The arguments put forth on http://www.saveinternetradio.org/pressroom.asp seem compelling to me, though I'd welcome debate that addresses the economic specifics of the CARP recommendation. The problem appears to be twofold: 1) royalties are based on a fixed rate per song, per listener rather than as a percentage of revenues, and 2) these royalties would be due retroactively to October 1998. If these figures are correct then the cost of Internet broadcast would indeed be too great for small companies. -- ______________________________________________________________ Richard Zvonar, PhD (818) 788-2202 http://www.zvonar.com http://RZCybernetics.com http://www.cybmotion.com/aliaszone http://www.live365.com/cgi-bin/directory.cgi?autostart=rz