Surely sendmail reeled when thusly spake Jarmo Lundgren: > > Esa forwarde this to me. This must be the first time in my life that I > agree with a republican politician... ;) heh yeah. two weird things going on here: 1) the big Senate guy (Hatch) makes his own records. OK, they're "Christian", but he does it. so he's an ally. 2) there's a big split between small and unsigned bands (who love Napster bcos it gives them exposure and brings them record sales and gig attaandance) and monster bands (who see it as money out of their pocket). the "Christian" angle is also popping up on low-power radio. Republicans' first reaction is to support big broadcasters and tell low-power radio stations to go fuck themselves -- who cares what regular people want -- bcos these low-power stations are gonna be a lot of community stations, which means blacks and hispanics and everyone who isn't a rich white guy. but now Christian groups are among those who want low-power radio licenses, so it means the Republican assholes are getting hit from both sides, heh heh heh. fred > http://www.inside.com/story/Story_Cached/0,2770,6643_9,00.html > > Hatch Warns Labels, Don't Make Me Come Over There and Spank You > By�Charles C. Mann > > Tuesday , July 11 06:47 p.m. > WASHINGTON -- Get on the stick, labels. > > That was the message of Republican Senator Orrin G. Hatch to the > recording industry during a remarkable hearing of the Senate > Judiciary Committee on Tuesday. Facing a veritable who's who of the > music-copyright wars, Chairman Hatch threatened -- in surprisingly > direct terms -- to force the music labels and publishers, by legislation, > to make their content digitally available for a standard fee if the > record business continued to ensnarl e-music with lawsuits. As a capper, > Hatch suggested that Congress might even go so far as to offer its > own comprehensive definition of ''fair use'' to hasten the arrival of paid > digital music -- an action that would have implications far beyond music. > > ---> jab / commie > http://commie.oy.com
