Small Webcasters get Powerful New Ally

Posted by Hemos on Monday October 21, 2002 @05:39AM from the beat-the-man dept.

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."

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Re:Since when has Helms done anything FOR the poop by teamhasnoi · 2002-10-21 07:51 · Score: 2, Flamebait

Ugh. Makes me glad I'm not a resident. Or a Republican. Or a black lesbian trying to get time off of work to have an abortion after being beaten by white supremacists while wondering how my unmarriable lesbian partner is doing in jail for smoking a joint.
Different strokes for different folks. I hope Jesse has a good one.