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RIAA Says Webcasting Royalties Are Too Low

Posted by michael on from the mo-money-mo-money-yo dept.

Karl writes "The RIAA announced today their intention to appeal the royalty rates for internet radio decided on by the Librarian of Congress. Today was the very last day to file for an appeal." The webcasters put out of business by the royalties include SomaFM, Monkeyradio, KPIG, and many others. At least a few Congressional representatives support revising CARP to give small webcasters a chance to survive.

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  1. Here here! Bravo! (nt) by Apocalypse111 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    (nt)

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  2. Re:Here's an idea by inkfox · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    And instead of stabbing someone, we'll put them in a stabbing machine -- then we walk free and clear!

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  3. Re:MonkeyRadio RULED :'( by mobets · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    LART! LART! LART!

    Luser Attitude Readjustment Tool. 1. n. In the collective mythos of scary devil monastery, this is an essential item in the toolkit of every BOFH. The LART classic is a 2x4 or other large billet of wood usable as a club, to be applied upside the head of spammers and other people who cause sysadmins more grief than just naturally goes with the job. Perennial debates rage on alt.sysadmin.recovery over what constitutes the truly effective LART; knobkerries, semiautomatic weapons, flamethrowers, and tactical nukes all have their partisans. Compare clue-by-four. 2. v. To use a LART. Some would add "in malice", but some sysadmins do prefer to gently lart their users as a first (and sometimes final) warning. 3. interj. Calling for one's LART, much as a surgeon might call "Scalpel!". 4. interj. [rare] Used in flames as a rebuke. "LART! LART! LART!"

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