NO it's the U.S. Copyright Royalty Board
along with the RIAA Aren't they the ones that make it so you can't even record yourself and make a copy of the recording? Say good bye to your favorite internet radio and probably regular radio's simul-webcasts Roger Prokic wrote: > > > And the government allowed this to happen... Why the heck would the Patent > Office meddle with this issue. It makes no sense. > > I'd love to see Apple get involved. They are big enough to maybe change > the decision... > --- > Roger Prokic > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:rprokic%40mac.com> *NEW* > Baltimore, Maryland USA > > -=[ This email was sent from a Palm Treo 680 palm computer using > SnapperMail Enterprise Edition v2.3.7.01 ]=- > > _ > ( ) The ASCII ribbon campaign > X against HTML e-mail > / \ > > ...... Original Message ....... > On Tue, 13 Mar 2007 19:43:15 -0500 Craig Froehle > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:craig.froehle%40gmail.com>> > wrote: > >I've done some consulting for a local, fairly large Internet radio > >station (10K listeners at any one time) and they are baffled as to how > >they're going to pay for this. > > > >What strikes me as particularly evil is the fact that this royalty fee > >is NOT paid by terrestrial broadcasters, who have quickly been > >consolidating that industry into a handful of large companies. So, in > >a nutshell, this is simply a way to keep new and innovative > >competitors out of the market, and that is NOT what this sort of > >legislation (or any legislation, really) is supposed to assist in > >doing. > >- Craig > > > >On 3/13/07, Jim C <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:liteways%40tir.com>> wrote: > >> Those fees will add quite a bit of cost to net radio. I suspect they > >> will be shut down because of them. > >> > >> wmotzing wrote: > >> > >> > > >> > > >> > There is a lot of interest in playing internet radio on the Treo. I > >> > wish there were a way to figure this new royalty issue out. > >> > > >> > I feel digital music is overpriced and that the record labels and > >> > tech. companies are squeezing us unfairly with DRM. > >> > > >> > Now the internet radio is going to go? > >> > > >> > http://blog.wired.com/music/2007/03/us_copyright_ro.html > <http://blog.wired.com/music/2007/03/us_copyright_ro.html> > >> > <http://blog.wired.com/music/2007/03/us_copyright_ro.html > <http://blog.wired.com/music/2007/03/us_copyright_ro.html>> > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Yahoo! Groups Links > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > >-- > >http://www.GearBits.com <http://www.GearBits.com> -- Tech. Culture. > Ideas. Opinions. > > > > > >
