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| What is with this happy horseshit byline -
The SoundExchange thugs aren't going away anytime soon. In fact, it is their most beloved :::WISH::: that everyone just goes back to sticking his head in the sand and becoming complacent again because the very last thing they want is for Congre$$ to get involved. Congre$$, BTW, started this whole mess with their creation of the DMCA bought and paid for by the RIAA. This is :::THEIR::: Frankenstein monster reanimated to bite them on their collective, overpaid asses nine years later.
Since the day of Silence, SoundExchange has been attempting to cut side deals with webcasters because Congre$$ has said it doesn't want to get involved. And since then, a few blind webcasters like lastfm.com have taken the bait. All lastfm.com had to do to take advantage of the incredible deal SoundExchange threw out was to agree to certain ambiguous terms of the so called deal.
First, SoundExchange said they would honor the terms of this agreement through 2008. Notice no definite end date here or exactly what they would or would not expect to collect in royalties. Secondly, a webcaster has to agree NOT to EVER go to Congress and lobby for help ever again. Seems simple, doesn't it. Sure does. Now just sign on the dotted line with either that pen or with your brains from the gun pointed at your head that will go off if you don't sign.
Once everyone goes back to sticking his head in the sand again, and otherwise stops pestering the Congre$$ional ari$tocracy, then SoundExchange will go about the business of strangling Internet radio quietly. 
It's all detailed on Kurt Hanson's RAIN blog.
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