Oliver Hansen » copyright http://blog.oliverhansen.com A techie's not-so-technical weblog Sun, 27 Nov 2011 23:37:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Have Copyright Holder’s Fears Proved Correct Over The Years? http://blog.oliverhansen.com/index.php/2009/10/14/have-copyright-holders-fears-proved-correct-over-the-years/ http://blog.oliverhansen.com/index.php/2009/10/14/have-copyright-holders-fears-proved-correct-over-the-years/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:46:11 +0000 Oliver http://blog.oliverhansen.com/?p=565 The author of the article on arstechnica.com shows that a few of the industry leaders who felt threatened by technology have been correct on some points. I was surprized by this, but not surprized by the fact that most of the warnings of entire industries being destroyed have proved false. Unreasonable copyrights are holding back [...]]]> The author of the article on arstechnica.com shows that a few of the industry leaders who felt threatened by technology have been correct on some points. I was surprized by this, but not surprized by the fact that most of the warnings of entire industries being destroyed have proved false. Unreasonable copyrights are holding back new ideas and new methods for sharing information. I hope some people in decision-making capacities will read this and not believe all the current hype by the RIAA and MPAA.

]]> http://blog.oliverhansen.com/index.php/2009/10/14/have-copyright-holders-fears-proved-correct-over-the-years/feed/ Internet Radio Under Attack http://blog.oliverhansen.com/index.php/2007/04/24/internet-radio-under-attack/ http://blog.oliverhansen.com/index.php/2007/04/24/internet-radio-under-attack/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2007 22:45:57 +0000 Oliver http://blog.oliverhansen.com/index.php/2007/04/24/internet-radio-under-attack/ Every once in a while certain really nice and useful things come under attack from corporations that are not making any / enough money with it. Right now it’s Internet Radio as a whole. I personally enjoy listening to Reggae and Dancehall music on BigUpRadio.com because there are no good local radio stations that play [...]]]> Every once in a while certain really nice and useful things come under attack from corporations that are not making any / enough money with it. Right now it’s Internet Radio as a whole. I personally enjoy listening to Reggae and Dancehall music on BigUpRadio.com because there are no good local radio stations that play that music.

SaveNetRadio.org

Also in general there are much lower operating costs for these radio stations so you can usually find something that really interests you and it’s presented by people who are doing it because they are passionate about it. It’s wonderful!

Something from the site:

On March 2, 2007 the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB), which oversees sound recording royalties paid by Internet radio services, increased Internet radio’s royalty burden between 300 and 1200 percent and thereby jeopardized the industry’s future.

So please take a minute if you care and send a short message to tell congress that this is ridiculous!

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