dinsdag 23 juli 2002

USA Today: Royalty fees killing most Internet radio stations. On June 20, a copyright appeals board set a rate of seven-hundredths of a cent per song, per listener. For many stations, run by music fans for music fans, that works out to thousands of dollars more than they make. [Tomalak's Realm] 10:55:34 AM     comment [] Internet extends long arm of the law. CNN.com - Internet extends long arm of the law. Police in Italy didn't care that five Web sites they deemed blasphemous and thus illegal were located in the United States, where First Amendment protections apply. The police shut them down anyway in early July, simply by sitting down at the alleged offender's Rome computer. Talk about the long arm of the law. Under pressure ... [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] 10:45:58 AM     comment []

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