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Senate Committee Holds Webcasting Hearing
jonathanjo writes "Yesterday (5/15/02) the US Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing titled: "Copyright Royalties: Where is the Right Spot On The Dial For Webcasting." This was a review of the work of CARP, the Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel, the group formed by the DMCA that has closed down webstreaming for many independent radio stations with new high fees and exhaustive reporting requirements. Representatives from RIAA, Digital Media Association, Arbitron, Real Networks, and Yahoo gave testimony, as well as people representing two independent Vermont webcasters, and the American Federation Of Television and Radio Artists. Senator Patrick Leahy's (D-VT) testimony was surprisingly sympathetic to small webcasters (especially by inviting two from his state to speak). Orrin Hatch gave the expected pro-DMCA boilerplate."
God I hate this... but I'm first :)
This is a test of the emergency trolling system
What, you mean these people actually want to get paid for their work!?!? Fuck that!! I'm gonna steal intellectual property and use LINUX because information wants to be free and I want free Slipknot on my LINUX machine!>!?!
FUCK DA RIAA, MPIAA, DCMA, POLICE COP PIG FASCICSTS!!!
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