On Mon, 24 Jun 2002, at 11:00am, Bayard Coolidge USG wrote: > There is an interesting article about this in The Register, though: > http://www.theregus.com/content/6/25325.html
I find Shoutcast's statement on the matter to be the most unbiased I have seen yet. Open <http://www.shoutcast.com> and scroll down past the stream list to view it. I think the best point they make is, "... basically forces all broadcasters, hobbyist or not, to either move to content that is not label-owned, or pay the labels ..." [1]. The works in question are protected by copyright; the copyright owners (the media cartel) can do whatever they want with them, including deny you access completely. I think the most appropriate action here would be anti-trust proceedings against the media cartel. Their actions are obviously those of a trust intent on illegally controlling the market. Unfortunately, as evidenced by such legislation as the DMCA, the media cartel has effectively bought our government, making such proceedings unlikely. George Orwell's mistake was assuming that the threat of totalitarianism was from government. 1984 is arriving twenty years late. Footnote -------- [1] Note that this is a quotation, and thus is covered under the fair-use provisions of copyright law, and thus is exempt from the copyright restriction that AOL Time Warner places on their statement. -- Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not | | necessarily represent the views or policy of any other person, entity or | | organization. All information is provided without warranty of any kind. | ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
