On Feb 2, 1:40*pm, "Brenda Ann" wrote:
"Commander Col. Klink" wrote in ...

When and if HD grabs any measurable audience, the RIAA will also
notice and want their unfair share of fees..
So if broadcasters like Renda Broadcasting won't pay and play for
internet access, will they ever go HD?
What a joke...

RIAA already charges the same fees for all digital broadcasts/netcasts.
These fees are something like 3-4x higher than those for OTA broadcasts
because of "potential audience." *RIAA figures that there are 5 billion
potential listeners out there, and that x amount of them *are going to be
listening to a given station at any given time, and charges accordingly. If
this sort of thing continues, not only is broadcast radio in the US doomed,
but ALL music radio as well as the music industry itself. *I wouldn't have
near so much anger at the situation if any of this extra $$$$$ was going to
the actual artists, but it isn't.. it's all going into RIAA member's wallets
(record industry execs).

RIAA Should take a Lesion for Drug Dealers
and have started off with half-price for 3-Years
followed by the Radio-Price for 3-Years and
then what ever the Numbers really tell them
for the 7th Year and beyond. The WebCasting
Business Model has to grow and develop into
Profitability before it can be a consistent Income
Stream for the RIAA. At the end of the 7th Year
the actually WebCasting Businesses will still
be 'in-business' and the unprofitable ones will
be out-of-business thus making the remaining
WebCasting Businesses better businesses to
be in by reducing their competition and potentially
increasing their number of Listeners. ~ RHF