Webcaster Alliance Threatens To Sue RIAA

Posted by timothy on Wednesday July 9, 2003 @09:36AM from the let's-get-straight-to-the-smiting dept.

detroitindustrial writes "The Washington Post reports that the Webcaster Alliance is threatening to sue the RIAA under the Sherman Antitrust Act. In their letter to the RIAA, the Webcaster Alliance alleges that the RIAA and the Voice of Webcasters negotiated in collusion and, 'were apparently intent on either eliminating their competitors and/or raising barriers to entry in the market for small commercial webcasting.' It goes on to say that the RIAA also wanted to eliminate smaller webcasters, who tend to play more independent material, in order to maintain their monopoly on music distribution."

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Who do these kids think they are? by pocide · 2003-07-09 09:52 · Score: 0, Flamebait

They think they can sue the RIAA for not allowing them to play copyrighted material without permission? This is one of the most absurd things I've heard in a while....
right on man. by niceblue · 2003-07-09 10:34 · Score: 0, Flamebait

right on. fight the power.
and fuck the RIAA.
All i have to say about this is ...... by jsuhre · 2003-07-09 10:46 · Score: 1, Flamebait

ROCK ON!!!!