I found a document from the CRB that makes for some interesting reading:
http://www.loc.gov/crb/proceedings/2005-1/rates-terms2005-1.pdf I haven't read the whole thing yet, but in scanning through it I find this comment rather telling: Small Commercial Webcasters' focus on the amount of the fee, rather than how it should be structured, is further underlined by the absence of evidence submitted by this group to identify a basis for applying a pure revenue-based structure to them. While, at times, they suggest that their situation as small commercial webcasters requires this type of structure, there is no evidence in the record about how the Copyright Royalty Judges would delineate between small webcasters and large webcasters.* * Indeed, since none of the small commercial webcasters participating in this proceeding provided helpful evidence about what demarcates a "small" commercial webcaster from other webcasters/simulcasters at any given point in time, any determination that a revenue-based metric was somehow uniquely applicable to small commercial webcasters would be speculative. Another scary thing about the CRB judges is that, from what I see, they are appointed for life. Yippee. Mike Lax From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Craig Froehle Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 2:42 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Treo] Re: Judges Reject Appeals From Webcasters Yep...hobbyists and small business owners are the dominant species in Internet radio. Asking Jim Johnson to move from his hometown of Des Moines, Iowa just to pursue one of many possibilities for his dot-com business is unreasonable. This will effectively kill small- and medium-sized webcasters if it's not repealed. Mark my words. On 4/17/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:edward.fultz%40comcast.net> <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:edward.fultz%40comcast.net> > wrote: > Possibly because most of the broadcasters are little people like ourselves? > > -- > Edward Fultz > (978) 807-4225 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:edward.fultz%40comcast.net> > > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > From: "bbernstone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:yahoo%40bernieb.com> > > > i dont understand why the stations dont just move to another country to > > broadcast like all the casinos did since it is illegal in usa.. they > > are all hosted now out in the carribean or something... then nobody can > > tax them... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
