I agree, that is a well written, to the point, unbiased write-up. It will be interesting to see what pirate stations come out of this. > On Mon, 24 Jun 2002, at 11:00am, Bayard Coolidge USG wrote: > > There is an interesting article about this in The Register, though: > > http://www.theregus.com/content/6/25325.html > > I find Shoutcast's statement on the matter to be the most unbiased I have > seen yet. Open <http://www.shoutcast.com> and scroll down past the stream > list to view it. > > I think the best point they make is, "... basically forces all > broadcasters, hobbyist or not, to either move to content that is not > label-owned, or pay the labels ..." [1]. The works in question are > protected by copyright; the copyright owners (the media cartel) can do > whatever they want with them, including deny you access completely. > > I think the most appropriate action here would be anti-trust proceedings > against the media cartel. Their actions are obviously those of a trust > intent on illegally controlling the market. Unfortunately, as evidenced by > such legislation as the DMCA, the media cartel has effectively bought our > government, making such proceedings unlikely. > > George Orwell's mistake was assuming that the threat of totalitarianism > was from government. 1984 is arriving twenty years late. > > Footnote > -------- > > [1] Note that this is a quotation, and thus is covered under the > fair-use provisions of copyright law, and thus is exempt from the > copyright restriction that AOL Time Warner places on their statement. > > -- > Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not | > | necessarily represent the views or policy of any other person, entity or | > | organization. All information is provided without warranty of any kind. | > > > ***************************************************************** > To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. > *****************************************************************
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