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----- Original Message -----
From: "mike" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 5:19 AM
Subject: OT now they are moving on to satelite radio
> Although Cnet news is credited with this It actually comes from the Radio
> and internet news letter
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> From CNET News: "The RIAA has already mounted a court challenge against
> <http://www.xmradio.com> XM Satellite Radio over gadgets like the Pioneer
> Inno that allow <http://www.riaa.com> <http://www.riaa.com/> riaa
> <http://www.riaa.com> consumers to trap individual songs originally played
> on air in alleged violation of copyright.
>
> "Now the industry group is urging that issue to be one of the deciding
> factors xm/sirius?for federal regulators weighing the proposed
> multibillion-dollar union of XM and its sole competitor, Sirius Satellite
> radio...
>
> "[T]he RIAA said it's concerned that both satellite radio companies have
> invested in technologies that allow them to shortchange artists on the
> distribution side 'by giving users the ability to download copyrighted
> sound
> recordings to portable devices, effectively transforming a radio-like
> service into a digital distribution subscription service like Rhapsody or
> Napster.'
>
>
>
> A merger could bolster those investments and 'seriously threaten the
> viability of the music industry as a whole,' the RIAA wrote. The group
> also
> called on the <http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9741103-7.html>
> <http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9741103-7.html> cnet
> <http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9741103-7.html> FCC to require the
> merged
> companies to pay higher royalty rates in general to the record industry,
> arguing the firms are 'no longer new, struggling companies' that can get
> away with paying what it called 'below-market rates.'"
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>
>
> mike
>
> amature call M0DMD
>
