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Webcasters Call Bunk on SoundExchange DRM Ploy

Posted by Zonk on from the that's-the-sound-of-the-other-shoe dept.

RadioFan writes "The settlement between webcasters and SoundExchange is starting to come apart at the seams, because everyone is realizing that SoundExchange wants to force DRM on Net Radio. DiMA, one of the largest Net Radio lobbyists, has fired back at Sound Exchange, calling them out for leveraging high royalty fees to push through DRM requirements that they failed to obtain in Congress via broadcast flag and anti-recording legislation. Was this whole thing a ruse to get DRM on net radio?"

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  1. All makes sense by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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