(Fwd) Save internet radio

From: "Byron Werner" <hotwire@d2.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002
Newsgroups: alt.slack

--- Forwarded mail from John Courte

Yes, I'm spamming the list with political crap, but this is important. If the RIAA gets their way, streaming internet music as you know it will disappear. This is the CARP decision. Check out the sites below for more info, but here's the gist of it:

$0.14 cents per song per play. This is above and beyond ASCAP and BMI licensing fees. The royalty structure they propose will effectively kill internet radio.

Then, there's the information that webcasters will be required to report per song, per play: platform, application, location, and duration. I don't know about you, but it's none of the RIAA's business what I listen to, when and how.

This isn't about piracy. If you believe downloading music is stealing, then you need to take a look at the ramifications of this decision being made into law.

http://www.savethemusic.org
http://www.saveinternetradio.org

---End of forwarded mail from John Courte

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