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Copyright Office Publishes Final Webcasting Rates

Posted by timothy on from the officialdom-strikes-again dept.

Ghaleon writes: "The Copyright Office just released the final rates for webcasting. Looks like the rates are lower than the CARP recomendations, though I'm no webcaster so I'm not sure if these rates are good or not ..." nbrimhall points to a bit more at soma fm as well. Update: 06/20 21:54 GMT by M : See our last story for background information. The final rates are nothing to cheer about: most webcasters will not be able to afford them. Update: 06/21 03:13 GMT by T : An anonymous reader points out the continuing coverage at kurthanson.com, including reactions from Reps. Boucher and Inslee.

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  1. There is a silver lining by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    While it is unfortunate that the smaller webcasters we have come to enjoy are going under, it will make more room in terms of bandwidth for the larger stations (the ones better able to afford the type of resources necessary to provide a reasonable listening experience.) Additionally, the larger stations are more likely to comply with the rules, which will mean that artists will finally see some revenue from MP3s on the Internet. Bonuses such as concert ticket giveaways that were formerly not seen on Internet radio may soon become commonplace as well. Unlike with regular radio, one broadcaster can have many different broadcasts with different genres, bringing us more variety than we were formerly accustomed to. So it's less about killing off alternatives than it is about promoting quality through letting the market decide.

  2. Urban myth by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    This is an urban myth much like the Postal Service charging for e-mail.

  3. Stop Complaining by dada21 · · Score: 1, Troll

    The geeks asked for this when they asked Big Nanny Government to go in and regulate Microsoft or enforce local phone companies to carry someone else's DSL line.

    Ask for crappy regulation in one instance, and you're going to get 100 other regulations in other areas that may affect you badly.

    Stop being so lazy, stop complaining. Get off your asses and vote libertarian and get this terrible fascist/socialist government structure out of our hairs.

    Lobbying Congress as a group will do NOTHING. Forcing Congress to limit itself to Constitutional requirements will open up venues for all of us.