http://www.cauthon.com/2007/09/26/essence-of-webcaster/ Wed, 06 May 2009 21:49:12 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 http://www.cauthon.com/2007/09/26/essence-of-webcaster/comment-page-1/#comment-2719 Darren Cauthon » Blog Archive » Radio royalty rates jumped? In comes the free market! Sat, 27 Dec 2008 08:58:15 +0000 http://www.cauthon.com/2007/09/26/essence-of-webcaster/#comment-2719 [...] Last year, I raised a fuss by arguing against webcasters in the internet royalty rate debate. For those that don’t remember it, the government raised the royalty rates that webcasters pay to play music on the internet. Practically everybody was against it, some talked of the end of internet radio, and some tried to petition the Congress to step in and stop the new rates. Something didn’t smell right to me, though, so I looked a little deeper. And what I found was the exact opposite of what I was being told. The government wasn’t forcing anything on webcasters. Rather, the government was actually forcing music artists into a system that favored webcasters. Webcasters were angry because the government was making it harder for them to use their government-backed advantage over musicians... [...] [...] Last year, I raised a fuss by arguing against webcasters in the internet royalty rate debate. For those that don’t remember it, the government raised the royalty rates that webcasters pay to play music on the internet. Practically everybody was against it, some talked of the end of internet radio, and some tried to petition the Congress to step in and stop the new rates. Something didn’t smell right to me, though, so I looked a little deeper. And what I found was the exact opposite of what I was being told. The government wasn’t forcing anything on webcasters. Rather, the government was actually forcing music artists into a system that favored webcasters. Webcasters were angry because the government was making it harder for them to use their government-backed advantage over musicians… [...]

]]> http://www.cauthon.com/2007/09/26/essence-of-webcaster/comment-page-1/#comment-2716 Darren Cauthon » Blog Archive » Moving towards Option B Sat, 27 Dec 2008 08:57:23 +0000 http://www.cauthon.com/2007/09/26/essence-of-webcaster/#comment-2716 [...] wrote a post yesterday commenting on an option that webcasters have to deal with the government’s increased royalty [...] [...] wrote a post yesterday commenting on an option that webcasters have to deal with the government’s increased royalty [...]

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