Our government just doesn't get the Internet. And that really is a shame, because it makes grassroots web culture like Internet radio vulnerable to the whims of fools. On July 15th, unless it is overturned, a rate hike approved by the Copyright Royalty Board -- a lesser known group of federal judges nonetheless invested with great power -- will end Internet radio's existence.
The CRB decision doubles the current royalty rate by 2010 and removes a protective fee structure that allows...
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