RealNetworks EVP Bob Kimball to Testify before Senate Judiciary Committee

"The Performance Rights Act and Parity among Music Delivery Platforms”

Washington, D.C. (July 31, 2009) – On Tuesday, August 4, 2009, Bob Kimball, Executive Vice President of Corporate Development & General Counsel for RealNetworks, Inc. is scheduled to appear before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary to testify about “The Performance Rights Act and Parity among Music Delivery Platforms.”  Mr. Kimball will testify on behalf of Real Networks and the Digital Media Association (“DiMA”).

“Next week’s hearing will hopefully serve as a precursor to fundamental changes in copyright law that will establish sound recording royalty parity across all forms of radio, including large and small broadcasters, webcasters and satellite radio,” said Jonathan Potter, Executive Director of DiMA.

“If we achieve parity, RealNetworks and the Internet radio industry will continue to innovate, grow, and deliver new opportunities for tens of thousands of artists and record companies.  Balanced legislation that ensures Internet radio and all our competitors pay royalties, and that the royalty amounts are both fair and equitable among competing technologies and business models, means everyone wins,” stated Mr. Kimball.

DiMA is the ambassador for the digital media industry:  webcasters, online media, digital services, and technology innovators.  DiMA advocates for business and regulatory environments that support our members’ growth and success, including fair competition, fair royalties, innovation and consumer welfare.

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