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Webcasting and the DMCA

Posted by michael on from the hot-and-cold-running-music dept.

nknouf writes: "A recent article on Salon talks about how college radio stations that webcast could face fee increases from $623/year to $10,000 to $20,000 per year. What's more interesting is information that Congress is considering a bill called the Music On-Line Competition Act, co-sponsored by Rep. Chris Cannon, R-Utah and Rep. Rick Boucher, D-Va. The bill aims to "break the hammerlock the recording industry has over music distribution." My favorite quote, from Rep. Cannon: Napster is "one of the coolest inventions of modern times.""

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  1. What a minute by flacco · · Score: 4, Funny
    My favorite quote, from Rep. Cannon: Napster is "one of the coolest inventions of modern times."

    What, have teens started voting or something?

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