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RIAA Seeks Royalties From Radio
SierraPete writes "First it was Napster; then it was Internet radio; then it was little girls, grandmothers, and dead people. But now our friends at the RIAA are going decidedly low-tech. The LA Times reports that the RIAA wants royalties from radio stations. 70 years ago Congress exempted radio stations from paying royalties to performers and labels because radio helps sell music. But since the labels that make up the RIAA are not getting the cash they desire through sales of CDs, and since Internet and satellite broadcasters are forced to cough up cash to their racket, now the RIAA wants terrestrial radio to pay up as well."
It all depends on how corrupt Congress is ... we're in deep trouble!
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I'm generally "Interesting," "Insightful," and even "Funny" here. What the hell happens to me at parties?
Remember kids, listening to the radio is STEALING!!!
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Sometimes it's just downright hilarious.
The Onion, February 2004:
CNN, September 2005:
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If the radio stations are making money by playing the Supremes' music, I can see why she might say that.
If I may quote Lewis Black...
MTV is to music as KFC is to chicken.
I'm confused... Do they still broadcast using radio waves?
A delicious mix of herbs and spices that makes music better?
I don't get it.
Not a Twitter sockpuppet... but I wish I was.
- 10. Marching bands
- 9. Wedding singers
- 8. Kindergarten classes (they see a veritable MINT in The Hokey Pokey alone!)
- 7. "Hold-Music"
- 6. "Elevator-Music"
- 5. Doorbells (esp. the kind like at the Clampett mansion on The Beverly Hillbillies)
- 4. Ambulance sirens (their lawyers are nostalgic about chasing them anyway...)
- 3. Organ grinders
- 2. Merry-go-rounds
And the #1 next target for their evil attentions:This space intentionally left (almost) blank.
True. Both make me vomit.
or the shooting range...
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I ran into a former owner of a CD store in a college town a few years ago, and she said that she had to close down because CDs were not selling, so she sold the business, and started another one. She said explicitly that downloads hurt her bottom line
Was she selling Christian music CDs, by chance?
*ducks*
Endless arguments over trivial contradictions in books written by ignorant savages to explain thunder in the dark.
Are you talking about weed?
"It's too bad that stupidity isn't painful." - Anton LaVey
hah! Ben Folds? TALENT?
.45 being cocked and pointed at a certain music industry organization's foot.
In other news, this article gave me the feeling of the fresh sound of
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what the hell is wrong with you? do you think that cars, mansions, designer clothes, and heroin pays for itself? what about rehab? what about agent fees? what about lawyers and accountants? these are all very expensive things that help starts live their expensive lives. who's going to pay for all of that stuff?
you think that because you go to work every day that everyone has to work every day as well and simply pay their own way. well, i'm here to tell you that simply isn't true. just like the french aristocracy, some people have to pay for others to enjoy the good life. stars need more money than regular people and so regular people need to share the wealth. regular people have jobs and families... they can clearly afford to pay celebrities so that they can maintain their celebrity lifestyles.
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1. harsh or bitter derision or irony.
I'm merely a slashdot reader, can someone PLEASE put this into a car analogy so I can understand!?!?
Think Spice Girls.
Eternity: will that be smoking, or non-smoking? I Corinthians 6:9-10
They sent NPR to war.
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