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>OK, I see my confusion. I read an email that said, ".07 cents" which IS >7 >100ths of a cent, which is evidently a LOT less than 7 cents. It makes >more >sense to me now. (no pun intended) > Odds are, news reports have made the mistake, too. Something about numbers scares the mainstream newsie. > >So this all leads me to conclude that the only way out, until or if this >decision gets reversed, is to form a coalition of unsigned artists that >have >nothing to do with the RIAA or any other similar group, and formed an >internet >based radio station(s) that ONLY use work that's been released by the >artist, >basically what mp3.com is doing, but DJ'd and streamed. Seems like it >wouldn't >be that hard if you already have an internet streaming station, no? It's >just >a matter of acquiring content. Maybe we should form the United Looper's >Coalition, gather content and signed releases and offer it to appropriate >internet radio stations for them to stream. > >Am I totally off base here? It's so wacky, it might just work! > >Mark Sottilaro Two replies: A) I'd welcome a loopers' webcast, or several. B) As a political/economic movement, I'd suggest we think larger. Stuff from every genre, and more. There are now people in every neighborhood who record their own music at what was once professional-only quality. Some of it's looping, some is hip-hip, some is gospel, some is rock .... And even if we consider Sturgeon's Law, that 90% of everything is shit, that still means there are hundreds of thousands of unsigned producers of music out here. THAT is your potential content base. --- * just-john@just-john.com http://just-john.com/cn/rfe.shtml *