Small Webcasters get Powerful New Ally 362
An anonymous reader writes "On, Sunday, October 20, 2002, the RIAA's subsidiary, SoundExchange, was set to introduce draconian new fees on small internet webcasters - fees that were designed to drive those webcasters out of business and preserve the RIAA's monopoly on the distribution of music in North America. One of those small webcasters is the Triangle's classical music station, WCPE - quite possibly the finest classical music station in the world. Now it turns out that WCPE has an 800 lb gorilla in their corner, and he's set his sights on the RIAA."
Double WOW (Score:5, Funny)
hmm. wonder what mchawking would say about this... (Score:5, Funny)
I guess we now know why, he's meant to save the webcasters.
"Dammit, how'd we miss this guy?" (Score:5, Funny)
Okay, I give up... (Score:4, Funny)
What the hell is "the Triangle"? And why do they have a classical music station. Now I can understand a square might have a classical station, or maybe a pentagram would have an acid rock station.
Maybe it's because they use triangles in symphonies. What kind of station would a circle have, I wonder?
Support the artists! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:WCPE may be great, but that's not why he did it (Score:5, Funny)
Re:For crying out loud (Score:1, Funny)
Imagine a beowulf of slashdots!! Could that do it?
Re:Wow (Score:5, Funny)
Sometimes, even a blind squirrel finds a nut.
What a genuinely interesting dilemma. (Score:5, Funny)
But, no! Now, I might owe my ability to listen to all my favorite death metal, synth-pop, and hard house/trance webcasts to a group of people who generally only support things I vehemently oppose.
So. . . confused. . . cannot pick. . . side. . .
It's a misprint (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Okay, I give up... (Score:4, Funny)
From the circular shape, I'd say a station with both kinds of music.
Country and Western.
Re:It's true what they say (Score:4, Funny)
Gee, what an ally (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Why or Why not (Score:4, Funny)
Too...many...cliched...sayings...can't...compute ...BOOOMM!!
Funny thing happened today (Score:3, Funny)
Re:WCPE may be great, but that's not why he did it (Score:3, Funny)
Re:fuck internet radio. (Score:2, Funny)
Magic?
strange bedfellows (Score:3, Funny)
almost as ironic as how RIAA companies (whose artists gleefully trash the Ten Commandments) whine, "thou shalt not steal copyrighted tunes."
Ugh! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Wow (Score:3, Funny)
"And when we're done with RIAA, we should think about a first strike with nuclear weapons in Korea, and in manchuria."
Re:It's a misprint (Score:2, Funny)
No, no. You're thinking of Strom Thurmond [senate.gov] (R-SC).
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Re:Sad news ... Stephen King dead at 55 (Score:1, Funny)
MPAA (Score:2, Funny)
What the webcasters need to do is somehow convince Congress that it makes more sense to base fees on profits and not revenues. Then, once they've done that, hire the MPAA accountants and - presto - there will suddenly be no profits left (after paying the DJ, the webcasting fees, hardware upgrade, new cars, etc.) to pay the RIAA.
Seems only fair to me...
Re:What a genuinely interesting dilemma. (Score:3, Funny)
Simple.
Re:WCPE may be great, but that's not why he did it (Score:2, Funny)
Ahh yes, Stalin's 'digital freedom movement' rocked... only it was about the freedom to move one's digit on the trigger when facing hordes of conspirators.....
Re:What a genuinely interesting dilemma. (Score:2, Funny)
You know the saying: two wrongs make a right.
Re:It's a misprint (Score:2, Funny)