On Mar 5, 5:35�pm, "Guerite�" wrote:
Propaganda Ejaculate Castrated
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How does this affect terrestrial broadcasters who stream?

The principles are exactly *the same, but at the individual radio station
level, the dollar amounts are of course are smaller. Clear Channel's total
corporate obligation for November 2006 based on comScore Arbitron ratings
and assuming 13 songs per hour, *would be about $500,000... but if that's
for streaming, let's say, 500 stations, it would only be a royalty
obligation of about $1,000 per station per month in 2006. Are those stations
selling enough online spots and website banners and sponsorships to make
that affordable? *I'm not sure. *(The decision has no impact on news and
talk stations who stream.)

Is this the end of Internet radio?

Although this is undeniably a huge victory for the legal departments of
record labels (or at least for the lawyers at their industry trade
association, the RIAA), I doubt that the heads of the record labels and
their marketing executives actually want to see Internet radio driven out of
business. (This may be a case of "Be careful what you wish for, you may get
it.")

http://www.kurthanson.com/archive/ne...07/index.shtml
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Is this the end of HD radio?

LOL - Hardly. *Maybe the second on air HD-"2" stream will have to be turned
off since the small local radio operator would essentially have to pay
royalties for two radio stations. *On the other hand this extra available
bandwidth of a former HD-"2" stream can then be used for full CD like HD
fidelity. *Stations broadcasting HD-2 signals don't sound as good as
stations utilizing the full bandwidth on a single "HD-1" stream.

In any case, HD sounds far better than any analog signal. *HD radio stations
will abandon analog and redirect the full station power of their amplifiers
towards the HD digital stream.

Any Internet Radio station, that is acting as a non-interactive
station, has to pay royalties, and this includes the HD channels - the
HD channels are addressed here. Internet Radio stations will have to
pay a royalty for every HD song that is streamed PER LISTENER, and
there is no revenue coming in for the HD channels. Now, with HD
radios not selling, this just gives new stations more reason not to
sign up for HD Radio !

To quote:

The ruling is on a "per play" basis - so Internet radio stations will
have to pay the cost of one song to one listener - effective
retroactively for 2006. There's also an additional fee of $500 per
channel per year - but there's no clear definition of what a "channel"
is (which could mean big problems for a service like Pandora which
creates custom playlists for listeners).

The rates to be paid a

2006 - $.0008 per performance
2007 - $.0011 per performance
2008 - $.0014 per performance
2009 - $.0018 per performance
2010 - $.0019 per performance

http://www.orbitcast.com/archives/in...good-news.html

"SUNUNU: FCC TECH MANDATES MUST BE BANNED"

"The bill, which would be based on a Sununu amendment approved during
Senate Commerce Committee action last year, would prevent the FCC from
requiring or imposing a specific technology, technological standard,
solution, or product on industry."

http://sununu.senate.gov/pressapp/record.cfm?id=267281

Now, Congress is going after the FCC temporarily authorizing HD
Radio ! There is no consumer interest in HD Radio:

http://www.google.com/trends?q=%22hd...o=all&date=all

http://www.alexaholic.com/ibiquity.c...om+xmradio.com

LOL ! :-)