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: Copyfight - The Politics of IPUntangling the "Civil Rights for Musicians" Debate
By Posted by Alan Wexelblat
A week or so ago, I noted that the debate over this proposal (to make broadcast radio pay the same sorts of fees that Web radio has to pay) was getting more confusing. Today Matthew Lasar at ars technica posted a long entry that examines the issue in depth. This is well worth a read, not least because Lazar puts the issue in terms of "big content versus big radio", arguing there may be no good guys at all in this fight.
Full post as published by Copyfight - The Politics of IP on August 17, 2009 (boomark / email).
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