Small Webcasters get Powerful New Ally

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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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Double WOW by Christopher_G_Lewis · 2002-10-21 05:45 · Score: 5, Funny

Jesse Helms? I never would have thought that he was 800lbs...

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hmm. wonder what mchawking would say about this... by asscroft · 2002-10-21 05:49 · Score: 5, Funny

After all, he specializes in MP3s, and his songs are streamed from his site and mp3.com, but then again, one of his song is called "Why won't Jesse Helms just hury up and die"

I guess we now know why, he's meant to save the webcasters.

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"Dammit, how'd we miss this guy?" by Dr.Seuss · 2002-10-21 05:51 · Score: 5, Funny

Well, you can bet the RIAA won't make the mistake of overlooking his campaign funding again! ;)
Okay, I give up... by L.+VeGas · 2002-10-21 05:51 · Score: 4, Funny

"...the Triangle's classical music station..."

What the hell is "the Triangle"? And why do they have a classical music station. Now I can understand a square might have a classical station, or maybe a pentagram would have an acid rock station.

Maybe it's because they use triangles in symphonies. What kind of station would a circle have, I wonder?

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1. Re:Okay, I give up... by Dr+Caleb · 2002-10-21 06:02 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  What kind of station would a circle have, I wonder?
  From the circular shape, I'd say a station with both kinds of music.
  Country and Western.
  
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Support the artists! by Anonymous Coward · 2002-10-21 05:51 · Score: 5, Funny

Beethoven and Mozart will compose more symphonies if they can put bread on their table.
Re:WCPE may be great, but that's not why he did it by utahjazz · 2002-10-21 05:55 · Score: 5, Funny

Damin that Helms! I've released 3 albums of really killer sermons, and I haven't gotten a dime from these stations yet.
Re:Wow by foistboinder · 2002-10-21 05:56 · Score: 5, Funny

Jesse Helms? I never would have thought a High Ranking Republican would get involved like this- and on the side of the smaller guy.
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What a genuinely interesting dilemma. by Quarex · 2002-10-21 05:57 · Score: 5, Funny

I thought surely my stance of thinking both the RIAA and the Religious Right were both wrong about everything would never be problematic.

But, no! Now, I might owe my ability to listen to all my favorite death metal, synth-pop, and hard house/trance webcasts to a group of people who generally only support things I vehemently oppose.

So. . . confused. . . cannot pick. . . side. . .
1. Re:What a genuinely interesting dilemma. by teamhasnoi · 2002-10-21 08:26 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Hitler is why we have the Volkwagen Beetle. That's good, unless you drive it in a Minnesota winter. Then its evil.
  Simple.
It's a misprint by JohnTheFisherman · 2002-10-21 05:58 · Score: 5, Funny

He's an 800 year old gorilla.

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Re:It's true what they say by immanis · 2002-10-21 06:04 · Score: 4, Funny

Dear god, please don't ever make me imagine Jesse Helms as a bedfellow.

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Gee, what an ally by TheGreenLantern · 2002-10-21 06:23 · Score: 3, Funny

This is great and all that the bill was held up, but Jesse Helms? The man has 9 toes in the grave, and will be lucky if he lives long enough to retire at the end of this year.

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Re:Why or Why not by micromoog · 2002-10-21 06:36 · Score: 4, Funny

Really when it comes down to brass tacks ... when the rubber meets the road ... Does it truly mater why he did it? Politics makes strange bedfellows.
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Funny thing happened today by Uttles · 2002-10-21 06:41 · Score: 3, Funny

The same day that this story is posted, Whitney Houston's new album is leaked to the internet a full month before its release date. Awesome. Die RIAA, DIE!

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Re:WCPE may be great, but that's not why he did it by BrentN · 2002-10-21 07:01 · Score: 3, Funny

No, no. Thats *Darned* if you do, damned if you don't...
strange bedfellows by technoCon · 2002-10-21 07:24 · Score: 3, Funny

Funny how getting on the right side of the royalty fiasco changes the typical slashdotter's attitude toward Jesse Helms and the religious right.

almost as ironic as how RIAA companies (whose artists gleefully trash the Ten Commandments) whine, "thou shalt not steal copyrighted tunes."
Ugh! by nullard · 2002-10-21 07:35 · Score: 3, Funny

Ugh! I just agreed with Jesse Helms. I feel dirty.

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Re:Wow by delcielo · 2002-10-21 07:37 · Score: 3, Funny

He was heard saying afterwards:

"And when we're done with RIAA, we should think about a first strike with nuclear weapons in Korea, and in manchuria."

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