[BC] Deth knell for Internat Radio has sounded

[Bailey, Scott]

AMEN JERRY!

I didn't go to NAB this year, but I just go out there to see the new
toys, then off we go on to the strip. Those ole snobby old men just make
my butt tired! 

Scott

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[mailto:broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of Jerry Mathis
Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 11:54 AM
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Subject: Re: [BC] Deth knell for Internat Radio has sounded

I don't expect ANY useful things to come out of NAB anymore. They've
taken
on the appearance of a bunch of rich old men sitting around a coffee
klatch.
The annual convention is the only thing of benefit to the hoi polloi
(sp?)

On 4/17/07, Mark Humphrey <mark3xy at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Here's a link to the CRB's Order denying the rehearing:
>
>
>
http://www.savenetradio.org/press_room/press_releases/070416-Order_denyi
ng.pdf
>
> Those of you in Las Vegas this week might ask the NAB's leadership why
> they weren't more aggressive in their efforts to oppose the RIAA when
> the issue of streaming royalties first arose in the late '90s.   At
> that time, it was already clear to most of us that the future of
> broadcasting would depend on the Internet -- but instead, NAB chose to
> concentrate its firepower on community groups who wanted
> third-adjacent low-power FM.
>
> Mark
>
> On 4/17/07, Tom Taggart <tpt at eurekanet.com> wrote:
> > The fees were never the issue.  The prohibition of streaming has
always
> been the issue. This is what the RIAA has always wanted--no digital
> transmission of music anywhere, anyways, anyhow.
> > --
> >
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JM
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