They tried this one before a couple times and got nowhere with it.
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> From: "mike" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 5:19 AM
> Subject: OT now they are moving on to satelite radio
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>
>> Although Cnet news is credited with this It actually comes from the Radio
>> and internet news letter
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.'"
>>
>>
>>
>> mike
>>
>> amature call M0DMD
>>