----- Original Message ----- From: "Angel Stewart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 10:19 AM Subject: Ignorant lawmakers.
> So..basically..stupid laws and taxes has killed yet another internet based > industry. > Coming up next? The death of E-Commerce! *mutter* *grumble* > > These morons want small companies that can barely survive on advertiser and > subscription revenue, to pay as much as 100,000US a MONTH to the recording > industry, for broadcasting radio over the internet. > > Who the hell is going to go into business to do that now? No One! > Therefore what has this done to the Internet Radio industry? Killed it. > > Even the so called 'large' companies are saying that they won't be able to > sustain themselves at that rate of US1.40 per 1000 visitors. > And proponents of more payments from Internet Radio are saying the rate is > still too low. Haven't they realised that all this would do is kill the > industry, and they'll then get ZERO royalties? I think that's the point. I think it's more about control than profits. Oh .. have you heard? The music industry now also wants to collect about 6% from every *used* CD that is sold in those used CD stores. Damn Mafia. P.T. > Why not encourage the Industry by taking a PERCENTAGE so that the industry > GROWS and then you get MORE money...say a moratorium for three years or five > years and then revisit the situation. *shakes head* > How do these MORONS reach in such positions of power!!?? > > http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/internet/06/21/internet.radio.ap/index.html > > okies..enough ranting for me. > I'm going to grab some breakfast and coffee. > > -Gel ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
