another point of view on : A webcaster's take on royalty rates

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Hurley <brian () detroitindustrial org>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 16:38:35 
To:Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Subject: A webcaster's take on royalty rates

Dave,

Rusty Hodge has provided a very one-sided and deliberately misleading
portrayal of Webcaster's opinions on the current and past webcasting
agreements.

Rusty is one of a very number of webcasters (less than 40 out of
thousands of station that webcast) who have signed the Small Webcaster
Settlement Act (SWSA). While Rusty was not one of the original
webcasters who negotiated it, he knew the details as it was being
negotiated, and he was its main public defender. He also receives a
free bandwidth subsidy from AOL, which is the only way he can afford
to pay the SWSA fees and continue broadcasting.

If you are interested in having my write a more detailed response for
your list, I would be happy to do so.

I am a small internet broadcaster myself and the Media Relations
Director for the Webcaster Alliance, an organization which has filed
a private antitrust lawsuit against the RIAA.

Regards,

Brian Hurley
Detroit Industrial Underground
http://www.detroitindustrial.org/

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