RIAA Officially Crazy, Calls Radio 'A Form of Piracy'
Date : 2008 06 26 Category : Web News
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Wants broadcasters to begin paying royalties like everyone else.
The music industry is getting increasingly desperate these days. Proof lies in the fact that it's ramped up its efforts to get terrestrial radio broadcasters to pay the same amount in royalties that their brethren do on internet and satellite radio.
For radio has long enjoyed an odd exception under federal copyright law that requires it only to compensate songwriters and publishers, but not the musicians themselves. After going after mothers, children , disabled veterans, and even the deceased, I guess it was only a matter of time before its lawyers sought ought fresh targets.