Transmaster
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Re: Finally!
Wow this looks interesting. but you know something this will be shot down by the RIAA because they want money every time the song is played. Having said this Sony is one of the big 4 behind the RIAA so who knows what will happens. Unfortunately I will not be holding my breath.
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nixen
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| said by Transmaster  :Wow this looks interesting. but you know something this will be shot down by the RIAA because they want money every time the song is played. Having said this Sony is one of the big 4 behind the RIAA so who knows what will happens. Unfortunately I will not be holding my breath. First: the RIAA is a US-only organization. So, they aren't to be worried about, at any rate. You would have to worry about whatever the UK equivalent of the RIAA is.
Second: as you noted, Sony is one of the major members of the RIAA (and similar entities in other countries). Since it is Sony making their catalogue available in this arrangement, so long as the service users are only sharing Sony-catalogue songs, there would be no grounds for an anti-piracy group to step in.
Now, how long Sony decides to keep with this is open for debate. Sony's one of the ones that wants to change the pricing structure that iTunes uses. So, I would imagine this service will go on right up to the point that it gets successful. At that point, Sony will get greedy and it will all fall apart.
-tom
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Transmaster
Don't Blame Me I Voted For Bill and Opus
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3 edits | said by nixen :First: the RIAA is a US-only organization. So, they aren't to be worried about, at any rate. You would have to worry about whatever the UK equivalent of the RIAA -tom Well of course I meant the United States.:) This will never happen in the US because of the RIAA. To bad it sounds like an interesting idea.
The thing is there are so many good independent radio station streaming I really don't care any more about this whole issue. A good station for Cajun sounds is here »www.kbon.com it is a locally owned FM station that plays local artists. Right now I am morning the loss of the greatest Jazz station in the known universe WWOZ, New Orleans.
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