"Commander Col. Klink" wrote in message
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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).