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Small Webcasters get Powerful New Ally
An anonymous reader writes "On, Sunday, October 20, 2002, the RIAA's subsidiary, SoundExchange, was set to introduce draconian new fees on small internet webcasters - fees that were designed to drive those webcasters out of business and preserve the RIAA's monopoly on the distribution of music in North America. One of those small webcasters is the Triangle's classical music station, WCPE - quite possibly the finest classical music station in the world. Now it turns out that WCPE has an 800 lb gorilla in their corner, and he's set his sights on the RIAA."
How about this link?
m #B udget_+_Economy
http://www.issues2002.org/Senate/Jesse_Helms.ht
Makes me proud to be a North Carolinian. Helms has always been a pro-American fighter, and will take on the UN and China, when no one else will. Again, this makes me proud. I don't know why this slashdot articles seems so surprising. Incidentally, in reference to your 2nd link, I love the way the author so unbiasedly makes Gant out as a great,great man and of course a democrat while Helms is the great satan. I personally am ecstatic that Harvey Gant didn't win. The whole article's portrayal of Helms is just ludicrous and is SO typical of Democrats--if you don't believe as we do (we who are enlightened) then you are stupid. They've said it about Bush, Helms, Newt Gingrich, Ronald Reagan, and many others. Get over yourselves.
Different strokes for different folks. I hope Jesse has a good one.
I also think the artists have a legitimate beef, because practically none of this money will make it back to them. Since there's no accounting for individual songs required, there's no way to decided how much of the money should go to which artist. To record labels, that means the artists get none of it.
I think you are starting to buy into all the RIAA rhetoric. C'mon the promotional value alone from these streams is great for all artists, unsigned and signed. Do you know how much it would cost an upcoming artist for the type of 'free' exposure and disrtribution they get from streaming radio?
It gives artist who would not necessarily fit into the current label 'sound' investment(meaning what they think people should hear, and who they've hooked up with Pepsi), a chance to be exposed to a wider audience. It gives artist who have been around for a long time exposure to a new and younger audience who can appreciate them all over again.
People listen to these streams to find new artists to support. You hear a great band, it touches a cord inside, you shuttle off to buy the disc, read the liner notes, and impress all your friends. This is a pattern being repeated by millions of music lovers all over the world.
The belief that we are sitting there ripping off every artist is the bullshit the RIAA wants you to believe, so that they can maintain a stranglehold on our media access, a very valuable commodity in this day and age.
Cheers,
I take it by your message that your referring to that fact that he doesn't agree with extending hate-crimes legislation? Well neither do I! The laws we have now should be MORE than enough. If someone does something illegal they should be punished, regardless of their reasons.
I'm also against state sponsored gay marriage--if they want to get married in their faith fine, but I don't think the state can or should legislate morality, I'll leave that to the churches.
Secondly, as long as smoking a joint is a crime, they SHOULD be in jail.
as for the white supremacist bunk...what?
thank you