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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."
2002-10-19 06:00:31 Jesse Helms Freezes Bill, Saves Small Webcasters (articles,news) (rejected)
That was rejected instantly, by the way.
The best trance stations on the internet went down because of this law, and my music selection has hurt since.
Fuck internet radio stations. Make your own playlist. They may have killed mp3.com's personal jukebox, but they haven't yet killed fair use (completely).
The theory of relativity doesn't work right in Arkansas.
You is talking about that there ower-Tay. Here in Sacto, Lord High King of ower-Tay, word is the suits have spent all the money on coke (the snorting kind, not the drinking kind).
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1. Sell records
2. Build Kilimanjaro with coke
3. Make it an empty mountain
3. Beowulf cluster
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5. Profit!
riding round the world on an old motorcycle
Holy fucking shit. Hi Vic, it's Ethan.
;-).
Somehow, I never pictured you seeking political office
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