Brenda Ann wrote:
"D Peter Maus" wrote in message
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The significant difference is that DAB was allowed to exist as an
alternative to extant terrestrial broadcasting.

If FCC mandates digital that will not be the case. Terrestrial
broadcasting will be digital. And alternatives will be satellite, or
internet.


Internet radio is already being smashed into oblivion by the latest rulings
on royalties for digital content. I suspect that most, if not all, of
Live365's stations (which constitute, to the best of my knowledge, the only
completely legal indy internet stations) will go offline soon, unless that
decision is rethought and changed, as most do not have the money to cover
the retroactive (to January, 2006) doubling of royalty fees.

www.savenetradio.org



I know there are already petitions to repeal, vacate, or modify the
decision. As well as several lawsuits filed.

Don't count it out in the long run. And with Wi-fi and mobile
carriers offering internet radio as a sales pitch for their services,
there's going to be some deep pockets involved in moving the courts to
revisit the decision.

It's going to be trouble in the short term, for internet radio, but
long term, it's viability is assured.