FM

Irv Goldstein Terry Dismore 198 Main Street WCVO Radio Danbury, CT 06810 4400 Reynoldsburg-New Albany Road Representative for %'REF-AM, WLAD- New Albany, OH 43054 AM, WDAQ-FM Maggie Martin William A. O'rien Iroquois County Broadcasting Corp. WJLS-FM WGFA FM 94.1 102 North Kanawha Street 1973 E. 1950 North Road Beckley, WV 25801 Watseka, IL 60970

Will Spears Edward A. Schumacher KWUF AM Ec FM WTUZ Webcast P.O. Box 780 2424 East High Avenue Pagosa Springs, CO 81147 New Philadelphia, OH 44663

Jim East Robert J. Hughes WOLC/Maranatha, Inc. KXST (Sets 102) P.O. Box 130 5015 Shorcham Place 11890 Crisfield Lane Suite 102 Princess Anne, MD 21853 San Diego, CA 92112

Jo Ann Juliano Laurence Rutter Dead-Air Broadcasting Co., Inc. Radio Station KNGT-FM 610 N. Montana Street P.O. Box 609 Dillon, MT 59725 Jackson, CA 95642

4 Thomas J. Spies Eric Pietras 2000 Indian Hills Drive Matt Zanon Sioux City, IA 51104 WVKC Galesburg Representative for KKMA-FM Radio; Box K-245 KLEM-AM Radio; KSCJ-AM Radio; 2 E South Street KSUX-FM Radio Knox College Galesburg, IL 61401-4999 David A. Luyk 89 Everts Avenue Rett Rich Queensbury, NY 12804 Chris Cavallaro Representative for WNTQ-FM; WHTR- WMCX 88.9 FM FM; WMML-AM; WKNV-AM dk FM Monmouth University 400 Cedar Avenue David M. Winchester West Long Beach, NJ 07764 Albany Radio Corp. (dba KWIL and/or KHPE and/or KEED) Joseph E. Jindra P.O. Box 278 KNCK Radio 34545 Hwy, 20 P.O. Box 629 Albany, OR 98321 1390 W. 11'treet Concordia, KS 66901 Charles B. Cooper WHLC FM 104.5 (Charisma Radio Corp.) Michael Costanzo P.O. Box 1889 Midcontinent Broadcasting Co. Highlands, NC 28741 500 S. Phillips Sioux Falls, SD 57104 Joel Hanson P.O. Box 90 Alison J. Shapiro Kelso, WA 98626 Fletcher, Heald 0 Hildreth, P.L,C. Representative for KUKN Radio, KLOG 11'" Floor, 1300 North 17't. Radio Arlington, VA 22209-3801 Counsel for South Central Donald F. Littman Communications Corporation; WQMK Educational Community Radio, Inc. 98.7 FM/Anderson University; Hall T/A WOBO Communications, Inc.; Sheridan P,O. Box 338 Broadcasting Corporation/Sheridan Owensville, OH 45160 Gospel Network

Kimberly Henric Frank Hanel, Jr. KMTS Wild West Radio, Inc. 1322 1/2 Grand Avenue 1111 West Victory Way Glenwood Springs, CO 81601 Craig, CO 816125 Larry Roberts Ron Carter Fiosher Radio Regional Group, Inc. 2000 SW First Avenue, Suite 300 1212 North Washington Portland, OR 97201 Suite 307 Representative for KOTK-AM Radio; Spokane, WA 99201 KWJJ-FM Radio Representative for KGGL (FM) Radio; KGRZ (AM) Radiio; KZOQ (PM) Radio; Carl Gardner KYLT (AM) Radio; KXDR (PM) Radio; Journal Broadcast Group, Inc. KAAK (FM) Radio; KXGF (AM) Radio; 720 E. Capitol Drive KQDI-AM/FM Radio; KMBR (FM) Milwaukee, WI 53212 Radio; KAAR (PM) Radio; KXTL (AM) Radio; KRKX (FM) Radio; KBLG (AM) John Morris Radio; KYYA (FM) Radio; KRZN (FM) WSWI/University of Southern Indiana Radio; KYSN (FM) Radio; KAAP (FM) 8600 University Blvd. Radio; KZPH (FM) Radio; KWWW-FM Evansville, IN 47712 Radio; KWWX (AM) Radio Michael Mitchel Jerry D. Sokolosky J. Douglas Williams 2143 H/W 64N, Box 1756 101 Centre, Suite R Guymon, OK 73942 Woodward, OK 73801 Counsel for KKBS Representatives for PM 92 Broadcasters, Inc. (KMZE-FM); Omni Hal S. Widsten Communications (KWOX-FM) KWED-AM 609 East Court Street Deborah S. Proctor Seguin, TX 78.155 WCPE Radio 1928 Chalks Road Richard L. Sellers P.O. Box 828 Radio Station KMRY Wake Forest, NC 27588 1957 Blairs Ferry Road NE Cedar Rapids, IA 52402

Mark A. Floyd wsmonline.corn Gaylord Entertainment Company One Gaylord Drive Nashville, TN 37214

Eugene J. Manning WARX Radio Manning Broadcasting Inc. 880 Commonwealth Avenue Hagerstown, MD 21740

Seth D. Greendein