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I think what it comes down to is that the RIAA is realizing that they and the record companies they represent are fastly becoming obsolete, and they're doing everything they can do stop that from happening. I have one question: if a song of mine gets played on a webcast just once, how much will I get from the RIAA for that broadcast? Will it be substantially more or less (or the same) as what I stand to make if someone hearing the broadcast decides to buy my CD (which for the sake of argument, let's say can be bought from me directly for $10). My point is, a seriously doubt that most of the artists out there who might concievably get webcast airplay. Unless we're talking about Led Zeppelin or The Who (who can played like 10 times a day, everday on each classic rock station in America), I seriously have a hard time understanding how anyone stands to gain from this. I don't know what the advantage is for getting a check for 7 cents because a college station in Alberta Canada or New Jersey or wherever played one of my songs at 4:00 am. But I DO know the advantage, if, say, 10 people who hear that broadcast (and let's just for the sake of argument say 8 of them are listening to the webcast), decide they like what they hear and follow up and actually buy my CD. If CARP ends up pushing all non-commerical broadcasting off the web, I think we end up losing in the wrong run. ===== May you never thirst! The Scuba Diver Presently Known As Chris "What do you get when you give a yo-yo to a flock of flamingos?"-James Earl Jones __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com