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A Reprieve For Net Radio?

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the all-not-yet-lost dept.

Porsupah writes "The Register reports that "Rep. Jay Inslee (D-WA) and Rep. Don Manzullo (R-IL) have headed the 'Internet Radio Equality Act,' which aims to stop the controversial March 2 decision which puts royalty of a .08 cent per song per listener, retroactively from 2006 to 2010 on internet radio," as imposed by a recent decision from the Copyright Royalty Board. "If passed, today's bill would set new rates at 7.5 percent of the webcaster's revenue — the same rate paid by satellite radio.""

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  1. Re:Does it require _effective_ DRM? by NormalVisual · · Score: 3, Funny

    I understand there's a hackproof encryption scheme called "ROT13" that may be useful for DRM.

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  2. Re:Does it require _effective_ DRM? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I dunno about hackproof, so I'm going to apply it twice, just to make it harder to crack.

  3. Re:Does it require _effective_ DRM? by TrebleMaker · · Score: 2, Funny
    Plaintext:

    I dunno about hackproof, so I'm going to apply it twice, just to make it harder to crack. Pwned!!11! I M teh 3117 haxxor!
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