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Broadcasters Appeal Royalty Ruling

Posted by michael on from the good-to-the-last-note dept.

tanveer1979 pointed out this story, but his summary of it wasn't much good. :) According to Reuters and Kurthanson.com, broadcasters (regular radio stations, not webcasters) are appealing a year-old ruling which would require them to make the same royalty payments for webcasting that webcast-only stations have to make. They're arguing that Congress intended the royalty payments to apply only to internet services which allow one to pick what music one receives - if the listener is force-fed a stream, like regular radio, Congress didn't intend for the royalty payments to apply.

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  1. IPsec Implementations by Shamanin · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yeah, the laws have softened in the U.S. yet no Linux distribution (other than ones originating from outside the country) will ship with an IPsec implementation pre-installed.

    There is still alot of fear that this softening of restictions will eventually rebound.

    SUPPORTING INFORMATION
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    Here is a list of some distributions that do include IPsec and their country of origin:

    SuSE Linux (Germany)
    Conectiva (Brazil)
    Mandrake (France)
    Best Linux (Finland)
    Polish(ed) Linux Distribution (Poland)

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    come on fhqwhgads