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internet radio lives

I still don't really listen to any Internet Radio stations, but I am glad it looks like they might be able to continue broadcasting. The Librarian of Congress (who knew that position included these kinds of powers?) rejected the 14/100 of a cent fee per song per listener that an arbitrator came up with. No, actual radio stations do not pay per listener, but they wanted to force internet stations to start doing that. Seems ridiculous. (Of course, an even worse fee system could be put in place, so we'll have to see what the final decision is, but this is likely a good sign...)

It reminds me of internet advertisers being upset clickthrough rates are so low. Compared to what? Magazine ads? Has anyone ever immediately gone to buy something after seeing a magazine ad? I doubt it.

I think people can develop unreasonably high expectations when they begin to have access to new data. Since the internet allows much more detailed information tracking it suffers from this phenomenon.

Rants about how our elected officials are going along with all of the big company schemes and how individuals are not making their opinions heard will have to come later.