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| DATE | 2008-05-04 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Digital Music still under assualt
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On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 11:46:07AM -0400, Mark Simko wrote:
> > A federal court has decided that AOL, Yahoo, and RealNetworks must pay
> > higher licensing fees for music broadcast over the Web.
> >
> > The U.S. District Court in New York this week rejected the companies'
> > request to base the amount of money paid to songwriters and music
> > publishers on revenue directly attributable to music uses. Instead,
> > the court said members of the American Society of Composers, Authors,
> > and Publishers (ASCAP) are entitled to a rate based on a formula in
> > which gross Web site revenue is multiplied by the portion of Web site
> > activity that is music-intensive.
> >
> Then free sites should not have to pay at all! I like that revenue
> model!
The best thing would be a free market situation such as in radio
where they would PAY websites to play their music, not the reverse.
Ruben
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"> I'm an engineer. I choose the best tool for the job, politics be damned.<
You must be a stupid engineer then, because politcs and technology have been attached at the hip since the 1st dynasty in Ancient Egypt. I guess you missed that one."
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